All good. I think a solution in the 5 to 10k usd range is what they are thinking. Andthat is 5 to 10 portable units.
[email protected] http://fabricatorz.com On May 2, 2011 7:12 PM, "Werner Almesberger" <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> How likely would it be to get nanonote to record and compress video? > > For then Ben, that would be tricky. If you're thinking of using > something like one of those phone-cam parts, you may be able to > hack a camera interface via UBB, but at least with a bit more > difficulties than my VGA hack. (E.g., they usually have a > parallel bus for the pixel data and a serial bus for > configuration, so you'd either need additional connections to > the Ben or some means to multiplex what comes out of UBB.) > > I don't know about the openness of the SDIO cameras you can find > on the market. > > I also have my doubts about the Ben's ability to do meaningful > compression on its own. (Be careful what you ask for, though - a > bit of denoising and RLE ought to be quite feasible ;-) > >> Also, could one use both a UBB-WPAN and a UBB-VGA and/or some future >> UBB-WEBCAM at the same time? > > Alas, the Ben has only one 8:10 card slot. So you can have as > many fancy peripherals as you can carry, but use only one at a > time. (Well, unless some of them are _really_ fancy and have a > use even when disconnected. E.g., I suppose UBB could make a > decent enough toothpick ;-) > >> How far can we push this guy? If not this, what about milkymist? > > Milkymist plays in an entirely different league when it comes to > peripherals and processing power ;-) > >> Also, what about ruggedizing either the nanonote and/or milkymist for this. > > To ruggedize the Nanonote, it would be really useful to "own" > the mechanical design. We don't have that yet. > >> Sorry, I'm shooting really high on this question, but have some very >> serious clients in the wings. > > If they would be interested in financing the development of a > Ben successor, that would of course allow for the removal of > most of the restrictions I've listed above ;-) > > - Werner > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
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