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Raspberry Pi Car Speed Detector

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187 points mhss | 1 comments | 17 May 16 15:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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finnn ◴[17 May 16 16:34 UTC] No.11714994[source]▶
"Linux Car Speed Detector" might be a more accurate description, since nothing about this seems to be specific raspberry pi hardware. Honestly, could just say "Car Speed Detector" since I'd imagine this would be pretty easy to replicate on other platforms and the OS isn't really part of it either.

Really cool project though. Now I want to start playing with OpenCV. I wish i had something more constructive to add :/

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lijason ◴[17 May 16 18:15 UTC] No.11715937[source]▶
Isn't that true for all Raspberry Pi projects by the very nature of Raspberry Pis? They're just a different form factor and cost than other Linux machines, but otherwise are just a Linux box.
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1. khedoros ◴[17 May 16 18:28 UTC] No.11716044[source]▶
To a degree. Most Linux boxes don't have a couple dozen programmable IO pins and the other connectivity options for external sensors and such.

In the case of this project, you'd also have to do some modifications on the image-grabbing code. They're using a module that's specific to the Raspberry Pi camera module.