feroze
Hello,
Since I have received my EZ-Robot kit I have had some concerns over the wireless camera related to the power. The camera works with the computer but the battery only lasts maybe 45 minutes of so on a full charge.
When I plug in the camera (using the supplied usb cord) into my iphone charger, the red light only stays on for about 30 minutes and then turns off. This happens even when the Camera is completely out of battery power, and I assume the charge light should stay on for at least 2 hours. Please let me know if this is a hardware issue, or if the camera charges even when the red light is off.
I am assuming the camera is only charging when the red light is on. If so then ever since I received my camera it only charges for about 30 minutes max....
I also want to put the Cam inside Rolling-Olli's head, but i don't want to use a port of the ezb to switch the cam on and I can't get to the on-button. Did anybody have done a "always-on" mod for the cam? The goal is that the cam is on when i switch the robot on.
Marc
The camera in Melvin's head is always on, at least it has been since I put it in there.
I'm not entirely sure how I managed it but I believe that once it is on it will remember it's status for the next time it's powered up. I do have the white signal wire connected but I don't have any control for it.
I cannot give any guarantees that this would work or that it wouldn't fry the camera but from what I know, a Set(digitalport, on) will make the signal wire +5V and a Set(digitalport, off) will make the signal wire ground. So in theory, applying +5V to the signal wire, or the position in which you connect it, will emulate the switch being held down.
The best thing to do is;
It's something I plan to test at some point but currently I'm unable to as my EZ-B's are not easy to get to.