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Title: bit of tech info
Post by: justbede on March 08, 2009, 03:23:27 PM: Since i'm really interested in the tech side of robotics aswell as everything else i thought i'd just post a couple of articles that helped me to get to grips with what pleo touch sensors are and how they work for anyone thats interested. Enjoy!

Quite a nice simple article on what the touch/capacitive sensors are/do and what pleo can do with them
http://www.tablix.org/~avian/blog/archives/2008/11/08/T20_26_49/

This article actually has info on alot of pleos tech and software but was published before pleo even had a camera lol
http://www.tablix.org/~avian/blog/archives/2008/11/08/T20_26_49/

Just a simple article on capacitive sensors
http://www.articlesbase.com/hardware-articles/capacitive-sensors-are-not-a-house-hold-name-though-they-should-be-642896.html
Title: Re: bit of tech info
Post by: 49er on March 08, 2009, 08:42:04 PM: Thanks! Good information. Please keep us posted on what you find out. 8)
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Post by: PLEOGALINBC on March 08, 2009, 08:43:31 PM: That's some good information
:)
Title: Re: bit of tech info
Post by: justbede on March 10, 2009, 05:20:45 AM: Why thank you ;D
Title: Re: bit of tech info
Post by: justbede on March 11, 2009, 04:24:41 AM: Ok i managed to find some info on pleos camera which is a "omnivision" ov6650 colour

This first link is the cameras specs (it seems a little buddys are capable of fair bit but don't seem to do a lot with it running the current OS)
http://www.ovt.com/data/parts/pdf/OV6650_PB%20(1.7).pdf

The second link gives a bit more detail and says that it was the smallest image sensor available at the time of its introduction
http://www.ovt.com/data/newsreleases/english/pr_2004_02_23b.pdf

I really hope either ugobe releases some firmware to really harness the power of pleo or that they release the tools so that we as the owners and lovers of pleo can try.
Title: Re: bit of tech info
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 11, 2009, 04:53:36 PM: Lol Pleo's camera has better specs than my laptop webcam :o Except that my laptop can manage a larger picture size :o

Thanks for all this info, it will be nice to know about all the tech specs so I can tell people who inquire :)
Title: Re: bit of tech info
Post by: justbede on March 11, 2009, 05:57:41 PM: Lmao yeah i just had a situation exactly like that where a couple of buddys were talking cars and getting into model numbers when they looked at me kind of expectantly so i just quoted them name and model number of this CMOS lmao worked a treat :p
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Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on March 11, 2009, 06:15:35 PM: You know you're a Pleo addict when...

You can remember the camera serial number off by heart. ROFL! Classic :)
Title: Re: bit of tech info
Post by: justbede on March 11, 2009, 08:15:52 PM: ov6650 heh ;D