Re: [Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-04 Thread Ian W. Wright
FWIW I'm using one of these webcams - http://tinyurl.com/8uypb5 - on my little machine and its pretty fantastic. It arrived from Hong Kong in under a week and, while there's a short delay in motion when you're using it at high resolution, I'm sure it would be ideal for the pick and place kind

Re: [Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-04 Thread Klemen Dovrtel
? Regards Klemen --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Len Shelton wrote: > From: Len Shelton > Subject: [Emc-users] web cam capture > To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'" > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 10:53 PM > Anyone know of a simple command line web cam capture &

Re: [Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 00:05 -0500, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > Kirk Wallace wrote: > > >[snip] > > > >A caveat of frame-grabbing, to me at least, is that this implies using > >video, and inexpensive video really . . For my application, the only > >additional cost was $30.00 for an eBay digit

Re: [Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-03 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Kirk Wallace wrote: >[snip] > >A caveat of frame-grabbing, to me at least, is that this implies using >video, and inexpensive video really . . For my application, the only >additional cost was $30.00 for an eBay digital camera that has much >higher resolution with great exposure and color cont

Re: [Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 20:32 -0500, Kent A. Reed wrote: > Len Shelton wrote: > > > Anyone know of a simple command line web cam capture program? I am running > > EMC2 on my pick-n-place machine. I want to be able to pick up a part, then > > move it over an uplooking webcam, capture an image, then p

Re: [Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-03 Thread Kent A. Reed
Len Shelton wrote: > Anyone know of a simple command line web cam capture program? I am running > EMC2 on my pick-n-place machine. I want to be able to pick up a part, then > move it over an uplooking webcam, capture an image, then proceed with > placing the part. I want to be able to study these

Re: [Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-03 Thread John Kasunich
Len Shelton wrote: > Anyone know of a simple command line web cam capture program? I am running > EMC2 on my pick-n-place machine. I want to be able to pick up a part, then > move it over an uplooking webcam, capture an image, then proceed with > placing the part. I want to be able to study these i

Re: [Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 15:53 -0600, Len Shelton wrote: > Anyone know of a simple command line web cam capture program? I am running > EMC2 on my pick-n-place machine. I want to be able to pick up a part, then > move it over an uplooking webcam, capture an image, then proceed with > placing the part.

[Emc-users] web cam capture

2009-01-03 Thread Len Shelton
Anyone know of a simple command line web cam capture program? I am running EMC2 on my pick-n-place machine. I want to be able to pick up a part, then move it over an uplooking webcam, capture an image, then proceed with placing the part. I want to be able to study these images to diagnose some cent