horaceCJ
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- Mar 15, 2013
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- Dash Cam
- Mobius A/B/C / 808 #16D
Motivation: A lot of dashcam videos that I saw recently have one or more of the following: file lock beep, actual sound of a button press (to lock file), slight video shake caused by a button press.
Extra motivation 1: Mobius lock button (Mode button) is in the middle of the other two and it's not very straight-forward to press it.
Extra motivation 2: My car's rearview mirror and the Mobius under it are pretty far away from driver's seat and I need to lean forward to reach the camera.
Forecast: Soon we will see a dashcam video entitled: Accident I caused while trying to lock a clip in my dashcam. (If it's not already somewhere on YT.)
So I had the ideea to build a "remote control" (fancy word for what I actually did), @Isoprop pointed me the right direction for soldering the wires. I guess the following pictures are better than words:
Tools and materials:
- old smartphone headset (Glofiish) for the button and the thin wires that I soldered on the circuit board
- network cable from which I used a pair of wires (~2 meters) in order to place the button on the back of the car's audio remote control placed on the steering column (the perfect spot for me)
- soldering iron
- Mobius
- availability
In order to get the wires out of the camera I choose to enlarge the mini USB hole and to scratch a little bit the case to get the wires from the buttons side to the other. I picked this sollution because there's very little space between the circuit board and the case on the buttons side (plus the heat sink and related stuff).
If anybody needs additional information please let me know.
Extra motivation 1: Mobius lock button (Mode button) is in the middle of the other two and it's not very straight-forward to press it.
Extra motivation 2: My car's rearview mirror and the Mobius under it are pretty far away from driver's seat and I need to lean forward to reach the camera.
Forecast: Soon we will see a dashcam video entitled: Accident I caused while trying to lock a clip in my dashcam. (If it's not already somewhere on YT.)
So I had the ideea to build a "remote control" (fancy word for what I actually did), @Isoprop pointed me the right direction for soldering the wires. I guess the following pictures are better than words:
Tools and materials:
- old smartphone headset (Glofiish) for the button and the thin wires that I soldered on the circuit board
- network cable from which I used a pair of wires (~2 meters) in order to place the button on the back of the car's audio remote control placed on the steering column (the perfect spot for me)
- soldering iron
- Mobius
- availability
In order to get the wires out of the camera I choose to enlarge the mini USB hole and to scratch a little bit the case to get the wires from the buttons side to the other. I picked this sollution because there's very little space between the circuit board and the case on the buttons side (plus the heat sink and related stuff).
If anybody needs additional information please let me know.