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2014/12/03

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Bertl
depends on the display used, most LCDs bring their own framebuffer
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intracube
Bertl: ah ok, interesting
23:54
Bertl
and with pixel accurate I mean fonts which are not variable over the display
23:54
Bertl
i.e. a specific letter of a specific size will always be rendered the same, regardless where it is used
23:55
Bertl
(this simplifies a lot of things)
23:55
Bertl
using fixed width fonts is another step, but that is probably only useful/necessary with numbers and similar
23:56
intracube
Bertl: so they could be anti-aliased?
23:56
Bertl
color LCDs are quite common, so monochrome is not that much an advantage
23:56
Bertl
i.e. you can usually convert a given symbol to any color (from gray) on the fly
23:57
Bertl
still it adds code and probably needs to be implemented :)
23:58
intracube
it'll be interesting to follow this area
23:59
Bertl
as I said, it is usually very informative to try to implement some ideas e.g. with SDL
23:59
intracube
Bertl: can parts of screen frame-buffers be written to in isolation?
23:59
intracube
as in, could a small area of the display (single character) be overwritten
23:59
intracube
or would the whole screen have to be calculated and passed to the buffer
23:59
Bertl
again, depends on the display
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intracube
ok :)
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Bertl
that was why I was asking for sizes/resolution
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intracube
i.e. redrawing the timecode would be more efficient if only the changing characters needed to be redrawn
00:01
intracube
knows nothing about this area
00:03
Bertl
http://minhdanh2002.blogspot.co.at/2011/03/interfacing-nokia-3510i-and-5110-lcd.html
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Bertl
here you can get an idea for a specific (very common) group of displays
00:04
intracube
thanks, will have a read
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Bertl
most LCDs have a controller chip integrated, which takes care of handling the data, but doesn't support any drawing algorithms
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Bertl
you can usually read and write the frame buffer, but not at high data rates
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intracube
even 320x240 might be ok: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ItG1QaK0v2U/VH5tCn1Sr3I/AAAAAAAAA9M/5LUSQk9Ip1k/w320-h240-no/apertus_control_320x240_test.png
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Bertl
off to bed now ... have a good one everyone!
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Bertl
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Bertl_zZ
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Bertl
morning folks!
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se6astian|away
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se6astian
good day!
13:11
se6astian
Bertl: is http://lab.apertus.org/T200 answered to your satisfaction for now?
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Bertl
yes, I'd say so, note that "normal" displays have a resolution of around 72 dpi, so 150 dpi is quite high (just a note)
13:49
se6astian
did I calculate it wrong? I used this as reference: http://www.watterott.com/de/MI0283QT-2-Adapter
14:02
Bertl
no, calculation is fine
14:28
intracube
small displays are usually viewed closer up
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intracube
70-90ppi is common for desktop displays
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intracube
150ppi = 640x480 for a 5" screen
14:31
intracube
which seems reasonable
14:33
intracube
iphone 6+ has 400ppi screen
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even
hellos
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mars_
hi even
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Bertl
odd :)
18:02
even
howcome? :D
18:05
lab-bot
sebastian created T201: Research pushbutton switch options. http://lab.apertus.org/T201
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even
question: did you guys ever try to stream something via network on the alpha by using gstreamer for instance? if so.. did u measure the delay? glas to glas that is. i'm curious about those numbers
18:18
Bertl
streaming over network means roughly 0.05 - 0.1 FPS (raw data) so the delay is significant :)
18:18
Bertl
and no, we never really "streamed" anything over network
18:20
even
thank you
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even
imagine a flying gamma.. what do we need to get a close to 0 low latency stream. something thats below 100ms 720p would be fine
18:21
even
i'm thinking about fpv flight
18:26
even
dji is selling a 1080p streaming solution for fpv for >1000€ and in those fpv forums people are developing solutions for the raspberry pi + picam + Ubiquiti wifi adapters
18:27
dmjnova
even: I imagine an onboard encoder streaming a proxy would be plausible
18:28
dmjnova
we would need to downres/compress to some degree on the axiom itself before giving it to the pi
18:29
dmjnova
or perhaps run gstreamer on the ARM cores on the zedboard
18:30
dmjnova
even: I once made a raspberry pi + webcam + wifi dongle streaming system for a groundbot
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even
how was the experience? =)
18:31
dmjnova
It actually worked quite well with a PC as reciever. There were issues with HD when using a smartphone.
18:34
dmjnova
the main challenge was pretty much turning the pi into a wifi router
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dmjnova
after that, it was just making a gstreamer pipeline
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even
so u were using 720p at 49fps as well i suppose?
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dmjnova
don't remember the framerate, probably 30fps
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dmjnova
and 720p to the PC
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even
ok well you get less delay when using 49fps =)
18:36
dmjnova
for smartphone usage had to drop it much lower
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dmjnova
the webcam might've been the determining factor there
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even
ok hmm do you know any hardware encoders h264/265 encoders that are capable of being almost 1:1 fast?
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even
according to forums the dji lightbridge has delays from 150ms-180ms
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even
which is too slow for me =)
19:09
even
or did you maybe try out one of these teradek thingys and have some experience?
19:11
Bertl
even: you might be able to implement motion jpeg in the FPGA
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Bertl
that should give you almost instant encoding (like 20-30 rows delay)
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dmjnova
even: I ended up going for mjpeg
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even
Bertl: sounds great =)
19:31
even
i already put some work in the flightcontroller. but it's not done yet. still fiddling around with the design https://eveninfinite.com/pics/axis/axis_tight_8k.jpg
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Bertl
looks a little bit like a playstation/xbox controller with a monitor :)
19:33
even
haha you got me
19:34
dmjnova
not sure flight controller is the right description for that
19:34
even
flightcontroller is the software/hardware combination
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dmjnova
usually "flight controller" means the microcontroller on the uav
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dmjnova
least that was my impression
19:35
dmjnova
that's more a handheld ground station
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dmjnova
sorry if that's pedantic
19:37
even
no worries =) the middle part will be modular
19:37
even
heres some more early pics https://eveninfinite.com/pics/axis/
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even
are*
19:39
dmjnova
already looked at 'em
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dmjnova
what software will that run?
19:39
dmjnova
Is that just fpv or full mission control?
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even
full mission control and fpv including 3d splines and automated gimbal movement
19:42
even
the monitor is a tablet
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even
will be*
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even
the app is called axis but is still in very early stages. android/ios
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even
and the cam will be the gamma =)
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Bertl
off for a nap ... bbl
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Bertl
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dmjnova
even: will axis be open source?
21:11
dmjnova
even: what's your experience with UAVs?
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Bertl_zZ
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Bertl
back now ..
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even
dmjnova: not at this stage. but i have no problem opening it as soon as it works. the tablet will be connected to the controller. i will probably start milling the parts in february as soon as im done with the details.
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se6astian
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even
dmjnova: i've been flying stuff for about 2 years and i ordered an autoquad fc 2 days ago from flyduino.net so i can test my 3d spline exporter that already works =)