Mastodawn

Yesterday was quite productive day for #reticulum esp32s3-cam module. I’ve implemented minimal webp encoder to match the standard for images in MeshChat(X)/Sideband/Columba. This made possible sending average(to low) quality 640x480 images in the range of < 16kb - perfect for LoRa only. Since the board has a LED, I’ve implemented a flash and night mode (bigger exposure + flash). It’s not ideal since the led is not very bright.

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circfruit

The above images are taken with hardware jpeg compression 640x480 with quality 90 (the highest), transcoded to WEBP with quality 8 (out of 100) to handle small sizes. There are quite a few parameters which I implemented and can be tweaked on the fly with keywords sent to the camera over #LXMF. I need to take the camera out (currently behind a window) and tune up the day exposure somehow to reduce the image burn.