02-04-2019, 09:39 AM
Im also hoping the pinebook pro lives up to the expectations. To me the most important factor is a 1080p screen. it's what's put me off getting the Teres II and using my Chromebook more often. Anything less now a days is just a headache for daily use
However the camera has now also caught my eye. I've done small projects using a Logitech webcam and I've always found it lacking and frustrating in terms of "hackability". for instance it has many different output modes but they're all undocumented and it's unclear how to switch between them programmatically (you can seemingly do something through V4L, but how to do that from a simple c++ program is unclear). it has an adjustable focus, but again, no API for interfacing with it. the gain control is also automatic and can't be manually overridden. the only "API" of sorts ends up being whatever levers OpenCV happens to have ... which is not many
I think there is a big unfilled demand for fully adjustable cameras that aren't at lab-equipment prices. Of course this is not just a hardware problem, but a software one as well
However the camera has now also caught my eye. I've done small projects using a Logitech webcam and I've always found it lacking and frustrating in terms of "hackability". for instance it has many different output modes but they're all undocumented and it's unclear how to switch between them programmatically (you can seemingly do something through V4L, but how to do that from a simple c++ program is unclear). it has an adjustable focus, but again, no API for interfacing with it. the gain control is also automatic and can't be manually overridden. the only "API" of sorts ends up being whatever levers OpenCV happens to have ... which is not many
I think there is a big unfilled demand for fully adjustable cameras that aren't at lab-equipment prices. Of course this is not just a hardware problem, but a software one as well
