From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4D67CEAF.8060700@0x6a.com> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:45:51 -0600 From: Jack Norton User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <4D67B875.4060804@0x6a.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Small Plan9 box suggestions. Topicbox-Message-UUID: b4e50518-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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" > 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