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Donal O'Keeffe is a graduate of 'Limerick school of art and design' (LSAD) in Ireland with honors in graphic design. He is a Masters graduate from University College Dublin (UCD) in Film, specialising in Russian and American film. He worked as a broadcast motion designer for Screen Scene Post Production in Dublin, Ireland for three years. He now lives in London and works as a senior broadcast designer for ITN/ITV, specializing in information graphics.
Popcorn Horror asked him a few questions about his Zombie Survival Vehicles series.
What inspired you to create the series?
So the series was inspired by my love of zombie horror films and the especially the initial breakout scenarios. From 'Night of the Living Dead' right up to now with 'The last of us' and 'The walking dead', I find the first signs of a zombie apocalypse to be some of the more exciting elements within these films/games. We see characters reacting in all sorts of manners, some choose to stay and fight it out, some are completely overrun with fear and confusion whilst others evolve into real survivalist. And because most Zombie films deal with a real everyday contemporary world I reckon people can't help but fit themselves into this frighten scenario. People don't have military tanks to hand and so would need to very quickly incorporate standard cars and vans into strong reliable machines for escape. I felt that just showing the outside of these vehicles wouldn't tell the full story of our survivors so I liked the idea of doing a cross section that revealed in the details, the people and their possessions. And so, tell us who they are and and perhaps where there from and whats important to them.
What is your favourite zombie movie?
My favorite Zombie movie would have to be the original George Romero's 'Night of the Living dead' from 1968, its such a simple construct but from the start and the first few scenes in the graveyard I cant help but feel that I'm watching something truly scary as a concept. There's a real slow paced creepiness infused in that film that alot of current zombie films neglect for faster editing and special effects. I'm not sure I like the new digital zombies full on sprinting in the movies of now. On a side note, one zombie film remake that I though was a real success was Zack Snyder's 'Dawn of the dead', I felt he really captured the quirky nature of the original but also helped it by trimming at least 30mins.. great Halloween watch!
If you could only take one weapon into a fight with a zombie, what would it be?
This answer really depends on what stage we are at with the zombie attack, for example, guns are no good a couple months in as it would hard to find bullets, where as a crossbow would be useful but tough to reload in a close proximity fight for life So for me, and I know it sounds foolhardy, but I would go with a really good sword, something like Michonne's from the walking dead.
Detail your zombie survival plan.
Zombie survival plan: great question. Again, there can be no real definitive answer to this as it depends completely on your location and when the attack happens. But to narrow it down, I reckon you got two chooses, 1: find a suitable place to hold up, make it secure, stock food and water whilst trying for help on the radio and of course arm yourself to the teeth or, 2; and this is my favorite create an exit plan, make for a port or marina and a boat, you need to get off land and hopefully make it to an unaffected island. I feel this can really be the only sense of escape. Of course making your way to a boat would include a survival vehicle!
What's next for you, what projects are you working on?
I have several different projects on the go at the moment. I just finished my Halloween addition to the Zombie survival series, a 'New Delhi Tuktuk', that was alot of fun and I'm really happy with the final render (Just added it to my coroflot portfolio). I'm in the initial research stages for a cross section of a Zombie survival building. Its gonna be very similar in style to the vehicles but this time through the cross section it will tell the story of a bunch of survivors living in a block of flats. Also I'm currently working on a short animated piece that's called, "The Town of Up and Down". It's not related to my Zombie designs in any way but does share my love of detailed 3d worlds. This is a long term project aiming for a late spring 2014 release.
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I miss my dog so much
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 8:13am Post subject: Cappy
For those who don't know, I wanted to let you know that I lost Cappy today. He was 11 and was very ill. He had been going downhill for some time but i hadn't recognised it as I was too busy making excuses. By the time I got him down to the specialist down in Melbourne he was very ill. He died whilst under anaesthetic for a CT scan. They thought he would be alright, I thought he wouldn't. Perhaps I should have waited but he was sick and going downhill.
I miss my dog so much
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 8:32am Post subject: Cappy
Oh, I'm so sorry, losing a pet can sometimes be worse than losing a person. Since he was under anesthetic, I hope that means he wasn't in pain. I'm sure he had a happy, long life, and please try not to blame yourself too much.
: because he isn't around anymore, but
: because I know he had a loving home for so many years
Open to suggestions as to what my sig should consist of...
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 8:47am Post subject: Cappy
Oh Occy *hugs* Cappy was a lovely doggy and such a blessing to you and you to him. *hugs*
I used to be EternalStudent on these forums until the switch over. So don't get excited..I'm not someone new and exciting. I'm just me :P
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 10:11am Post subject: Cappy
I had them wake him up but he never did - his heart was going again but they had to breathe for him and then I made the decision to pts after I said goodbye one last time. It was selfish but I needed it. Soon as I saw him however, I said no, stop - enough. He said goodbye to me before he went under, but like everything else I couldn't see it.
