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>Too many things could have gone wrong here, but they did not. The design is subpar in my opinion, for somebody who worked on a Mars rover. Custom printed board

by aqme28 8y ago

>Too many things could have gone wrong here, but they did not. The design is subpar in my opinion, for somebody who worked on a Mars rover. Custom printed board plus a bunch of smartphones, seriously? What would you propose? The best design is often the easiest/cheapest one, and this looks like pretty simple.

AstralStorm 8y ago
Those are very much not cheapest unless he had them lying around. There are ready made cheap boards with identical functionality to a cellphone, few dollars a pop. And yes, they run Android. That said, this way he can claim it had something valuable inside in case it is still taken.
- raverbashing 8y ago
  > made cheap boards with identical functionality to a cellphone, few dollars a pop. And yes, they run Android. With a camera, battery and 3G modem? Got any links?
  - derefr 8y ago
    I guess technically, you only need one cellphone (one camera + battery + 3G modem), and the other three sides could have been implemented as action cams connected to the phone over a USB hub. One phone (or one phone’s SD card) may not have had the IO bandwidth to receive video from four cameras at once, though.
- HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
  What hardware hacker doesn't? I have at least 2 Android phones and one Windows phone lying around my house in various states of functionality. Hell, I've got $200 Peltier coolers and $400 peristaltic pumps in boxes somewhere sitting unused. I don't even know what this Mark person did, but going by comments here, if I wanted to build something similar, the only thing I'd have to go out and buy would be the glitter stuff. Don't discount the stuff us weirdos have in our basements :-)
  - ryanmercer 8y ago
    >I don't even know what this Mark person did, but going by comments here, Oh man, watch the video on his YouTube. It's pure comedic gold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo

by aqme28 8y ago

AstralStorm 8y ago

Those are very much not cheapest unless he had them lying around. There are ready made cheap boards with identical functionality to a cellphone, few dollars a pop. And yes, they run Android. That said, this way he can claim it had something valuable inside in case it is still taken.

raverbashing 8y ago
> made cheap boards with identical functionality to a cellphone, few dollars a pop. And yes, they run Android. With a camera, battery and 3G modem? Got any links?
- derefr 8y ago
  I guess technically, you only need one cellphone (one camera + battery + 3G modem), and the other three sides could have been implemented as action cams connected to the phone over a USB hub. One phone (or one phone’s SD card) may not have had the IO bandwidth to receive video from four cameras at once, though.
HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
What hardware hacker doesn't? I have at least 2 Android phones and one Windows phone lying around my house in various states of functionality. Hell, I've got $200 Peltier coolers and $400 peristaltic pumps in boxes somewhere sitting unused. I don't even know what this Mark person did, but going by comments here, if I wanted to build something similar, the only thing I'd have to go out and buy would be the glitter stuff. Don't discount the stuff us weirdos have in our basements :-)
- ryanmercer 8y ago
  >I don't even know what this Mark person did, but going by comments here, Oh man, watch the video on his YouTube. It's pure comedic gold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo