Jacob Todd wrote:
Does inferno have support for (a) webcam(s)? Or are you using linux for
capturing things from the webcam?
On Feb 25, 2011 9:14 AM, "Jack Norton" <j...@0x6a.com
<mailto:j...@0x6a.com>> wrote:
> Jason Dreisbach wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can anyone help shed some light in my search for a "low power" minimal
>> plan 9 hardware setup to start experimenting with. Has anyone had
>> success running plan 9 on a Fit PC (the only atom box we have access
to)?
>>
>> Gumstix would be ideal, but their plan 9 support is a bit half baked
>> right now. Wireless support would be a huge plus.
>>
>> We are trying to do a bit of research into robotic applications of plan
>> 9. The p9 filesystem protocol seems like a real neat method to acquire
>> resources of nearby "bots". Allowing for very minimal, modularized
robot
>> configurations.
>>
>> Any tips? Am I out of my mind?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jason
>
> Jason,
>
> I am currently attempting a little ROV using some 9p for control, but I
> am using inferno hosted on linux. That might be the quicker way to get
> your 'bots speaking 9p. I am doing this because right off the bat I
> need a webcam. I also need to prototype this very quickly so mucking
> about in hardware drivers and OS nuances is not an option.
> Sounds like fun! I'm curious what you come up with!
>
> -Jack
>
It's a USB webcam (logitech POS is the model I believe :) ). Right now
I am leaving the webcam for last, so right now linux is providing the
drivers and I am watching it 'quick and dirty' with a seperate xawtv
window. The webcam is my last step because it really is just outside
the reach of my personal programing capabilities (I'm a physicist -- god
help you if I ever have to write code for you...). In all reality I may
get as far as an ugly hack involving some host multimedia converters and
file2chan, but that is optimistic at best right now.
Once the concept is limping along, I can then really attempt a native
webcam of some sort.
In any event I've got the impression that inferno could be really cool
in a robotics environment, hence the motivation.
-Jack
