Should be relatively easy to hack the electronics into a larger tank vehicle. That camera works fine for that daylight app, but if you want low-light/night vision, PM me. I have some amazing stuff I'm onto, on the down low.
Ok Erco I'll bite, what's this truly amazing stuff you're onto
I bought one of these happy cow tanks from Jaycar (AU) a while back, thinking if nothing else repurposing into something that has three axes + light and can be controlled from android or iphone is pretty darn useful. I pulled it apart to see if there was a way of injecting prop backpack video, but the camera appears to spit out something like lvds on that 6 wire interface. I tried pullups and pulldowns but couldn't inject noise of any kind into the video feed. Wasn't game to go too low in resistance.
I've got a Parallax DHB-10 en route for scaling up to proper motors. But what I'd really like find out is how to overlay prop generated video
The happy cow tank camera is a USB webcam. The main circuit board is a modified wifi router, and upthread I linked a blog post which found the web interface and identified the two Linux programs which stream the web video and forward motor control commands to a serial port.
This little camera has nearly a second of video lag, thru some kind of compression and variable frame rate. But it has built-in IR LEDs (slight red glow) and sends an excellent picture in pure darkness. Night vision image is black & white.
At $10 shipped, this JJRC H20 is prolly too good to be true. New seller, zero sales. I ordered one. . EBay will prolly cancel the sale soon, but it's worth a shot. Can't lose money with buyer protection..
Don't forget to leave negative feedback for the Russian scam artist.
I also was refunded 100%.
I also left negative feedback.
The main down side to this event is I gave away several hexacopters I had previously purchased expecting the hexacopters would be replaced with these $10 items.
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I bought one of these happy cow tanks from Jaycar (AU) a while back, thinking if nothing else repurposing into something that has three axes + light and can be controlled from android or iphone is pretty darn useful. I pulled it apart to see if there was a way of injecting prop backpack video, but the camera appears to spit out something like lvds on that 6 wire interface. I tried pullups and pulldowns but couldn't inject noise of any kind into the video feed. Wasn't game to go too low in resistance.
I've got a Parallax DHB-10 en route for scaling up to proper motors. But what I'd really like find out is how to overlay prop generated video
This little camera has nearly a second of video lag, thru some kind of compression and variable frame rate. But it has built-in IR LEDs (slight red glow) and sends an excellent picture in pure darkness. Night vision image is black & white.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/P2P-HD-Mini-Wifi-DVR-IP-Camera-Camcorder-Video-Recorder-Night-Vision-DV-BG/121969121934
Yup, mine never came so Ebay refunded 100% today.
Mine never arrived either. I just requested a refund.
Don't forget to leave negative feedback for the Russian scam artist.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-wifi-Mini-i-spy-Happy-Cow-RC-Camera-Cars-777-270-30W-Pixels-Camera-0G7B-/281907199728
Or $28.99 from China, also in white: http://www.ebay.com/itm/777-270-ISPY-0-3MP-Camera-APP-Wi-Fi-Remote-Controlled-Tank-for-IOS-iphone/121967042448
I also was refunded 100%.
I also left negative feedback.
The main down side to this event is I gave away several hexacopters I had previously purchased expecting the hexacopters would be replaced with these $10 items.
Prolly because there's this new $31 orange kid on the block:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/192240495301
These things are amazing, I used them in many projects.
I should probably get one.
Yes and definitely. That US seller just accepted my Best Offer of $29.99. Beat that!
Item ID: 192240495301
Quantity: 1
Estimated delivery: Wed. Aug. 16
Paid: $28.99 with PayPal
I got a new pup, so lets see how long this will last!
erco's on suicide watch...
https://www.walmart.com/ip/New-wifi-Mini-i-spy-RC-Tank-Car-RC-Camera-Cars-Happy-Cow-777-270-with-30W-Pixels-Camera-for-iPhone-iPad-iPod-Controller/340592744
US Seller: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-wifi-Mini-ispy-RC-Tank-RC-Camera-Cars-Happy-Cow-777-270-w-30W-Camera-Q2Z9-/112436365375