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A project log for Auto tracking camera

A camera that tracks a person & counts reps using *AI*.

lion-mclionheadlion mclionhead 02/02/2023 at 19:350 Comments

The enclosure design proved to have escalating complexity.  Each change required more & more other changes until no more progress could be made.  It may just all have to be parametric.  That's 1 area where fusion 360 may do a better job.  Parametric models in Freecad require entering formulas in a spreadsheet with very little editing functionality.  Fusion 360 seems to have point & click relationships between parts.

The modules for the webcam & IR ended up being extreme amounts of hot snot on bare boards.  The only difference from a bare board is a mechanism for attaching them.

There is a crude way of latching them into position.  The webcam should be open in the back, but it has a lot of wires flapping around.  It might be more useful to design the modules as expansion cards instead of the fully enclosed framework laptop modules.

The battery is once again the biggest problem.  The best battery enclosures have had a separate door.  The tracker concept originally had a single back panel which opened up to reveal the USB ports & a 12V outlet for the flash.  The back panel would become a stand.  The battery almost requires a separate door inside the back panel.  It doesn't have to cover the entire battery.  It has to cover most of it.

The back panel could cover just the speakers & jetson.  

The buck converter & wires are envisioned to have some kind of rail to tape onto.

There was a desire for a handle on top but the webcam is in the way.  It would have to be a large handle.

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