CloudACM – Page 23 – Autonomous Computational Machines

Camera Angular Calibration

February 12, 2021 Patrick Gilfeather

These are a couple of resources that I’ve used for RC camera information that you may find useful, https://www.chucklohr.com/808/c16/ and https://oscarliang.com/how-to-use-808-16-keychain-camera-manual-and-wiki/. Those links are specific to the 808-16 key chain camera which I have used for bike rides as well as drone flights. There is mention about field of view measurements in the first link. It references methods used which I was not able to reliably validate. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=22171449&postcount=6843 and https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=22446815&postcount=7732 both use the Pythagorean theorem. The camera and background are…

Cleaning Up Underwater Video

January 22, 2021 Patrick Gilfeather

Last summer was a chance for me and my family to do some water activities in the area. Snorkeling was a big favorite for my son. One of the locations had a fresh stock of fish that drew our attention. Unfortunately, the water in the lake grew cloudy due to our movement and it was a challenge to see. On a follow up visit, we brought one of my 808-16 video cameras. It’s a 720p camera and I wasn’t too…

Elf on the shelf

December 14, 2020 Patrick Gilfeather

Ok, I’m going to trying to do a dictation of my new blog entry using this software called VOSK. V O S K. Anyway, it’s been eighteen months since I’ve done an entry and a lot has been going on. I’ve done a few things with IoT devices. I’ve been replacing the factory shipped firmware on these IoT devices with Espurna and Tasmota. This has involved opening up factory sealed devices and making physical changes to allow reprogramming. I have…