odt
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Hello. I am going on building my robot, but i have a big problem. I am building it with a mini pc 12v 'on board', but i see camera very very often stop working. I suspect the pc is not enough powerful..... can someone suggest me a good 'asembled' mini pc 12v 'low consumption'?
Thank you
aameralis, Did you mean Acer W3? After looking for your suggestion I see the A3 is an Android tablet. The W3 seems to be Acer's Windows based tablet. Lowest I could find it is $249.
@dave, Here is one slightly cheaper at $239 and free shipping.
Well, after some experiments, i see some troubles, but i can solve them.
The problems are usualy a "Windows mistery"........ If my pc starts and runs VisualBasic for the first time, everything goes well. If i stop VisualBasic and run it again, Camera does not works, but if i restart system, everything is ok again. If i connect an old camera (Logitech Quickcam express bought in 1994) everything is ok all the times.
I don't know why, but i have 2 options. Surely, newest camera is better than the oldest, so i will go on with this.
The little 12vpc, can run visual basic with this camera at now. I must be very carefull programming it in order to not spending too much resources.
Hardware seems to be ok at today. I will let you know going on.........
P.s. Scuse me for my bad english...
FOR "DANGER":
Doyou have a link showing your robot specs?
How do it is wheigt? What kind of motors do you have mounted? How do you recharge batteries?
Thank you.
Ema from Italy
@odt, Here is a link to the thread that I started for my robot. I do not have many real specs for him. It is a copy of a robot that was on an old television program.
Dave, and several others in this group are building copies of the same one. Dave's is much farther along than mine. His is actually coming out a lot better too.I am not a real robot builder. I am making things up as I go along. I can tell you this much. He will be about 2 Meters tall and about 140Kg when he is finished. To move him around, I have motors that came out of a scooter. I will be using a Sabertooth 2X60 controller to run them off of the EZ-B.
To move his arms, and other parts of his body, I bought a bunch of these motors . They are not installed yet, but I am experimenting with them. I have also collected other automotive motors and cordless drill motors.
To charge the batteries, I have an automobile battery charger.
He will have an onboard computer. It is a custom job that I had built. It is a mini ITX board, with an Intel i3=3240 processor (3040GHz) and a 120GB SSD.
Beyond that, I do not know what to tell you. It is still a work in progress. I have changed plans many times since I began, and will probably change them many times again before I am done.
Best of luck with your project though. If I can be of any assistance, just ask.
WOW!