Mr. Picklesworth
October 23rd, 2008, 09:14 PM
Yes, I've gone crazy with a death-wish for racoons. I must have vengeance on them, and a little motion-activated water sprinkler isn't doing it. It must be a motion-tracking fountain of FEAR!
The thing is, any commercial solutions are stupidly expensive. There is software out there to take a video input and follow the most significant point of movement and it is not too much to ask for a webcam to see infrared clearly. (The really cheap ones do particularly well at that, conveniently).
So I want to set up a little Linux box outside to power the various devices that operate out there. I looked at Linutop, but it is obviously not meant to be used outside. At least not by default. I would have to come up with some kind of box for it.
I would love having Linux running on here so I could just throw in some generic computer parts and get something working. Maybe wifi so it could be controlled from afar, for extra points.
Anyone know of some nicely priced mini PCs, maybe some that are meant for sitting outside?
The thing is, any commercial solutions are stupidly expensive. There is software out there to take a video input and follow the most significant point of movement and it is not too much to ask for a webcam to see infrared clearly. (The really cheap ones do particularly well at that, conveniently).
So I want to set up a little Linux box outside to power the various devices that operate out there. I looked at Linutop, but it is obviously not meant to be used outside. At least not by default. I would have to come up with some kind of box for it.
I would love having Linux running on here so I could just throw in some generic computer parts and get something working. Maybe wifi so it could be controlled from afar, for extra points.
Anyone know of some nicely priced mini PCs, maybe some that are meant for sitting outside?