Why cant we use a HD USB camera?

Such as:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Microsoft-HD-LifeCam-Studio/15739064?findingMethod=rr

Also, where exactly are you connecting the white wire?

Just in case we use a different camera?

@Chris818 The white wire is connected to the power switch

I don't know if the HD camera would work. That will be something you'd need to test. Not all cameras support the resolution that the video capture uses. The video capture image is low resolution to increase speed. Computer's don't need very high resolution to do visual tracking. Higher resolution is merely for human esthetics. If ARC was merely created for visual tracking, there would be available cpu resources for higher camera resolutoin. However, ARC is a complete robot software package with compiler, controls and visual tracking - so it has to share the processor resources.

@DJ Sures

Thanks for the reply. I understand. I just want the resolution to be a bit better not just for tracking, but also for my viewing when the robot is do its own thing while moving around.

I will be honest, I am going to buy your KIT and start to build a robot that I have been thing about to get the basic understanding of how this works.

I appreciate the time you have taken and put into this website and product.

With that said, is there a camera you do recommend that has a bit better resolution that I can take appart in a similar manner?

I hope I am not offending you or your camera, this is merely for the future and other projects.

Thank you again for your reply.

• Chris

The camera will do a pretty high resolution, but again the resolution is lowered due to processing speed. A better camera won't do any different.

hi!! i did everything that i saw in this post... but... when i try to connect 11 servos, 1 ultrasonic sensor... and the camera to EZ-Board ... the EZ-Board works well with everything but only for a few minutes and then it stops working... and i have to disconnect and connect again the power supply....

I am using a power supply with 12v and 4A...

Thanks!! Good work @DJ SURES

psdt... i am waiting the new version of ARC...

Someone can help me??

Hi Edison2!

It seems you many be running into some overheating issues with the 5V/5A LM1084 Voltage regulator, some forums members found that you can remedy this by adding a fan, or a larger heatsink.

Check it out: https://synthiam.com/Community/Questions/237

Otherwise, your load may be too much for you battery and it might be sagging the voltage on your battery and browning out the EZ-B (which just resets it and makes you have to connect again). I would try a 5V PC fan first and go from there since it's probably cheaper than a new battery.

Good luck and happy Robot building!

ooothanks! i think that the fan is the solution... tomorrow i will test it... skate_j10 thanks!! ahhah are you waiting the new release of e.z builder??

Lol, I can never keep up with the latest versions of ARC, DJ is a coding mad man! Every time I think about finishing a project new features get added and I have to rethink if I want to add the new features or not. Some days I wish I could build robots as fast as DJ puts out the software.....sigh...:)