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Newbie, need help

pandorapandora Posts: 1
edited 2007-11-19 14:16 in BASIC Stamp
I have a large scale RC airplane. I would like to capture Video, engine rpm, and airspeed from this airplane. Output needs to be 10baseT TCP/IP for a downlink via a access point mounted in the airplane.

This seems to be a pretty large project for a newbie. I wonder if anyone can help me with this.

rbudach@cox.net

Comments

  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2007-11-19 14:16
    You are not going to be able to do this with a Stamp or really any of the microcontrollers that Parallax sells. The video and high speed TCP/IP is what wouldn't work with these. You need something like an ARM processor running Linux with a couple of megabytes of RAM and a gigabyte or so of flash memory for mass memory, with built-in Ethernet and USB 2 for a webcam. There are quite a few manufacturers of embedded Linux systems that you can find with a web search. You will also find their ads in Circuit Cellar or Nuts and Volts magazine. A Stamp might help with the RPM and airspeed sensor interface, but usually these embedded Linux systems also have enough general I/O to handle this themselves.
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