I suggest you visit www.rcboats.com and ask there. Andy Hans-Christian Prytz on 08/23/2000 11:24:41 AM Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: (bcc: Andrew Kunz/TDI_NOTES) Subject: [OT]: Remote controlled sub with video camera Hi, I'm planning on building a small remote controlled (by cable probably) submarine, and naturally I hope to control it with pic controllers ( I haven't decided exactly which ones yet). I don't expect many major problems with the controlsystem itself, but I am a bit in deep water regarding the camera. After looking at the archives of the list, it seems that I might be best off going with either a VV6301 (or similar) or the M64282FP (the one in the Gameboy camara). I plan to send the data up to shore, probably sharing bandwith with the control signals to the sub, maybe using a RS485 link, or something similar. However I am a bit uncertain as to how these cameras behave, so I hav a few qestions: 1. How fast can you get images from them? I need at least a semblance of "full motion". I guess this would maybe come down to how fast the PIC can handle the data. 2. This video stream (if I can call it that) will be used as a visual aid in controlling the sub, so the quality of the image is important. Is there anyone that has actually used these for something similar? If so, how well suited to the task are these things? 3. Am I barking up the totally wrong tree here? Is it at all possible to do this with the type of hardware mentioned? Or should I go with a seperate video feed (which is much more expensive)? Any comments or suggestions are welcome, I'm fumbling a bit since this is my first hardware project after working with software only for several years. -- Hans-Christian Prytz hans-christian@prytz.net -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics