Digital Dream "La ronde"

This cam made all happen because it was the first to meet my requirements

Other cheapos as Sipix Blink, Argus DC1600 and Digital Dream l'Espion didn't allow usable pictures with similar 8Mb SDRAM.

This one does such pictures and stay cool with its winning 85' formula : 85mm dia, 85g and 85 Euros priced

Digital Dream online information is also a winning formula other companies should follow ...

 

Digital Dream sample picture / Users pictures are available from various websites

Overview

As delivered for 86 Euros on May 2002

 

Same diameter as a 1/10 buggy wheel but 97g RTShoot

Fortunately, all other params are true.

Corrected shoot (raw image here)

Videos are true 14s long

Inside the wheel

Warning : This means end of warranty !

 

This wheel is a marvel of 2002' Tech. and proves to be well designed to. Furthermore, allowing remote control requires very little work.

Disassembly the cam very carefully and add wires on the 4 switch legs. Use only a <30W solder and take all your time : This is critical, especially on the shutter 2nd leg wich is tiny and isolated (orange).

The cover clearance allows wires to go around the circuit board and reach the front cover without any complication.

Details here

Minor modification

Only mechanical change

It is important not to impact the normal use of the cam so please consider the front removable cover to hide the connections

With such connectors, only four 1mm drill holes were required just above the 50/60Hz indication

Glue the connector with CA glued (green Zap works great) and solder it to the 4 wires

Note the 2 switchs grounds are linked, but I prefered to place a 4th plug ...

Once done, Overall weight is not affected

2-ch Relay

Some ready to use solutions are available. They are also tinier but about 3x or 4x more expensive (Ex : EMS Jomar, RC Boats)

This comes from Conrad Electronics and costs only 13 Euros

A final tuning is possible to switch on each channel only when each throttle end reached

Pretty useful when the cam is controlled by a progressive throttle as a Hitec Ranger III toggle

 

1st Platform

The first vehicule used to test the solution was a brave stable buggy ride

Note the speedo screen in the vision field of the cam

Bigger tires and a larger cam mount allowed this VIDEO