
jstarne1
I have 150 or maybe more ir LEDs , most are flat top wide angle and others regular 5mm round tip LEDs. I also have many 20, 000 McFaul white LEDs. My idea is two things. First is a ir light coming from the accessory door at all time and another couple rows of white that can power on seperatly to light the robots path. I was thinking of putting maybe 20 ir LEDs in a circle inside Omnibots eyes. So anywhere it looks it has good illumination. Also I thought I could have maybe 20 LEDs or so in each eye that are superbright. I could give a command to "give me light" or somthing to that affect so the white LEDs are triggered to power on and not only let the bot see better but he could be "holding a flashlight" for me.
So two things , IR led lighting for low light illumination
White LEDs - can power on to see ALL colors better as IR shows up in all blue I believe to the camera. Since my bot will eventually vacuum it would be neat to see a strip of white light come on like a vacuum cleaner does when in cleaning mode
Question; so im getting opinions if this should work with ezb, or if I need to use a certain wave length / IR led. I know there are at least three kinds. Is this practical? Does it mean I would practically have night vision? Thanks guys !
Or, if your bot will be carrying your computer along, you can get a USB IR camera with its own illumination. They can be tough to track down. I got mine at Frys in California a few years ago, and I have seen them at computer shows, but never in a real computer store other than Frys.
Alan
All CCD cameras will pick up infrared.
As a test, do this: use your phone camera, or regular camera. Turn out the lights. Turn on the camera. And point your tv remote control at a price of paper with writing on it (a book page). Press and hold a button that repeats on the remote(volume key). The ir will shine like a flash light that only the camera will pick up.
With enough ir LEDs, u can use them as a flashlight.
Since it doesn't have an IR filter, it also sees heat sources extra bright, so people or the cat show up really well, while the background is kind of dim.
Alan
IR Camera are available in the market with different frequency and comes in a wide range.
I bought mine for a underwater project i made ,its ROV
a robot that goes underwater is best way to say it
and it see's very very good in almost total darkness ,supercircuits.com they have so many types of small CCD camera's and CCD board camera ,MINE I got was a board camera .01 lux witch is super low low light