I have thrown myself in the deep end with a project at work and I am hopin to gather together a stock pile of information and resources to help. Th project spec is below, if anyone can offer any advice, it will be greatl appreciated.
-Brief- To create in the smallest, cheapest form factor possible. A device capabl of receiving commands from a program on a laptop, and in turn, sendin video to the same program for the user to view. The video will most likel be a PAL or NTSC output from a digital camera. The program will ideally b either a stand along application or a web page running a script.
The connectivity between laptop and device must be wireless and capable o a minimum range of 40 meters. Again, ideally as a 802.11 connection, o through some form of USB dongle.
-initial research- The Wiport (A miniature wireless web server) has prompted initial researc into this problem as it allows the user to access it across a wireles network and control the serial data input and output.
While this is ideal for sending the commands to the remote device, I a unsure of whether it will be capable of sending the video back down.
As the video would have to be digitized for transmission over a wireles network, I am considering the inclusion of real time MPEG compresison. have found the ML86410 capable of doing this, but ideally, a simple solution is desired.
Such options I am toying with are: Gumstix embedded modules ARM development platforms Pico ITX (Though, this is very innefecient for the desired purpose)
If anyone has any thoughts, or further questions, I look forward hearin from you.
Regards, Sam Rhodes.