Re: Need Design Project Advice

["J Barnes" <trishnjames@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Radio Shack can sell you RCA to BNC connectors.   about $5.00 each

James B


<kfmuelle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On May 29, 10:30 pm, sp1ke <s...@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> kfmue...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > Hello everyone,
>>
>> > I am an electrical engineering student working on my senior design
>> > project and what my group and I came up with was a security system to
>> > monitor activity in a new building's design area.  So far I have
>> > developed a motion detection algorithm using MATLAB and a webcam,
>> > however, we will be using actual security camera's for the design.
>>
>> > My question to anyone is what would be the best way to connect a
>> > minimum of 8 camera's to a PC so that I can implement my algorithm on
>> > them.  I would need it to do is be able to select which camera I want
>> > to check for motion (each camera having a unique device number) and
>> > use MATLAB.  With the research I have done so far, most of the
>> > camera's that fits our budget have RCA cables.
>>
>> > I am not looking for someone to do my project for me, just some
>> > advice.
>>
>> > Any idea's would be appreciated..
>>
>> > Thanks,
>>
>> > Kevin
>>
>> http://www.stardvr.com/ECL-968.html
>>
>> ??
>
> Thanks for the quick response.  The 8 channel cards Ive researched
> wouldn't take RCA cables.  I did see some RCA to BNC converters, but
> they were $50 for 1.5 feet which doesn't fit into our budget.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Kevin
>