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Questions tagged [kinect]

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Is it possible to use Kinetic energy to power small devices?

I've tried looking around for as much information as I could gather to build really small wearable electronics that could power themselves by generating energy with movement. I know that the technology already exists in watches. There are watches…
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Proprietary Kinect connector

I'm looking for a source for the mating part to the proprietary USB connector on the Kinect, which includes standard USB signalling and power, and also the special 12V supply rail. The cable version of it comes on the dongle in the Kinect box, but…
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Decomposing Kinect Laser Projector - Is it really safe?

I am looking at Kinect Laser and couple of things that are not clear, so I thought I bring up here. First the known facts: - Kinect has a laser projector that works at 840nm - Output power of the laser is 60mW - The laser projector has a diffuser.…
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Gettting hand movements registered and sent to an arduino

I want to control a servo motor attached to an arduino through hand movements. I am just beginning the project and my idea is to attach a couple of accelorometers to each finger and then send that data to the arduino through Xbee . Firstly is this…
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Kinect data to a microcontroller

Before I begin, I understand this is a very broad and open ended question, please be patient with me. I am a complete newbie to this. After looking around I found various ways of interacting withe the Kinect sensor. ROS, OpenCV,…
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How to - LiPo Battery supporting many devices?

I have a number of devices that I need to support off of this 11.1v 6400mah LiPo battery: Venom 20C 3S 6400mAh 11.1V LiPo Battery with Universal Plug (EC3/Deans/Traxxas/Tamiya) I'm wanting to support a 5v integrated circuit (raspberry pi) and a 12v…
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Designing an ABBA circuit (3 input, 2 output) inputs: (GND, +V, Logic)

I'm working on a relatively simple Arduino project and want to reach an elegant solution for a circuit. I'm not sure if there is an existing IC for what I want to do, but here is a diagram for what I'm attempting to accomplish. When googling the…
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powerbank 12v to kinect sensor v2

I have very little knowledge about power draw / conversions etc. I would like to power a Kinect v2 Sensor from a USB Power bank. I saw the USB C and QC3.0 on this powerbank has between 9 and 12V output. I have read although the Kinect sensor is 12V…
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Power Kinect from laptop (or another mobile power source)

First of all, I'm passionate about electronics, but that's just like a football fan saying he's passionate about the sport but can't actually play. I'm a programmer, so since I'm on the tech side I can get pretty ambitious, but I do need your help.…
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What type of equipment can I use to detect object 3d distance?

I would use a kinect but that's too cumbersome. I want to ditch the camera and the microphones leaving me with the "3d sensor" but what is this mystery sensor even made of? I would use some sort of radar depth detection but that's too finite, I want…
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Modify a kinect - Reconnect the two cards

I’m trying to make a Kinect camera smaller. There was a problem at some point and my client expect me to put the kinect in a vertical position rather than horizontal as it is supposed to be. The problem is that if the kinect is positioned in…
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