scouk Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Had plans for this for ages.. Finally got round to installing it.. Power currently tied to the reversing lamps so it's only enabled when reversing.. Also, assuming I get the time to set things up and wire up the car accordingly, may even be able to record the footage! Additionally looking to add another front facing camera and have a switch on the center console to switch them on/off manually.. Hoping to get that set-up before the Highland and Island Fling No guarantees though... Note the stripeyness is just the photo, the screen looks clear: Not the prettyest looking thing I admit, but never mind... Sample Video Footage: Camera also has a built in light sensor that automatically switches on a set of IR LED's for night time (yet to be tested on the car) P.s. Anyone got a spare front Fog-light switch off a newage kicking around they don't need?
cullenmin Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 How cool would that be if you get it to record Our runs will never be the same again hahaha
C_WRX Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) Different, but nice touch ! Agree not the prettiest camera on show but none the less looks cool. Well done, your some man for the DIY stuff but handy at it to ! Edited April 13, 2009 by C_WRX
thefastone Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 interested to see how it would look the picture travelling at speed... not bonny, but it has potential...
4Hero Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I could have done with one of these before reversing into a wall on saturday
scouk Posted April 13, 2009 Author Posted April 13, 2009 interested to see how it would look the picture travelling at speed... not bonny, but it has potential... Not sure.. But yeah probably not that great.. THe camera I've got for the front is better quality but only just, I wouldn't expect bulletcam quality TBH.. I just bought a couple cheapos just now as a "prototype" for testing.. Once all the wiring is done and everything set-up an upgrade should be straight forward!
kennyuk300 Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Hey at least you are giving it a go ,is there anything you can't turn your hand too good for you, fancy a user name change :- Q, Macgyver , Inspecter Gadget cheers kenny
mystery machine Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Nice! The sun was out today and I saw quite a few rears that I would like to have gotten a better view of.
scooby222 Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 im with mystery machine-wonder how many bikers fell off today... nice work Al-whens the vascar going in lol would be awesome to have it for skye-just make sure theres an instant erase button though!
scouk Posted April 14, 2009 Author Posted April 14, 2009 im with mystery machine-wonder how many bikers fell off today... Yeah.. nasty incident at the weekend where two bikers were killed after a collision with another car between Grantown and Tomintoul.. Really sad thing is, I believe it was an organised run by local Moray bikers group... Don't know any further details of the incident at the moment.. Keep it safe out there guys n' gals! nice work Al-whens the vascar going in lolwould be awesome to have it for skye-just make sure theres an instant erase button though! Not sure about VASCAR but should be able to bolt on ANPR in the future.. Now I just need to hack into the DVLA database .. (just kidding!)
Maxxed_Ross Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 top lottle mod that! I had one of these on my last car and it is very handy for parking and so on. I'm liking the idea about recording it so I'll be keeping an eye on this
StrikE Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 I'm liking the idea about recording it so I'll be keeping an eye on this So am I purely for car park dings that drive away after dinging your motor
scouk Posted April 14, 2009 Author Posted April 14, 2009 hmm, 24hr built in survailance! yeah need to get a CCTV in operation sign plastered onto the car Couple of other thoughts about it... By bro was tellign me there was a product on the gadget show the other weeks showing a mini camera/recorder which attached to the rear view mirror or something.. And kept a rolling 20 second recording.. So if you notice an "incident" you can push the button and it woudl save the last 20seconds of video for later use.. Also activated in the event of impact! Almost like a mini black box recorder in a sense. Something which may be worth looking into in teh future! Other thing on the incar security idea.. I have motion detection software on my home pc which will automatically record when a camera detects movement! How about a mini camera in the dashboard recording the drivers face or even movement around the car! Downside of all this is that it'll need a computer to run it all and for this level of security the battery life would be limited and ultimately drain the cars battery if left on for a while... If you wanted to be completely daft, you could potentially add a 3G USB card to the system and have it automatically uploading video to a secure place online! Soo many possibilities.... TBH - I have no idea where this little project is going to end up.. It started off as an idea of having a permanent ECU datalogger in the car for digital gauges on the display and maybe a media center for music/video (Fast&Furious films have a lot to answer for).. Works in testing but havent got roung to make it a permenent fixture of the car, need to get a computer set-up somewhere... Software was still a bit too buggy for my liking...
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