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From: unicorn@netcom.com (Unicorn)
Subject: Re: video transmission device
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Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 14:22:15 GMT
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Chris Harris (C.Harris@cs.ucl.ac.uk) wrote:
: Does anyone know of a small device that can transmit video bandwidth
: signals over a short distance (say <150m)? Ideally we'd need about 6-7MHz
: bandwidth for transmitting the output of a CCD camera to a workstation.

	I know that CURTIS electronics makes such a device - I used it on 
my grad-project robot.  It's a tiny thing, about the size of a cigarette 
pack, and comes with a 12VDC adapter.  On the robot, we used a 12VDC 
regulator to run it.  It accepts standard RCA connectors for Video AND 
Audio, and transmits them on UHF channel 15.  You could then use a 
cable-converter with Audio/Video output jacks to receive the 
transmission.  This unit worked PERFECTLY for us - even through several 
different rooms, most of which had fluorescent lighting to boot!
 
	The best part was that this thing sells for $29.99 Can$ - a 
FRACTION of what it would have cost to build one of our own!  I bought 
the one we used at London Drugs in their A/V department, but they should 
be readily available just about anywhere.

							<Unicorn>