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 10:11am Post subject: Cappy
I'm so sorry to hear that :'(
a dog can give so much love and it's always a great pain for our heart losing a friend and a member of the family.
he will always live in your heart
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 11:41am Post subject: Cappy
Oh Occy, I'm so sorry to hear your devasting news
I'm sure he had a happy, long life and knows every decision you made was with his best interests at heart. If he was in pain and getting worse then surely you did the right thing.
Sending best wishes to you and your family.
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 1:01pm Post subject: Cappy
I am very sorry to hear of the loss of your pet. I hear you doubting yourself, don't. That is one of the most important decisions we make, and it is very hard to get weigh what is best for our best friend and what our heart says. I am sure you made the best decision out of love for Cappy. {{{hugs}}}
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 3:04pm Post subject: Cappy
I'm really sorry to hear that Occy. Like the others have said i'm sure he had a brilliant life with you. I also want to echo what Ginj said, you had to make a tough decision but i'm sure in the circumstance you made the made the right one.
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 3:35pm Post subject: Cappy
:'( That's too bad and sad :'(
I think of myself as someone who is filled with love, whose only purpose in life was to achieve love. - Stephen Fry
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 4:22pm Post subject: Cappy
Oh gosh, I'm so terribly sorry to hear of your loss.
I'm sure he was an important part of your life and always will be, keep tight hold of those memories. I know how awful it is to lose a beloved pet. Will be thinking of you, take care.
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 4:38pm Post subject: Cappy
It took me a long time to face up to calling the vet out for our last dog. I live with knowing that I/we did the best we could for him all his life, but ultimately, it's time to take away the pain and remember all the good stuff instead, You can't do any more, and nobody who's done their best should ever beat themselves up over their actions.
The only way is forward. Now where's the bar?
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 6:30pm Post subject: Cappy
I'm sorry, Occy. Don't blame yourself, though! Cappy wouldn't blame you. Dogs are fantastic that way; they love you forever.
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Posted Fri May 15th, 2009 10:48pm Post subject: Cappy
I didn't see this earlier..
Occy, so sorry to hear about this. I don't really know what to say other than I know it is painful to the heart. That pain is a reminder that you loved, and were loved back. That probably doesn't help much right now. I've ushered beloved friends of the furry kind off to Doggy Valhalla before. It never gets easier. I'm sure Cappy taught you a lot of things that will be of benefit to you down the road, even if right now the primary thing you feel is grief. Every tear is a testament to how fond of each other you were.
Really? Wow.
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Posted Sat May 16th, 2009 1:08am Post subject: Cappy
Sorry Occy, sent you a tweet earlier.
I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.
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- Carbohydrate: 35.9g
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- Iron: 1.6mg
- Sodium: 947mg
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fiber: 6.3g
- Calcium: 177mg
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Re: 502 Bad Gateway
on: October 09, 2013, 02:56:58 pm
Same here, I've been having difficulty logging in all day long today.
Using Arduino
Re: Photodiode at 10KHz -- improving signal-to-noise ratio?
on: October 08, 2013, 02:05:07 pm
Quote from: jremington on October 08, 2013, 12:19:18 pm
Are you sure that the photodiode is connected the "right way around" i.e. reverse biased? If it is forward biased, current conduction leads to a lot of noise.
New things I tried:
--> I thought of this too, but that's not it. It was correctly connected.
--> I replaced the POT with a 4.7 kilohm resistor, and I'm getting slightly better results. I think the POT was creating some of the "noise".
However dark noise remains unchanged, in total darkness I'm getting analogRead's that varies upwards/downards by full 5 counts or so. What could be the source of this kind of noise in darkness? Current leakages, etc? Are there better-quality photodiodes I could try than BPW34s? (I tried two, just in case one of my BPW34's was defective).
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Re: Photodiode at 10KHz -- improving signal-to-noise ratio?
on: October 08, 2013, 10:06:59 am
Quote from: dc42 on October 08, 2013, 06:02:21 am
In order to get a good signal at frequencies as high as 10kHz, you will need an effective load resistance very much lower than 100K. I used a photodiode to look at a 38kHz IR signal a while ago. For that application, I made a circuit that presented a low impedance to the photodiode and also provided a current sink that automatically took care of the current due to ambient light, so that it could be more sensitive to the 38KHz signal.
That's why I used a POT, to try to give me an adjustment range.
However, your circuit sounds interesting. I'm using visible-light rather than infrared, as I need to be able to measure visible light intensities (direct contact with light source) at a high frequency.
I'll check on the low impedance ideas throughout the Net, but got any recommendations to jumpstart me?
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Re: Photodiode at 10KHz -- improving signal-to-noise ratio?
on: October 08, 2013, 10:04:40 am
Quote from: robtillaart on October 08, 2013, 05:47:14 am
can you post your schematic?
is there a large distance between the LED and the Photodiode?
can other light enter?
Apologies, you right, I should have.
It's just one photodiode and one resistor, connected in the most common arrangement. +V to photodiode, photodiode to resistor, resistor to ground. Then the middle between photodiode/resistor goes to A0 on Arduino. Someone recently recommended I should add a capacitor; that made sense, but I'm not sure which capacitor size to use.
Full contact with light source.
It is still noisy even if no other light enters.
And, it is very noisy even in total darkness.
