You guys have any suggestions for cameras I can mount inside a rocket? One of them I can just click record and that's fine, but the other one I need to take pictures by interfacing it with my Arduino.
So any camera/Arduino success stories?
I would suggest that a question like this would be best answered on a rocketry forum; while I am sure there are some here who have done this (I've always had such a project on a back burner - but I can't give specific advice), there are forums out there dedicated to rocketry and cameras (tons). Something you haven't mentioned is the payload capacity and size of your rocket (recommendations will vary immensely depending on this crucial bit of info).
Good point, that will make a difference.
I am using a 4" airframe. It will likely be a coupler tube inside another tube. The height of it will be something like a foot, so that really isn't an issue. I agree with you on the camera that doesn't need to be interfaced with an arduino, but the I would like to see a camera that has successfully benen interfaced with an Arduino before for the other one.
Both airframes are 4", to clarify.
Destroyyoutoo:
Good point, that will make a difference.I am using a 4" airframe. It will likely be a coupler tube inside another tube. The height of it will be something like a foot, so that really isn't an issue. I agree with you on the camera that doesn't need to be interfaced with an arduino, but the I would like to see a camera that has successfully benen interfaced with an Arduino before for the other one.
Both airframes are 4", to clarify.
Ok - so were likely talking something that can lift at least a small, multi-megapixel point-n-shoot camera with video capability, then...most likely...?
By "interfaced with the Arduino" - what do you mean or expect? I can tell you that you won't be doing video processing of any nature; if you are wanting to use the Arduino to trigger the camera at apogee (or at a certain height, or orientation) - that's certainly doable, though. Are you wanting to interface to the camera via its standard port(s) - ie, USB; or would a direct wired interface (aka - hacking the camera) be an option?
Something you might also look into is seeing what - if anything - people have done in this vein using PICs (including Parallax's Basic Stamp series); I would suspect that there are a few examples out there.
The issue with interfacing via USB would be getting a driver to work; it might not even be an option (unless you're into writing or converting USB driver code for cameras for a Mega or something like that)...
What frame size do you require for the camera that interfaces with the Arduino. For example, is QVGA enough resolution? Is the camera a still camera? Color or B/W? Does the Arduino have to store or transmit the image? How many images will be taken? Give more details.
I'm wondering if something like this would satisfy your requirements
Driving the “808” keychain camera with a microcontroller « Nerd Fever -- pretty much says it all.
Note how he's interfacing with the camera; he just replicates the button presses with the microcontroller. You can do this with any camera.
Chagrin:
Driving the “808” keychain camera with a microcontroller « Nerd Fever -- pretty much says it all.Note how he's interfacing with the camera; he just replicates the button presses with the microcontroller. You can do this with any camera.
Wow, that's pretty cheap for that much video camera.
Oh that is just what I was looking for Chagrin.
EmilyJane:
Doesn't matter if color/black and white. Only has to take stills. 5 total images will be taken. No resolution requirement either. We are currently looking into the camera you suggested and the camera that Chagrin suggested. Thank you both for your help.
EDIT: I also plan on showing you guys the steps we're going through to design the payload this year. I can't show you it for awhile, might be after we launch. Should be pretty cool though!