Having been the target of a road-rage attack recently (driver behind chucked a
rock at me) I can see the value of having front and rear cameras recording.
They're actually pretty affordable these days (see
http://www.etronixmart.com/vosonic-gv6330-vehicle-safeguard-night-vision-car-video-camera-p-516.html?osCsid=a075cabb7bdc23a203f9e79fbc0dcc78
). However I was thinking of something more durable:
* front camera mounted on the driver's sunshade, able to be aimed by hand if
desired
* rear camera on the parcels shelf, protected from overhead sunshine
* single-board computer somewhere, receiving the pix, cropping them and
recording them onto a 80GiB disc drive
* little screen visible to the driver, usually showing the rear view [handy for
parking]
* some sort of control switch for e.g. temporarily increasing the normal
recording rate from 1 frame/second to perhaps 4 frames/second if the driver
desires
The TS-7250 looks suitable
(http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-7250) but the
only cameras I've found have composite video output e.g. Jaycar's QC3491.
Can anyone suggest hardware suitable for such a setup, please?
Jim Donovan
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