Sensor Helmet Video Systems

Sensor Helmet Video Systems

Close, but no cigar… I decided to purchase wide angle lenses for the 808-16 camera in large part to size restraints.  I realized that installing an external lens was going to end up making the whole thing look like trash.  Last week, the wide angle lenses arrived.  This post provided the details on how to convert the lens.  This is much cleaner than the modification I did to the stock lens.  I used an X-Acto tool to remove the thread lock.  Once…

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Sensor Helmet Developments

Sensor Helmet Developments

CartoDB – Cloud based GPS visualization Back in April I had found ways to plot sensor readings using GPS Visualizer.  The website allowed me to upload my data and plot the results on a map.   Just recently I came across another online tool that has some enhanced features that made me take notice. CartoDB provides SaS that processes geospatial data and presents it in customized formats.  The helmet sensor readings will be geospatial data.  This will be ideal for that application….

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Sensor Helmet Power

Sensor Helmet Power

What will I need? I think I finally decided on what to use for powering the helmet devices.  My February article didn’t give to much technical detail about what would be used.  It was more a to do list for what to spec out.  My March article was more toward the auxiliary power supply to USB devices.  Nothing so far specific to the helmet nor detailed enough to be of any use. The figure that I’ve estimated for all of…

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