Thread: Project NiteVision - NiteMax + HUD + carputer

Yev,

this is my proposed (only proposed as i'm having car troubles more than carputer troubles) set up. Take a look...

The CCD half has RCA out. The LCD half has RCA in AND out. So its pretty pretty simple what i have to do. I need a computer with RCA in and RCA out...that CAN process all that info (which i do)

So it goes like so:
CCD---->TV tuner car with RCA in---->computer---->recording software (optional) and viewing software---->RCA out/S-Vid out/Regular LCD screen depending on the needs

This works especially nicely if you can do a extended desktop option wiht RCA out. I'm hoping i have RCA out on my TV card, if and when i get it, so that i don't have to use my other options.

I have extended desktop with my laptop and a dockingstation with a seperate video card, so i can run a few screens on this thing. I don't know what your mobo has, but, if you buy a vid editor card or TV card, you should be able to put the image onto the nitemax LCD screen

hey shotgun, do you have any problems iwht image bounciness or anything. I dind't notice naything too bad in the video, but i'm just curious...

So in an attempt to project the image on the glass like shotgun...I found my father's father's old film slide projector. God knows how, but the lighbulb inside still worked after 35+ years.

Anyway, the film cells this thing is ment to project are much smaller then the nitemax LCD, so I only ended up with part of the image....rendering it useless. Also the bulb was not bright enough to project the image clearly. I tried it against some tinted glass, and couldnt see the projected image at all, just the reflection from the lightsource of the projector.

Here are some pics of what I'm talking about

Originally Posted by Genesisfactor

hey shotgun, do you have any problems iwht image bounciness or anything. I dind't notice naything too bad in the video, but i'm just curious...

Only time I saw that was when I had a tenous connection on the video signal. I was using alligator clips at the time. Repositioned them and it went away.

Originally Posted by Peoples

So in an attempt to project the image on the glass like shotgun...I found my father's father's old film slide projector. God knows how, but the lighbulb inside still worked after 35+ years.

Anyway, the film cells this thing is ment to project are much smaller then the nitemax LCD, so I only ended up with part of the image....rendering it useless. Also the bulb was not bright enough to project the image clearly. I tried it against some tinted glass, and couldnt see the projected image at all, just the reflection from the lightsource of the projector.

Here are some pics of what I'm talking about

For a slide projector, that doesn't look like a very bright bulb. I was thinking of trying some spare bulbs I have for the slide projector we have (a Kodak Ektographic) and they're pretty bright. (300W). You'd actually need some heat barrier between it and the lcd.

Did you try projecting it onto a wall? Just curious. Having the light source reflect is the exact problem I'm having btw. Don't think it's neccassarily an issue of brightness.

ah, yeah that one pic with the red text is against a wall. This is definatly not that bright of a bulb.....maybe 100 watts...max. Even if it was bright enough, this projector would only project less then half the image.

Hi fellas,

I see the HUD projects are coming along quite well, hats off to you all. I've been working my a$$ off but the PC is IN and working!

Now, check this new gizmo out: http://ezgear4u.com/ezvision.html

Plug it into the Nitemax camera, or a few for panoramic views and voila, who needs a HUD?

(Disclaimer: would be crazy, probably get you or someone else killed, but can a usable version be far behind?)