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cablecam and gumstix

In imported on 5 May 2007

First off, we did a test run of the cable cam last night with a tape in the camera. Of course _someone_ left the night vision setting “on”, so the video looks like crap. Take a peek:

We used a jalopy of a camera – an old Digital8 Sony HandyCam – but it did the trick for our testing purposes. All in all, we’re excited about the shoot on Tuesday!

Also, I I got my gumstix in the mail on Friday and I’ve been dying to test them out since. I don’t have a breakout board for the 60-pin connector yet, (parts pending from digikey) so it’s just sitting there looking pretty for now.

Brendan had the studio set up for another shoot, so after much begging, he snapped a couple pics of the board for me when he was done. (thanks again!) They turned out beautifully!

Front:

Back:

With any luck, I should have the thing up and running by mid week!

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