At 20:05 23.08.2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I would probably use one of the cheap CCD modules and send the composite
>signal up a coax.  You can get some nice cable that has CAT5 and RG6 in the
>same jacket.

I thought about this as well, but I keep running into some problems. Some
of these are probably just showing that I don't really know much about
video, and video transmissions :-(

First of all, the cameras I have seen are fairly expensive.

Secondly, how far can these signals travel without unacceptable signal
degredation? I need
about 110-120 meters ( I want the sub to be able to operate down to 40 m,
with a range of about 100m from the boat)

Thirdly, using a camara such as this means I have to have a seperate
monitor for the videoimage (or use some kind of "tv" capture card for a
pc). But what I really want is to have the image on the computer screen
together with the controls.

Btw. does anyone know how many frames pr. second you manage to get out of
the combination of a CoolCam/VV6xxx and one of the pic controllers?

Thanks

Hans-Christian

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