Evolution of a grow light and glitchy camera.
Added 2019-05-07 03:24:44 +0000 UTCI've featured a similar LED floodlight module in the past that was based on white LEDs, but this one has a few differences and may well be an interesting direction for use in indoor plant growing. I'm not an expert in such things, so by all means let me know what your own thoughts are on what is effectively a cheap disposable LED floodlight module.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViixPyuBSlA
This is also a demonstration of the glitchy video recording of my new Cat S61 phone. I've been toying with buying one of these for a long time, but was put off by the uncertainty of whether such an expensive phone could actually be used to make decent quality videos at my bench. Unfortunately it appears that they have a technical issue that causes glitching in apps like open camera and FV-5. The processor is the same as in many other phones that run these apps seamlessly, so I get the feeling there might be a slight firmware or hardware issue.
I'll not be recording further videos with it until the problem gets resolved (if it gets resolved).
Comments
Clive, if you think it's software eating up processor cycles and/or RAM, there is a solution. Go to Android Settings > General > Battery > Power Saving Exclusions and select your camera app. Now when you put your phone in Power Saving Mode, the camera app is free to hog resources and most other apps are not.
Andrew Sloniger
2019-05-14 03:31:31 +0000 UTCIn the past I've been able to remove the conformal coating from ICs by simply scraping with a flat-bladed screwdriver. Admittedly that has varying degrees of success, but if you can scrape a bunch of it away, wet your finger and wipe it across the surface to see the characters of the part info.
Michael Thompson
2019-05-11 10:28:45 +0000 UTCI had (and still have) the older Cat model, S60, also a FLIR-enabled phone. That one actually worked reasonable good recording, until first firmware update. After that it was a downward trend in relability, both with video and still images. Fun with the FLIR part, but I would not recommend the Cat phones for anything, unfortunately.
2019-05-08 18:45:26 +0000 UTCOK, it's called a CAT-S. I thought you said catass. My bad. Can you contact the manufacturer? Perhaps there is a firmware fix you don't have??? Good luck, 'cuz it IS a Cat's Ass camera otherwise.
Chuck Kirchner
2019-05-08 02:51:12 +0000 UTCSearch ebay for "full spectrum 100w led grow". They're around 8-9 euro (shipped from Hongkong).
2019-05-07 19:57:23 +0000 UTCI would like to hear more about cheep grow lights as its about £14 for amazon ones please.
2019-05-07 18:18:03 +0000 UTCNo. Internal memory. It's one of those annoying dual SIM phones that lets you choose two SIMs or a Sim and an SD card.
Big Clive
2019-05-07 14:31:32 +0000 UTCThe other functions are useful to have with me at work.
Big Clive
2019-05-07 14:30:52 +0000 UTCI had luck reducing it, but not increasing it.
Big Clive
2019-05-07 14:30:31 +0000 UTCDo you have the CAT phone recording directly to the SD card?
evilution
2019-05-07 13:20:07 +0000 UTCSurely, the video glitch is grounds enough to get a refund as it's not fit for purpose - that's if you want your money back of course... Looked the phone up and it's a pretty good bit of kit, shame I'm locked into a contract for the next year or so
Jon Weston
2019-05-07 11:10:27 +0000 UTCSorry to read that, Clive. You have been on a camera quest for so long. When you find that camera it will be a great day. I hope it is soon
Michael Thompson
2019-05-07 09:10:10 +0000 UTCHave you tried increasing the video bitrate in open camera?
Fabian Schillig
2019-05-07 06:56:02 +0000 UTCI looked to see if there was a community version of the operating system for the S61 and it appears they have made rooting it difficult.
Big Clive
2019-05-07 05:45:20 +0000 UTCThe S61 is the newer version with a higher resolution thermal camera.
Big Clive
2019-05-07 05:44:29 +0000 UTCThat S60 camera is WAY cool Clive. F#%k, now I have to buy one of those I guess!
Mike Wynne
2019-05-07 04:33:42 +0000 UTCI have the cat S60. The thermal camera is fun to play with, and it is nicely ruggedized. I just need to find someone who has set up a newer android version.
Jared Obermeyer
2019-05-07 03:33:09 +0000 UTC
