GoPro 24 Hour Continuous Recording Project

[Harley]

Over the last year I have been using GoPros as traffic monitoring cameras for various projects. I am a traffic engineer by day and we often need to watch intersections, driveways, crosswalks, parking lots, etc. GoPros are cheap in comparison to man hours and really end up paying for themselves after 1-2 uses.

On occasion collecting 24 hours of detailed data can be very helpful. The nice thing video recording is that you can watch it at speed through the slow times. Last year I built two camera setups with battery backups using sealed lead acid batteries. Now these batteries were 2.2 amp hour and heavy.

 

[Harley]

Re: GoPro 24 Hour Case

The issue we have is that in the heat of the summer, temps into the 100's and direct sunlight causes the GoPros to overheat when recording for long periods. I ended up hooking up a PC fan behind the camera and blowing air over the camera. This helped but the air flow wasn't enough. This year I decided I wanted to improve the design.

I have a 3D printer at work now as well as here at the house now. So I decided I should try and make use of the new tech at work to give them a reason to rationalize the purchase as to this point they haven't used it for anything useful.

I went shopping and picked up some new equipment to improve the design. I grabbed a squirrel cage fan, a 4 cell 4.2 amp hour LiFe battery, battery protection circuit for the LiFe pack, micro voltmeter, 12v to 5v adapter with mini B adapter, switches, thermostat, etc.

Now I'm onto the modeling. I did a test print last week but I have made a lot of mods to the design to start incorporating all the details of the build.

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

Neat, but you're not supposed to scribble on the monitor...

 

[nmanuel01]

Lol, that looks awesome! Didn't think a gopro could go all day without over heating. What settings are you using on the camera?

 

[LR3]

Couldn't you just hire somebody to stand there all day and rub ice cubes on it? I mean it saves you work plus helps the nations unemployment rate....just a thought

 

[Harley]

Neat, but you're not supposed to scribble on the monitor...

Yeah... Moving accident. New monitor is on my list of things to buy :lol:

 

[Harley]

Lol, that looks awesome! Didn't think a gopro could go all day without over heating. What settings are you using on the camera?

WVGA resolution with a 64gb card. On a day that isn't too hot it will record straight thru without overheating. It's just the hot summer days that are the issues.

 

[Harley]

Couldn't you just hire somebody to stand there all day and rub ice cubes on it? I mean it saves you work plus helps the nations unemployment rate....just a thought

I work for a private consulting firm, it's all about efficiency. Sounds like you're referring to a government operation!

 

[STANG KILLA SS]

this answers my questions on facebook.

also how did you wire the external battery to the go pro? and pics of that would be helpful.

 

[Daddy]

I work for a private consulting firm, it's all about efficiency. Sounds like you're referring to a government operation!

So I take it you guys are hired by city's all over the country to help fix traffic problems ? If so what major city's traffic have you fixed? , cas I used to live in San Diego for like 4 years and traffic there and LA is like no other traffic I have ever seen haha 7 days a week ...or do you only work locally were you live ?


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[Harley]

this answers my questions on facebook.

also how did you wire the external battery to the go pro? and pics of that would be helpful.

I bought several of these. They feed at up to 3A which is more than needed, but some of the lower amperage versions will not keep the camera charged while recording, more of an issue on higher resolutions but storage is an issue for us in HD.

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[Harley]

So I take it you guys are hired by city's all over the country to help fix traffic problems ? If so what major city's traffic have you fixed? , cas I used to live in San Diego for like 4 years and traffic there and LA is like no other traffic I have ever seen haha 7 days a week ...or do you only work locally were you live ?


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I do projects all over, traffic work varies immensely. Most of my work is design, signing, pavement markings, fiber optic intelligent transportation systems, construction sequencing and maintenance of traffic under construction.

 

[Daddy]

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So does that mean your the guys who gets to type in all the amber alerts on the highway signs ... Haha



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[Harley]

So does that mean your the guys who gets to type in all the amber alerts on the highway signs ... Haha



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We design the fiber backbones, structures, panels, placement, in-pavement sensors, radar detectors, CCTV cameras, bluetooth sniffers, cellular data trackers, all that big brother stuff. Then it's turned over to the DOT or regional transit authority for control of the day to day operations

 

[Daddy]

Sweet.... One question ... What's a bluetooth sniffer ? Haha


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[Harley]

Sweet.... One question ... What's a bluetooth sniffer ? Haha


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It reads the MAC ID number of any bluetooth device (such as your car or phone). Even if you aren't discoverable, it will still pick up the MAC address. The system then matches up MAC addresses from other sensors. We can then find travel patterns from vehicles based on how many sensors the same MAC ID shows up.

 

[BJoe]

What if you don't have bluetooth in the vehicle and disabled on your phone?

 

[Harley]

What if you don't have bluetooth in the vehicle and disabled on your phone?

As long as your blue tooth is OFF then you won't get picked up. The hit rate is under 10% of vehicles.

 

[Daddy]

It reads the MAC ID number of any bluetooth device (such as your car or phone). Even if you aren't discoverable, it will still pick up the MAC address. The system then matches up MAC addresses from other sensors. We can then find travel patterns from vehicles based on how many sensors the same MAC ID shows up.

WOW..... Learn something new everyday I guess .... That is some crazy shit ... My bluetooth will be off now thx haha


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[Harley]

WOW..... Learn something new everyday I guess .... That is some crazy shit ... My bluetooth will be off now thx haha


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It's likely too late, the DOT, DOD, CIA, NSA, TSA, HSA, HBO & GMA likely already know your travel patterns and have tied it to your Social security number and credit score. I can help you clear all this data for a small fee however...

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