[htaprs] Re: VC-H1

[Scott Miller]

> shooting with th VC-H1. I have 2 of those cameras and I can see what
> pictures I am taking. The most serious problem with them is that you

Ok, the description I read was wrong then.

> cannot change the default SSTV mode from ROBOT to anything else unless you
> receive a picture in another mode first, but really even this is hardly a
> problem since all SSTV computer programs can receive ROBOT 36 seconds
> pictures. OK the resolution of the camera is not great but SSTV pictures
> do not have to be great either.

That does seem like an odd misfeature.

I found a fairly new ARM7-based chip from NXP today that I think I like 
better than the Atmel part I'd been planning to use for my next project. 
  If I go with that, it'll have a lot more processing power to handle 
image processing.  Alas, it still won't have enough internal RAM for 
frame buffer, but it's still 48 times more RAM than I have now!

I see they've got 320x240 OLED displays out now - I wonder how much 
they're going for.  And I wonder how long it'll be before you can get 
membrane keypads integrated with them... it'd certainly simplify the 
mechanical design.

Scott
N1VG