Kite-cam
Researching the components for a kite-cam, which should provide:
- small, waterproof housing that hosts a camera/video, battery, and control interface
- snapshots, as well as continuous image acquisition
- enough memory to store all the images from a day of operation
- reasonable battery life (4-6hrs)
- easy interface to download images (physical)
- GUI for testing the image acquisition and controlling the camera
Camera
I like the Prosilica GB line of cameras for this job.
Housing
Some combination of dome, mounting brackets, and a means of affixing the rig to the kite
- velcro
- pouch
Processor
Either a gumstix or this 7800 series ARM from Technologic