Should I be using a higher-quality photodiode? Essentially, I need high-frequency visible-light intensity measurements without noise (at least at the sampling rate of 10 KHz).
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Photodiode at 10KHz -- improving signal-to-noise ratio?
on: October 07, 2013, 11:47:37 pm
Hello: I have been able to read from a photodiode at 10KHz, but there is a lot of noise in the light readings. I've made sure to also test steady-light sources (e.g. LED connected to battery) but there is excess noise.
I would like to know how to configure the Arduino:
-- To make light response as linear as I can
-- To make light reading less noisy
-- To function with visible light
It is currently a BPW34 photodiode. I have used a 100Kohm POT to try different resistance values, and I get reasonable results, but there is still an extreme amount of noise in the readings. How can I go around reducing the noise?
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Re: 2MHz SPI between two arduinos...help!
on: December 18, 2012, 02:16:23 pm
Quote from: eriknyquist on December 18, 2012, 12:01:53 pm
// SPI interrupt routine
ISR (SPI_STC_vect)
byte c = SPDR; // grab byte from SPI Data Register
// add to buffer if room
if (pos < sizeof buf)
buf [pos++] = c;
// example: newline means time to process buffer
// if this is set to 255 and master sends 255 then the whole things goes buck ape
if (c == 249)
process_it = true;
} // end of room available
} // end of int
Sometimes I can't resist an optimization opportunity when I see one. You are declaring a byte array of 300 bytes that will never overflow because pos is a byte. sizeof buf will never be reached. You'll never overwrite beyond the end of the buffer. You will have a limit of 256 bytes, but you will shave a few clock cycles. Since it wraparound to 256, do you need an overflow check? Overflow checks are important in many programs, but you never overflow because the byte becomes its own overflow preventer. Remove the overflow check for extra performance, if you've got a buffer bigger than the index variable, and if the buffer-full behavior isn't important.
This will perform slightly faster. It will have different behaviour when the buffer is full, it will start overwriting the beginning of the buffer again and suddenly discard the last 256 bytes of data (you'll have to test if this behavior is undesirable or not), but might work more reliably at a slightly higher speed. Since you're hosed anyway if the buffer is full, we probably don't care in what way it overflows? (depends on the application).
Here's a faster ISR which also is fixed-cycle (cycle count does not vary due to lack of "if" statement)
byte incomingByte; // Preallocate for performance
ISR (SPI_STC_vect)
incomingByte = SPDR;
// pos never overflows past 256, so we'll never overwrite beyond end of buffer, it wraps around
buf[pos++] = incomingByte;
// This becomes true the first time incomingByte equals 249
process_it |= (incomingByte == 249);
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Re: Wanted: Build desktop device that moves a camera at a precise speed [$$ for you]
on: November 28, 2012, 01:53:51 am
Quote from: Graynomad on November 28, 2012, 12:54:09 am
So the location of the camera when the shutter fires is not that important, it's the RATE of travel that matters, and that has to be constant within some limits?
Correct. The rate (including consistency & non-variability) is critical.
(3) I have full control of the moving object, so I can automatically reposition the moving object to be in front of the lens.
How you do that with all the above variables I don't know but I believe you
It's moving objects on a screen, completely generated by software, and the same software program can also be directly connected to the Arduino moving-camera rail via a USB cable. The software becomes all-knowing if it controls the moving objects and it also controls the Arduino camera rail. There are many techniques that I can do, such as:
(1) (if theres no feedback) Cover the entire screen with several copies of on-screen moving test-pattern. The test-pattern can be full-screen, so it no longer matters where/when the camera starts moving -- the camera will "scroll" along with the horizontally-scrolling test pattern, and take a picture anytime before the camera reaches the edge of the screen.
(2) (if there's feedback) I'd simply physically position the left end of the rig precisely at the left edge of the screen, and manually position the camera at on-screen target "X" displayed by my software program on the left edge of the screen. Then when everything's set up, I click a button -- and the software triggers the camera to start accelerating.... You transmit position feedback over the USB cable (notch count on cogwheel = notches sent down the cogwheel belt, converted to millimeters in linear distance). Then once the camera has finished accelerated to a specific speed (e.g. 960 pixels per second at the monitor's dpi -- see below for calculations) My software immediately ensures a moving object in front of the lens based on last-known positional information (+/- 1-2cm inaccuracy is okay -- it just simply means the object is not perfectly centered). Trigger the camera shutter. Viola! The Arduino rail just needs to continuously transmit me motor rotation or position info in real-time over USB, I can do/calculate the rest based on a known "home" position (e.g. setting up the rig in front of a screen in front of an on-screen "X" marker).
