The Transparent Car

  http://pacmans-revenge.blogspot.com/2018/04/carpc-project-gps.html?m=1   Sunday, April 15, 2018 Carpc project - GPS I recently uploaded a new video to show my custom-made carpc based on a Raspberry Pi. In the video, I had to leave a lot of information out for the sake of runtime, so, I decided to write a little series of posts to explore thoughts and ideas about this project. This episode is about GPS. Disclaimer (sort of): Be aware that this post is not self-contained. If you haven't seen the video , you probably won't get much out of this reading. Also, this is not a tutorial on how to build a carpc like the one I made. For that, I'd need much more time and space. I just want to document the thought process behind a few hardware and software choices, share some techno-ramblings, and provide you with some links to get you started using the components I used. Have you ever modified your car with custom electronics? Are you planning to hack...

http://pacmans-revenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/raspberry-pi-bluetooth-speakers.html?m=1  Monday, August 20, 2018 Raspberry Pi Bluetooth speakers Hello everyone, I recently uploaded a video to share more detail on how I turned a Raspberry Pi into a custom Bluetooth speaker for my carpc project. I thought it would be cool to share a step-by-step description of the entire project. Enjoy! In this post I'll assume you have a Raspberry Pi 2B with a working installation of Raspbian Stretch, a USB Bluetooth dongle, and a speaker. Start by updating the Pi and running some preparatory commands in a console. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y sudo rpi-update sudo poweroff Restart the Pi and install all needed packages for Bluez and PulseAudio. sudo apt-get install bluez pulseaudio-module-bluetooth python-gobject python-gobject-2 Add the active user to the lp group. sudo usermod -a -G lp pi Edit the Pulseaudio daemon configuration file and change the resampling method to trivial. In...

https://youtu.be/BHgvsuFUqlw   847,489 views  16 Apr 2018 One day, during a long road trip without any music, I decided I had enough of silent driving. Then, I embarked in a quest to put music in my car. A quest, that was quickly sidetracked by a flurry of ideas... Meet my new carpc! By popular demand, a version of this video with lower background music:    • Raspberry Pi carp...   Have fun, Kradion. My blog: http://pacmans-revenge.blogspot.com/ *SUPPORT THE CHANNEL* Info on http://pacmans-revenge.blogspot.com/ I'm accepting donations of vintage computers, consoles, accessories, and software published between 1970 and 2000! If you wish to contribute to the channel consider making a donation! All donated hardware and software will be featured in the channel with appropriate credit to the donors! Just send me a message! DEMO SONG: Kevin MacLeod - Hep Cats - http://freemusicarchive.org MUSIC: Jahzzar - Take Me Higher - http://freemusicarchive.org Rolemusic - T...

Raspberry Pi based object detection for DIY Smart Car https://youtu.be/FH015Pzys-8

The Transparent Car will use OpenCV instead of Openpilot. Openpilot is too proprietary so is difficult to customise without being blackmailed. The learning models are not known wheteas OpenCV allows us to construct our own models and can use Tessorflow or other learning algortihms to train the Vision Recognition system. The Transparent SUV will be constructed in similar ways to these Arduino and Raspberry Pi cars or robots and controlled in the same way, i.e. no steering mechanism, only differential steering. I shall try to even design a flat bed to mount seats and components. It may be heavier but allows more hull space. https://youtu.be/0lXY87NwVIc

https://towardsdatascience.com/which-is-better-for-your-machine-learning-task-opencv-or-tensorflow-ed16403c5799 Published in Towards Data Science Nour Islam Mokhtari · Which is Better For Your Machine Learning Task, OpenCV or TensorFlow? Is one of them really better than the other? An explanation from a ML engineer who uses both frameworks. made by the author Backstory I surf the internet everyday looking for machine learning and computer vision content. I like to stay up-to-date with what’s happening in the field of ML because this is a field that can surprise you almost everyday! One question that I came across a few times is : Which is better OpenCV or Tensorflow? To some, this is not a valid question. To others, this is a question worth thinking about. The simplest answer is that Tensorflow is better than OpenCV and OpenCV is better than Tensorflow! I hope I didn’t confuse you! If I did, please read on! The reality is, each of these frameworks is destined to be used in specific are...