In many cases encountered within the RND field its really beneficial to synchronize
sensor data with images representing the true, state of the system.
As i understood here: https://forum.krontech.ca/index.php?topic=959.0
The analog input support is not planned in the near future.
But it must be possible to take advantage of the Gigabit ethernet on 1.4 and 2.1.
It would be really nice to be able to send data to the camera,
where it could be... either saved in a separate file or displayed onscreen.
This would open countless options for scientific/rnd use.
Just attaching a small microcontroller, e.g. ESP32, and using its builtin wireless options or semtech IC,
you could sync data from sensors and embedded electronis, wirelessly,
from many different sources, AND capture the real time state of the system in high frame rate.
Sounds like a dream for debugging real time stuff where
mechanical stuff is computer controlled. It often doesnt help if
you have high speed sensor logs, the real hardware often
does something else compared to what the sensors see.
Like with drone stabilisation (pid loop outputs vs actual motor acceleration vs potentially false imu data)
Even if high speed logs are not possible, then timestamps of when exactly a message came could be
used to sync other logs to the video.
All in a compact portable package.
It has potential IMO.
Any chance we could ever see something like this added to the camera API?
sensor data with images representing the true, state of the system.
As i understood here: https://forum.krontech.ca/index.php?topic=959.0
The analog input support is not planned in the near future.
But it must be possible to take advantage of the Gigabit ethernet on 1.4 and 2.1.
It would be really nice to be able to send data to the camera,
where it could be... either saved in a separate file or displayed onscreen.
This would open countless options for scientific/rnd use.
Just attaching a small microcontroller, e.g. ESP32, and using its builtin wireless options or semtech IC,
you could sync data from sensors and embedded electronis, wirelessly,
from many different sources, AND capture the real time state of the system in high frame rate.
Sounds like a dream for debugging real time stuff where
mechanical stuff is computer controlled. It often doesnt help if
you have high speed sensor logs, the real hardware often
does something else compared to what the sensors see.
Like with drone stabilisation (pid loop outputs vs actual motor acceleration vs potentially false imu data)
Even if high speed logs are not possible, then timestamps of when exactly a message came could be
used to sync other logs to the video.
All in a compact portable package.
It has potential IMO.
Any chance we could ever see something like this added to the camera API?