How do I know where to put the moving object on the screen? You'll see that I'll position the rig in front of a displayed "X" on the screen. Knowing the dot pitch of the monitor is important to me, but that's my job. For example 960 pixels on a monitor at 0.25mm pitch, is 240 millimeters long. My standard test patterns are moving at 960 pixels per second. So to determine the necessary camera movement speed, I know the resolution of the display (e.g. 1920x1080p), then I use a measuring tape to find out how many millimeters wide the display is. Then divide by horizontal resolution width (e.g. 1920). That's dot pitch -- the width of a single pixel. Then multiply this number by 960 (for test pattern movement speed) to program the desired camera-movement speed (the calculator will be built into my software). Viola. I now know how fast I need to move the camera at, and I also can know exactly where to display the moving object (if there's motor feedback, combined with cogwheel), to be in front of the camera lens -- as long as I've pre-positioned the whole rig first at a starting "home position".
This is the easy peasy part... I'll do (1) if there's no feedback info, but I prefer to also be able to do approach (2), so I prefer you to use a cogwheel & cogwheel belt (And a motor-position sensor) -- that way, by known distance between cogs (e.g. 1mm per cog) and by knowing motor position -- then all that information can be easily converted to linear position information along the rail.
Your hard part is the tricky science is maintaining motor speed at a high accuracy, the momentum, the dynamic speed-maintaining (more-or-less camera-mass independent, as long as it's a relatively lightweight camera).
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Re: Wanted: Build desktop device that moves a camera at a precise speed [$$ for you]
on: November 27, 2012, 11:45:25 pm
--> The more important criteria is precision of the camera motion <--
(1) Camera positioning is not as critical.
(2) Timing of the shutter is not as critical.
(3) I have full control of the on-screen moving objects through my software, so I can automatically reposition the moving object to be in front of the moving camera lens (via feedback mechansim if needed), or use a larger area or multiple copies of on-screen moving objects, so that it doesn't matter what part of the screen the camera is pointed at.
The job is capturing motion blur behaviours in exactly the same way as eye-tracking effects.
Shutter latency randomness is not as big an issue as thought.
The shutter can be electronically held halfway down (shutter button modification) so that shutter lag becomes more predictble.
Error of shutterlag +/- 200milliseconds is acceptable, because I have control of other variables.
As long as the rail is long enough that the shutter will probably occur while the camera is in steady motion, it will work.
At 250mm/sec, that's 25mm per 1/10sec. The rail can even be just 500mm long, with 200mm acceleration, 250mm section of smooth-coast (picture taking section), and 50mm of deceleration. Then we have a safety margin for shutter lag of +/- 500 milliseconds. See? Shutter lag isn't important, even for a short rail.
Many compact cameras have a very small error in shutter lag if I do the half-press first
To the camera's perspective, the moving camera in front of a moving on-screen object, the on-screen object is more-or-less stationary to the camera (barring various effects such as sample-and-hold (eye-tracking, pixel persistence, etc) motion blur, etc.) So there's a big window of opportunity for the shutter to open for 1/10sec, sooner or later.
--> The more important criteria is precision of the camera motion, perfectly tracking the on-screen object <--
This rig needs to use a screwmount, so it can use almost any camera.
It shall not be camera specific.
My favourite mechanism is the cogwheel belt (used by inkjet printers). Using cogwheel belts, and precise motor control on the cogwheel driving the cogwheel belt, inkjet printers move cartridges at over 1 meters/second with near-perfect accuracy (submillimeter precision). How do they spray a dot at an exact location otherwise; it's rather impressive how accurate inkjet heads are even at 1 meter per second movement. So let's use the same cogwheel belts that these printers use (but with variable speed, and good speed feedback for dynamic speed adjustment). Although the design goal is 250mm/sec, I will give an additional bonus money to a mechanism that can move accurately at 500-700mm/sec (for a mass of a compact camera), since that means I can test moving objects on 60" HDTV's with moving objects moving at 960 pixels per second. This may mean the rail needs to be 1 meter long, to allow sufficient acceleration.
Although it can be targeted at a favourite camera, the rail ultimately shall not be camera specific. Rail must be tripod-screw mount (that tiny screw hole at the bottom of all cameras), and permit experimentation with all sorts of different cameras. Smart electronic feedback motor speed control, to adapt to any mass, up to a limit. Faster adjustable coast speed achievable for smaller/compact cameras, slower adjustable coast speed achievable for larger/SLR cameras.
Ideally, this is what I want:
1. I type in the display screen's DPI into my own software
2. My own software displays moving objects
3. My own software calculates the speed your camera needs to move it at.
4. Via a serial command over USB cable, my own software commands your Arduino-powered camera rail to start moving now at a precise speed.
5. You can even leave the shutter operation details to me. Just move the camera precisely for long enough (e.g. move accurately to my own specifications for 1 full second).
If necessary to achieve 1mm/sec accuracy, linearity differences (e.g. belt stretch, etc) can be cancelled out using a separate calibration pass and an appropriate multiplier to compensate (calibration details TBD). (This may not even be necessary, if you find a good metric cogwheel belt and a good metric cogwheel, etc.)
My software will handle triggers and calibration of timings (e.g. calibration for latency of acceleration, calibration for shutter lag, shutter trigger, etc). Ideally, you are responsible for the design of the mechanical operation and the ability to accept serial commands over the Arduino's USB/serial bus, to command the rail to begin accelerating to a precise speed, and then keep maintaining the speed for at least 1 second at 250mm/sec. Leave the rest of the details to me.
