Playing with the camera

My trip to the hobby/craft stores wasn’t as successful as I had hoped.  I did get some parafin wax that I need to make the thrusters.  I also looked at the Envirotex Lite potting compound I wanted to use for waterproofing the camera.  Unfortunately — that stuff is expensive!   So I’m considering some other options.

I also stopped at Radio Shack and got two out of the three motors I needed.  They only had two and were getting more in this week.

I dug out my old Panasonic Egg Cam (specs here) that I purchased about 13 or so years ago.  I had many fond memories of Video Conferencing with people during the wee years of the Internet.  I never could part with it and was hoping I could use it for something.

The camera is just a camera.  It features NTSC video out, Audio Out, and a 6V D.C. power input.   The camera came with a PCI Video Capture card that attached the camera to the computer (As well as other cameras, VCR’s, and other video sources).  These were the days before USB and USB cameras!

It still works!  Enjoy some pictures of it coming apart.