From: Jack Norton <jack@0x6a.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Small Plan9 box suggestions.
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:45:51 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D67CEAF.8060700@0x6a.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=EGgmCLNzRtk7EgHM3i4Xcwf=iOSs_5w1nN05j@mail.gmail.com>
Jacob Todd wrote:
> Does inferno have support for (a) webcam(s)? Or are you using linux for
> capturing things from the webcam?
>
> On Feb 25, 2011 9:14 AM, "Jack Norton" <jack@0x6a.com
> <mailto:jack@0x6a.com>> wrote:
> > Jason Dreisbach wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Can anyone help shed some light in my search for a "low power" minimal
> >> plan 9 hardware setup to start experimenting with. Has anyone had
> >> success running plan 9 on a Fit PC (the only atom box we have access
> to)?
> >>
> >> Gumstix would be ideal, but their plan 9 support is a bit half baked
> >> right now. Wireless support would be a huge plus.
> >>
> >> We are trying to do a bit of research into robotic applications of plan
> >> 9. The p9 filesystem protocol seems like a real neat method to acquire
> >> resources of nearby "bots". Allowing for very minimal, modularized
> robot
> >> configurations.
> >>
> >> Any tips? Am I out of my mind?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jason
> >
> > Jason,
> >
> > I am currently attempting a little ROV using some 9p for control, but I
> > am using inferno hosted on linux. That might be the quicker way to get
> > your 'bots speaking 9p. I am doing this because right off the bat I
> > need a webcam. I also need to prototype this very quickly so mucking
> > about in hardware drivers and OS nuances is not an option.
> > Sounds like fun! I'm curious what you come up with!
> >
> > -Jack
> >
It's a USB webcam (logitech POS is the model I believe :) ). Right now
I am leaving the webcam for last, so right now linux is providing the
drivers and I am watching it 'quick and dirty' with a seperate xawtv
window. The webcam is my last step because it really is just outside
the reach of my personal programing capabilities (I'm a physicist -- god
help you if I ever have to write code for you...). In all reality I may
get as far as an ugly hack involving some host multimedia converters and
file2chan, but that is optimistic at best right now.
Once the concept is limping along, I can then really attempt a native
webcam of some sort.
In any event I've got the impression that inferno could be really cool
in a robotics environment, hence the motivation.
-Jack
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-25 15:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-25 8:08 Jason Dreisbach
2011-02-25 14:11 ` Jack Norton
2011-02-25 14:23 ` Jacob Todd
2011-02-25 15:16 ` ron minnich
2011-02-25 15:45 ` Jack Norton [this message]
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