BONUS FEATURE: Ideally, I'd like your Arduino rig to give me continuous feedback (over serial) of the camera's current approximate position (+/- 1cm) relative to start position. This can be easily implemented by giving me motor-rotation speed feedback, which can be translated to cog-gear-count on the cogwheel-belt. Quite very doable. That way, I can synchronize my on-screen moving object to the position of the moving camera. And also know when acceleration is finished and the camera is in steady motion (this becomes my shutter trigger). Your job is to keep the camera moving at a steady speed for as long as you can.
Preferably, the rig needs to be strong enough to be portable, since I'll want to travel with it, and put it on all sorts of table tops, in front of all kinds of displays, of all kinds of brands/models/sizes.
Yes, pictures of construction is a bonus. Parts should be parts purchaseable from online stores, if possible. (I can buy the parts for you, shipped to your address). Scavenging is acceptable, but this is an open-source project that will be published online, and it needs to be easily reproduced & replicatable by other people. Therefore, a list of links to online purchases for every component in the project, is ideal, if preferred.
I currently have a strong contender of a person who has given me a resume & credentials (webpages of existing projects), with a price quote within my budget. If you want to apply to do this creation, please email me a 1-page (or more) email message explaining your proposal and your pre-existing experience (resume and web pages with proof of your electronics abilities) -- email mark[at]scanningbacklight.com ... Submissions are still being accepted till December 7th.
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Re: Wanted: Build desktop device that moves a camera at a precise speed [$$ for you]
on: November 25, 2012, 05:03:43 pm
Addendum: That was fast!
One application by an electronics engineer has now been received already.
I am accepting proposals from anybody until December 7th, and want to compare all the qualified ideas before money leaves my pocket.
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Wanted: Build desktop device that moves a camera at a precise speed [$$ for you]
on: November 25, 2012, 03:00:22 pm
I made a post in this thread, but since I need collaborators for my project.
I need an Arduino-controlled device that moves a camera horiziontally approximately 0.25 meters per second while taking a picture for 1/10th second.
This is for an experiment -- scientific measurements of display motion blur. (Cameras taking pictures of moving test pattern objects on screen)
I can build it myself, but my time is quite short/lacking. I can write Arduino programs myself, and I can create electronics circuits.
Essentially, camera starts moving, accelerates,
[BEGIN precision requirement]
then takes a picture for 1/10th second
[END precision requirement]
, then camera decelerates to a stop. I only need one picture, but when the shutter is open, the precision requierments apply.
Here are my preferred requirements:
(1) Must fit on a desk (ideally less than 1 meter long (1 to 3 feet long) maximum 4 feet long. Less than 1 feet deep).
(2) Speed control: 1mm per second increments, up to at approx ~300mm per second. (more is desirable -- but not needed now)
(3) Speed error: +/- 1mm per second error (@250mm per second)
(4) Positioning error: +/- 1 centimeter (Manual shutter timing fine-tuning should be manageable)
(5) Amount of time the precision is required: 1/10th second (macro mode)
(6) Moving mass required: Typical point-and-shoot camera (1/10sec allows use of lightweight camera w/manual exposure ability)
Acceptable precision degradations, if certain parameters are expensive/difficult to meet:
(2b) Speed control: 5mm per second increments (= 0.5mm per second difference during 1/10sec exposure)
(3b) Speed error: +/- 10mm per second (= 1mm error during 1/10sec exposure)
(4b) Positioning error: +/- 5 centimeter (I can do multiple attempts until subject matter is fully in the frame)
The movement mechanism can be anything:
- Stepper motors and a metric threaded screw.
- A hacked inkjet printer mechanism (with the camera mounted to what used to be the cartridge holder)
- A conveyor belt mechanism.
The camera will be computer/Arduino controlled (using a modified shutter button wired to the computer, or by using Canon CHDK custom firmware modification).
The precise details are left to you, but the system must be reasonably cheap and easy to build copies of (100% open-source build instructions, with photos -- will pay extra $ for your photos taken while you build the device). I'll be publishing the stuff on my
BlurBusters blog
You can also contact me directly at mark[at]scanningbacklight.com
Mark Rejhon
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Re: Rail to move a camera at precise speed? (0.25 meters per second at 1mm accuracy)
on: November 25, 2012, 02:31:09 pm
I don't care about start/stop details, as long as I can keep resetting it and repeating. What I need is a photograph successfully taken automatically (Arduino-controlled shutter, Canon CHDK fimware or modified shutter button) at an approximately exact horizontal position, while the camera is horizontally moving at an accurately measurable speed. The start/stop can be as messy or continuous; but ideally, I'd like something that fits on a desk, no more than for feet long. It also needs to be transportable to different sites, so I'll mount all of this on a portable platform.
Essentially, camera starts moving, accelerates,
[BEGIN precision requirement]
then takes a picture for 1/10th second
[END precision requirement]
, then camera decelerates to a stop. I only need one picture, but when the shutter is open, the precision requierments apply.
Here are my preferred requirements:
(1) Must fit on a desk (ideally less than 1 meter long (1 to 3 feet long) maximum 4 feet long. Less than 1 feet deep).
