My PiTank was collecting dust under the table for a while and today I got some free time to bring it back to life. There were some issues with connecting over ssh, so I connected it to my desktop monitor with hdmi cable and start debugging. When I got all services up and running cat’s attention was attracted by […]
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Streaming cats via pitank
Pitank could have a lot of practical usages. But live is strange thing, so I basically use it to stream cat videos… When cat is left alone at home and I am somewhere far away, I just login to my pitank and start watching what is happening. Sometimes I stream it directly to youtube. So […]
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Test drive PiTank using web UI
Testdrived Raspberry Pi Tank with video streaming and controlling from web UI. In current setup PiTank uses webcam to capture video and encodes video stream by mjpg-streamer. Mjpg is natively supported by all known browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera). Tank remote control is also organized using web UI. So user is able to control tank and […]
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PiTank vs Cats! Raspberry Pi Tank outdoor test drive!
Once upon a time PiTank project visited fresh air and met new friends. We went to the forest, drove through the city streets and turned turtle on the leaf litter. In the forest we met nice cat. I guess it was his territory, so the alien (pitank) got a lot of attention. A few words about PiTank project. PiTank – […]
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New PiTank photos (Raspberry Pi based Tank)
Good news, new PiTank photos are ready! It was a long way to post them, but finally we are here. Photos are taken by Nicon D5300, but I treat myself far away from professional photographer, so don’t expect too much from them. PiTank is constructed from toy tank, power bank, raspberry pi, PiCamera, wif-fi dongle and a lot […]
Continue ReadingPiTank test drive with camera and webUI
Once basic hardware was developed for tank, new features like camera and WebUI came to my mind. Also I was invited to LVEE 2014(my abstracts passed review), so I and Artem Sheremet decided to add new features for rapberry pi tank, i.e. WebUI streamin video from pitank camera and controls. See how the first test […]
Continue ReadingThe first PiTank test drive on the table
It was probably the first PiTank test drive filmed on the camera. It had no camera built on top of pi, and no cool WebUI interface, only console, only hardcore. But base functionality already works. Raspberry Pi receives commands via wi-fi and connected to Tank hardware using GPIO. Perl script is used to read key […]
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