[Elphel-support] waterproof environment camera

[Stefan de Konink]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2010, Tom Sparks wrote:

> in elphel brouchure there is talk about ENC353L ( http://www3.elphel.com/files/Elphel_Brochure.pdf ) or should i look at for a outdoor wifi box?

I don't know about that, probably sales@ is your right entry.

>>>> * RF shielding needed for VLF radio ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_low_frequency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistler_%28radio%29 )
>>
>> VLF shielding would be just Faraday?
> that what I thinking would do it :)

I wonder what you want to protect. Do you want to shield the Elphel from 
the VLF or shield the VLF from the Elphel? ;)

>>>> * sound card two inputs (microphone and line-in
>> from VLF
>>>> radio)
>>
>> I guess the most 'easy' way would be adding an USB hub,
>> with two USB
>> soundcards, or a more expensive all in one solution.
>
> are there any off-the-shelf usb sound cards that work with the elphel cameras?

Any USB soundcard uses the same ISO protocol. So anyone from DealExtreme 
will work.

>>>> * HDR raw video recording
>>
>> Yes this is possible, in mov files. JP4/JP46
>>
>
> so what about sending a HDR tone mapped version via lan?

You have to postprocess the images at your host system (by lan) anyway if 
you want RAW recording...


>>>> * solar/battery powered setup
>>
>> The camera eats 48V (or with some additional hardware 12V)
>> I guess most
>> solar panels give 12V to 24V, so you can team something
>> up.
>
> Apertus project may be able to help
> http://cinema.elphel.com/

Yes.


Stefan