(2) Speed control: 1mm per second increments, up to at approx ~300mm per second. (more is desirable -- but not needed now)
(3) Speed error: +/- 1mm per second error (@250mm per second)
(4) Positioning error: +/- 1 centimeter (Manual shutter timing fine-tuning should be manageable)
(5) Amount of time the precision is required: 1/10th second (macro mode)
(6) Moving mass required: Typical point-and-shoot camera (1/10sec allows use of lightweight camera w/manual exposure ability)
Acceptable precision degradations, if certain parameters are expensive/difficult to meet:
(2b) Speed control: 5mm per second increments (= 0.5mm per second difference during 1/10sec exposure)
(3b) Speed error: +/- 10mm per second (= 1mm error during 1/10sec exposure)
(4b) Positioning error: +/- 5 centimeter (I can do multiple attempts until subject matter is fully in the frame)
A conveyor belt? That could work, too. I'd put the camera on the conveyor surface, even duct tape it down, and press a button to start moving the belt (letting logic and triggers do the work for me).
I have a discarded inkjet printer too, just in case I use its ink cartridge platform as my camera platform. However, I'm open to ideas of easier-to-build solutions that fully meets my accuracy requirements, as my spare hobby build time is limited.
[P.S. If someone is willing to build this for me,
there's some money in it for you
, above and beyond parts cost. I will give you some publicity in my blog, if you open-source the build instructions.]
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Re: Switching 30 watts of LED about 2000 times a second -- is a TO-220 MOSFET okay?
on: November 25, 2012, 02:08:32 pm
I have purchased the LED ribbons now, through a supplier on Alibaba. About 7 dollars per meter for LED's that are 21-22 lumens 6000-6500K, Epistar (Taiwan) branded #5050 chips, (1000 lumens per meter at 60 LED per meter). About 35 dollar per reel of high-brightness neutral-color CRI 70-75 LED's. They are perfectly adequate for my needs at a reasonable brightness-versus-cost ratio. They are only CRI 70-75 but this is acceptable. The switching time is sufficiently fast (LED phosphor decay is short -- far less than 1 millisecond). The cost was a bit higher than I hoped to pay, but I need an ultrathin light source (a big panel that's less than 2" thick) that can switch on/off at strobe speed levels, with precision strobe length control. And, if I overvolt carefully, I can get at least 3000 lumens per meter (60 lumens per LED) in short strobes -- since LED's can be overdriven if strobed for really short periods. So I can output over 50,000 lumens from a two-square-foot ultrathin strobe panel, with better and easier control than xenon strobes -- I need to do 120 precisely-controlled full-brightness strobes per second. An 800 watt PC power supply will be supplying the 12 volts necessary for the 250 watt surges of light (more, if I use an overvolted surge circuit). Here's a small section of the LED ribbon, I took pictures of:
A simple Arduino Photodiode test showed that phosphor decay (after turning off) is undetectable without an oscilloscope -- far less than 1 millisecond. So they are satisfactory in high speed light switching capabilities for low cost! Fiour prebuilt MOSFET switches is what I'm getting (at four channels each), with separate channels controlling a few sections of ribbons, since I need 16-section strobe control.
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Rail to move a camera at precise speed? (0.25 meters per second at 1mm accuracy)
on: November 18, 2012, 12:31:03 pm
This is for a scientific experiment on exact motion blur measurements.
I am trying to construct an Arduino-driven rail that can move a small camera sideways at a precise speed: 0.25 meters per second (about 10 inches per second).
(I'll be using a CHDK-modified arduino-triggerable Canon camera)
These are my requirements:
- I'm taking 1/10th second camera exposures while the camera is moving sideways
- So, I only need +/- 1mm precision for only 1/10th second.
- Inaccuracy during acceleration and deceleration is okay.
- Rail can be short, e.g. half a meter long -- just as long as I achieve precise 0.25 meters per second (controllable in approx mm increments if possible) for the 1/10th second interval I need to take the photo
How would I construct a rail? I could take apart an inkjet printer, mount the camera on top of the cartridge holder, and use the Arduino to move the inkjet head platform (moving the camera) at a precise speed. Any alternatives? Ideas?
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LEDs and Multiplexing
Re: Switching 30 watts of LED about 2000 times a second -- is a TO-220 MOSFET okay?
on: September 24, 2012, 07:28:40 pm
Thank you for your reply. I am aware the FET's can switch fast, but I was worried about them burning up during switching.
I will have to decide if I want to go for my own FET circuit, or buy a premade driver circuit.
driver circuit
is quite attractive, as it contains everything needed; just direct wire to the Arduino, direct wire to the LED ribbon trips, direct wire to the 12V power supply, no other components needed. It now boils down to a simplicity vs cost scenario.
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LEDs and Multiplexing
Re: Switching 30 watts of LED about 2000 times a second -- is a TO-220 MOSFET okay?
on: September 24, 2012, 06:41:38 pm
Ok, partially answered my own question.
There's a ready made board that can be used directly with LED ribbons:
This one is rated for 200,000Hz switching capable -- perfect for my needs.
