[dwe ig post] Hi everyone! We at DeepWater Exploration are proud to introduce the exploreHD. This underwater HD USB camera will empower your ROV adventures due to its true color technology, sharpness, natural framerate(30fps), 400m depth rating, and fitting in the palm of your hand, among other p…

Yeah we do sell the camera by itself but we don’t have a cad yet for mounting on the tilting servo. I am not sure if its possible to get the same clarity though because of the thick acrylic needed for the end cap. We will do more testing and let you know! Yes, hopefully our QGround project works ou…

[image] btrue: QGroundControl So I can order your camera, mount it externally on my bluerov2, bring the cable inside the electronics tube, connect it to the USB socket instead of the current camera, and I would immediately have the video stream in QGroundControl without any other hardware / s…

Yes, the new version of our camera’s firmware will allow you to do that. If you do want to experiment with the settings you can do so by installing our driver (on our GitHub) and running a for loop start command every time the pi starts but our default settings are what we tested that works the best…

Marco, I removed the internal camera and dome, then used one of the Blue Trail servos for the external camera. It plugged right into the same port on the Pixhawk where the internal servo was. Works great! I did program the Blue Trail servo to adjust the tilt limits. I’m also looking forward to th…

Great, thank you for the explanation, and looking at the photo of your ROV I saw all the spotlights you put … Why all this light?

Are you considering building a camera with higher resolution? I currently use the GoPro in 2k mode (2704 x 1520 resolution). I don’t know if that’s possible with a USB camera, but if so, I’d definitely consider it as a replacement for what we are doing.

Hello! Although we thought of higher resolution, higher resolution also means decrease performance in low light (since each pixel will be physically smaller thus less sensitive to light). Also from our experience with underwater video technology, we found that the color and sensitivity is more impo…

Oh, believe me, I’m well aware of GoPro limitations! :slight_smile: Higher resolution is definitely helpful in some applications. Trying to identify species seen is my area and 2K resolution is much more helpful for seeing small details in animals, seaweed, etc. I’d go with 4k if I could, but 2K se…

Update Released for the exploreHD! We just released the new updated firmware for the exploreHD :slight_smile: All current exploreHD owners can update the camera free of charge using the instructions on our website! This update is for cameras shipped before 11/20/2021. Any exploreHD shipped after t…

[image] Lawrence: My ideal camera would be something that’s in the 2-4k range (with the option to switch resolution as desired), but that can be controlled (and processed) by a Raspberry PI or some other SBC. I’ve previously posted about the OAK-D-Lite , although the OAK-1 might be a better fi…

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