Sounds like a perfect job for a web cam and an old PC. You just tell the software to replace the current image at xx seconds. And you can even save all the images (or at least their thumbnails) for your records. Let's see, web cam @ AU$90 + old 486 PC @ AU$0 + my consulting fee @ AU$ . . . ahhhmmm, let's say AU$600 and I'll even throw in free shipping. Bye. -----Original Message----- From: Quentin [mailto:qsc@ICON.CO.ZA] Sent: Wednesday, 24 October 2001 18:38 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [EE]: Video snap shot Video inspection is when you take snap shots at a certain rate so you can compare the shots for consistency. So I must be able to store and display one shot continuously until the next one. It's not a streaming video. Quentin Jonathan Luthje wrote: > > Quentin, > If you just want to look at a production line on a monitor, why do you > need any sort of interface at all? Why not just use a camera and a CCTV > monitor? -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads