Server move update
Most of the server move was finished during the last few days and no major interruptions of services where endured as far as I can tell except due to some cock-up with the SSL certificates.
The new server should be able to cope with the rather small loads this site creates.
Moving to new host
A small update, I will unfortunately be moving to a new host within the upcoming weeks. I’ve been graciously hosted by http://www.haringstad.com for the last… many years and I am tremenduously grateful for the excellent help and services I’ve received from them. Unfortunately it looks like they are closing down, and hence I need to find a new home. I’ve found one at edis.at for now, we will see how that pans out. During this time there may be some disruptions to services on this webpage and my mail. I will try to keep this down however. For now, I’ve started setting up a server and preparing for the final move.
1 hour Raspberry pi camera controller
Kids really chew into your spare time. I got some time the other day to have some fun with a Raspberry pi, raspicam, Adafruit pwm servo driver, 2 servos, double sided tape, tape and cardboard. In 60 minutes I managed to make the “thing” in the video. OK, some stuff was pre-assembled :-).
Also, I’ve just finished setting the construction up running on Battery power. 2x zippy compact 3300mah 4s (14,4v nominal LiPo) in parallel via a 5v 5A bec powering both the servos and the Raspberry hardware. Running everything including servos for 4 hours , my measurement is that I’ve used less than 10% of the battery capacity.
The servos are currently controlled using up, down, left and right keys and the application is just a modified example from Adafruit. However, it should be very easy to integrate with either the mpu 9150 breakout unit I’ve also installed and make a simple gimbal of sorts.
But first I’m planning to test integrating the code with the opencv haar object recognition stuff I did during the Christmas holidays, for example track clementines.