They are $18 each for 4 channels (10 amps per channel, 16 amps total), and can switch
On the other hand, if I am controlling 16 ribbons, the costs of these boards add up rather quickly. But the power and safety features (optoelectrically isolated) is extremely attractive.
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Summary: The runaway French bestseller hailed by the New York Times as "a survivor's guide to life in the chattering classes." nbsp; If civilized people are expected to have read all important works of literature, and thousands more books are published every year, what are we supposed to do in those awkward social situations in which we're forced to talk about books we haven't read? In this delightfully witty, provocative book, a huge hit in France that has drawn attention from critics around the world, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that it's actually more important to know a book's role in our collective library than its details. Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, and even the movie Groundhog Day , he describes the many varieties of "non-reading" and the horribly sticky social situations that might confront us, and then offers his advice on what to do. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them. It's the book that readers everywhere will be talking about--and despite themselves, reading--this holiday season.
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In Italy there remains, a legend or tradition involving a Witch named Befana. On the night of January 6th (Twelfth Night or the Eve of the Epiphany or Little Christmas), Befana leaves presents in children's stockings hung upon the hearth or in their shoes placed at the door, a tradition very much like Santa Claus associated with Christmas in America. The children write notes and hide them up the chimney for La Befana. The notes or offerings are generally a list of toys or other items that they want La Befana to bring. The whole town is in a state of great anticipation the day La Befana is due. Befana fills up stockings with nuts and fruit and brings presents for all the good children, and a lump of coal for the not-so-good children. In Italy today some candy shops sell 'carbone' or black rock candy that actually looks like pieces of coal. After her arrival, many parties take place, and people move around from house to house visiting friends and relatives.
The Epiphany holiday observed on January 6th includes purifying rites, and benedictions with water. The water prepared on the eve of Epiphany has a sacred and warding-off-evil-spirits value and is used in critical moments of family life. Through Befana's timeless visits to the family hearth, her function is that of reaffirming the bond between the family and the ancestors through an exchange of gifts.
Befana appears in street processions as a masked figure with her consort Befano. Guiding a band of followers who receive offers from families, they receive the gift of prosperity from Befana's blessings. Music fills the streets and people place Befana dolls in their windows, welcoming her to their house. At the end of the Befana celebration, the Befana dolls are burned in effigy. This is done to burn the bad things of the old year and to wish the best things to the new coming.
The Feast of the Epiphany, is the Christian celebration in remembrance of the Magi's visit to the Christ-child. There is also the legend that Befana was invited by the Magi or Wise Men to accompany them in their quest for the baby Jesus. But she refused as she was so busy with household tasks. She intended to see them when they passed by again. However, since the Magi returned home by a different route, she missed them. Another tale says that she promised to catch up with them when she was finished cleaning. By the time she finished, however, the Wise Men were long gone. She frantically began running after them with gifts for the Christ-child, still carrying her broom. Magically, she began to fly on her broom but could not find the Wise Men or the Christ-child.
This is a small chant used by some Italian childern:
La Befana comes at night
In tattered shoes
Dressed in the Roman style
Long live la Befana!!
She brings cinders and coals
To the naughty children
To the good children
She brings sweets and lots of gifts.
Here are some images to show how Befana has been depicted.
Here is an incantation from "Etruscan Magic & Occult Remedies", by Charles Godfrey Leland, to drive away bad luck. It may well be that some Italian regions inherited their folk religion from their ancestors who lived in the same place, the Etruscans.
Take frankincense, both of the best and the inferior kind, also cummin seed. Have ready a seperate scaldino (spirit bowl), which is kept only for this purpose. And should it happen that affairs of any kind go badly, fill the scaldino with glowing coals, then take three pinches of best incense and three of the second quality, and put them all 'in fila' (in a row) on the threshold of the door. Then take the rest of your incense and the cummin, and put it into the burning coal, and carry it about, and wave it over the bed and in every corner, saying:
In nome del cielo!
Delle stelle e della luna!
Mi levo questo mal d'occhio
Per mia maggior' fortuna!
Befana! Befana! Befana!
Che mi date mal d'occhio maladetta sia
Befana! Befana! Befana!
Chi mi ha dato il maldocchio
Me lo porta via
E maggior fortuna Mi venga in casa mia!
In the name of heaven
And of the stars and moon,
May this trouble change
To better fortune soon!
Befana! Befana! Befana!
Should this deed be thine;
Befana! Befana! Befana!
Take it away, bring luck, I pray,
Into this house of mine!
Then when all is consumed in the scaldino, light the little piles of incense on the threshold of the door, and go over it three times, and spit behind you over your shoulder three times, and say:
Befana! Befana! Befana!
Chi me ha dato maldocchio!
Me lo porta via
Befana! Befana! Befana!
I say, Since thou gavest this bad luck,
Carry it away!
Then pass thrice backwards and forwards before the fire, spitting over the left shoulder, and repeating the same incantation.
In America the Christians use the title Santa Claus; here are a few of the names (male and female) used in other countries: Weihnachtsmann in Germany; Kris Kringle from southern Germany; Pere Noel in France; Papa Noel in many Spanish speaking countries; Sinter Claus, Sinterklaas, or Sinte Klaas in Holland and the Netherlands; Babouschka in Russia; Father Christmas in England; Julemanden in Denmark; Joulupukki in Finland; Ameraterasu in Japan; Svalty Mikulas in Czechoslovakia; Santa Lucia in Sweeden.
No matter what name 'he or she' is called by, they ALL symbolize family!!!! This time of year is filled with singing, rich foods, family, gifts, and helping others in need. It is a time to open our hearts and to share our peace and hope and magic.
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Ed didn't really know what made him decide to try to take weight off, but now he was glad. His doctor had discovered an irregular heartbeat, and he told Ed to be thankful that he didn't have to carry around so much weight anymore, or his poor heart just wouldn't be able to bear the load. Ed secretly thanked the Lord for helping him out. No matter what had motivated Ed to lose, by doing so he had saved his own life. It was ironic, but Ed had always known that God makes all things work out for the best. After this, no one could ever convince him differently!
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Tommylee Lewis was not one of the Dwyer "Big Three".
The recruiting attention paid to Lewis in his 2010 senior season at the Palm Beach Gardens school was minimal compared to names like tight end Nick O'Leary (Florida State), quarterback Jacoby Brissett (Florida), and linebacker Curt Maggitt (Tennessee).
Unlike his more-heralded Panthers teammates, Lewis selected Northern Illinois as his college of choice without fanfare, hoping to make a mark in the MAC, never thinking he'd sniff college football's lucrative BCS bowl series. That turned out to be one heck of a decision.
In modern college football's most shocking big-name bowl match-up, Lewis' Cinderella Huskies will take on O'Leary's powerhouse Seminoles in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day. No one saw this coming, especially Lewis.
"Not at all," admits Lewis, NIU's top kick-returner. "I never thought I'd be back home at the Orange Bowl."
Lewis, a Riviera Beach native who transferred from Palm Beach Lakes to Dwyer, says he's already chatted with O'Leary about their upcoming meeting at SunLife Stadium.
"We talked when it first was announced. Yeah, we've definitely spoken," laughs Lewis.
Looking back at Lewis' graduating class at Dwyer, even Brissett has received infinitely more newspaper ink as Sugar Bowl-bound Florida's back-up signal-caller than Lewis has at barely-a-blip-on-the-radar NIU.
Lewis wasn't even fully aware that his team had a shot at playing in Miami until just prior to the MAC title game in Detroit, a 44-37 double-overtime win over Kent State. A teammate was parading a newspaper around the Huskies locker room, making sure everyone knew they had a shot at the Orange Bowl before they took the field. That was really the first time the possibility ever occurred to Lewis, a sophomore who has become a game-changer in DeKalb.
He has three kickoff return touchdowns in his career and was the only FBS player to return two for scores in the same game in 2011, accomplishing the feat at Toledo. Lewis claimed a MAC West Specialist of the Week honor at the end of November and was NIU's Rookie Offensive Player of the Year last season.
Life in the Midwest has been good for Lewis, but he's thrilled to be able to return to South Florida, as is his family.
"Oh, they were excited," says Lewis. "I'm going to have a lot of emotion out there."
When talking to an NIU player, the national outrage surrounding the Huskies' BCS berth inevitably comes up. Lewis, much like the rest of the NIU roster, brushes off the huge contingent of nay-sayers, including ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit, whose televised comments about the Huskies triggered orange-tossing at a big-screen TV during a selection show party at the team facility.
"You just add it to the fire, just laugh it off," states Lewis. "I'm actually not offended by it."
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A former Dwyer football player in a BCS bowl is not a rare occurrence, but no one, not even Lewis, could have foreseen his unlikely trip to college football prominence.
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This works exactly like the sun signs program
Except it works with your Mars and their Venus sign
The Sun sign is the popular Sign the everybody knows, The Sun sign i.e. Pisces,Taurus etc. is the sign that the planet is in when you were born. There are other planets that mean other things, in this case Mars stands for energy and how you use it is defendant upon (for one) the sign it is in when you were born, this is not necessarily Your Sun sign. For example The Sun in Pisces when you were born would give you the attributes of a Pisces, however if your Mars was in a different sign say Aries then your energy would be far more that of an Arian.
you relate to others is show by where your Venus is when born which
sign its in that is.
For relationships it's good to compare your Mars (if your a Man) with your partners Venus (assuming your partner is female)
To use this program you need to find YOUR Venus sign and THEIR Mars sign if your a woman and Your Mars sign and there Venus if your a man.
How? Go here and enter in your birth
details and you'll see a list:
Sun Moon Mercury Venus Mars, etc. directly to the right of those words
you'll see the sign that they are in. i.e. Aries, Taurus, Gemini etc.
So you will see Venus Pisces etc. So at your birth date
Venus was in Pisces.
How to use: Select the sign your Venus is in.
Then select the sign their Mars is in
Then click on Calculate and you'll get a compatibility report
Your score is out of 10... best of luck!