{"id":7780,"date":"2026-04-23T08:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=7780"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:03:31","slug":"this-innovative-camera-system-seemingly-freezes-rotation-in-real-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=7780","title":{"rendered":"This Innovative Camera System Seemingly Freezes Rotation in Real Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/23003813\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation.jpg\" alt=\"Stroboscopic Camera Freezes Rotation\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\"\/><br \/>Excessive Overkill designed a camera system that seemingly freezes quickly moving parts in mid-air during video capture, allowing you to observe a spinning fan blade hanging motionless in mid-air. Put simply, that\u2019s stroboscopy applied to video, a technique for examining moving objects by flashing a light at the appropriate time. However, this technique has now been enhanced so that it can handle entire video sequences.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-241307\"\/><br \/><iframe title=\"A Camera That Freezes Rotation || Stroboscopic Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXAQZLS5Epw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe title=\"A Camera That Freezes Rotation || Stroboscopic Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXAQZLS5Epw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nStroboscopy is a relatively old technique for observing moving objects that includes flashing a light at precisely the appropriate moment. To make it work, Overkill used a variety of hardware and custom circuitry. He used an industrial camera with a global shutter, which most conventional cameras struggle with because they only expose the sensor in bits. However, a global shutter exposes the entire scene at once, which is really useful. The light source came next, with Overkill designing and building a high power LED strobe board, which is essentially a highly strong flash of light compressed into a very brief burst. This is powered by 24 volts and can detect a signal to flash in sync with the camera, with some safety circuits to prevent the LEDs from being out of control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal aawp-product--ribbon aawp-product--sale\" data-aawp-product-asin=\"B0FL9DN3GY\" data-aawp-product-id=\"230377\" data-aawp-tracking-id=\"tec02e-20\" data-aawp-product-title=\"Xtra Muse Vlogging Camera with 1   CMOS &amp; 4K\/120fps Videos Pocket Camera with 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer Fast Focusing Face\/Object Tracking Digital Video Camera for Photography Digital Camera\">\n<p>    <span class=\"aawp-product__ribbon aawp-product__ribbon--sale\">Sale<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__thumb\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aawp-product__image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/31Dbqy2KxnL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"Xtra Muse, Vlogging Camera with 1'' CMOS &amp; 4K\/120fps Videos, Pocket Camera with 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer...\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__content\">\n<p>            Xtra Muse, Vlogging Camera with 1&#8221; CMOS &amp; 4K\/120fps Videos, Pocket Camera with 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer&#8230;        <\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__description\">\n<ul>\n<li>Cinematic-Style Footage &#8211; Experience the power of Xtra Muse&#8217;s 1-inch CMOS sensor, capable of recording breathtaking 4K resolution videos at 120fps&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Ultra-Steady Shooting &#8211; No more shaky videos! Xtra Muse&#8217;s advanced 3-axis gimbal camera stabilizer ensures exceptional smoothness. Enjoy smooth&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Effortless Framing &#8211; Enjoy Xtra Muse&#8217;s expansive 2-inch touch screen, and switch between horizontal and vertical shooting effortlessly.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/23003800\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation-1.jpg\" alt=\"Stroboscopic Camera Freezes Rotation\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>\nGetting the timing right is critical, so Overkill employed a laser sensor to detect the rotating object each time it spun around, then sent a signal to the strobe and camera to ensure that each frame was caught at the same moment. This is critical since the object may move quicker in some locations than others, and the timing must be perfect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/23003807\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation-2.jpg\" alt=\"Stroboscopic Camera Freezes Rotation\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>Overkill had some difficulties along the way, so it wasn\u2019t all smooth sailing. For starters, those really rapid flashes don\u2019t provide much light, so he ended up utilizing some extremely powerful LEDs to compensate. Then he encountered a difficulty with the laser sensor taking up stray light from the strobe, which was resolved by adding a high frequency modulation to the strobe output to balance things out. Finally, he built some Python code to control everything, so if you want to attempt and recreate the system, the design files for the PCB and mechanical parts are available on GitHub.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> This Innovative Camera System Seemingly Freezes Rotation in Real Time<br \/>\n<br \/>#Innovative #Camera #System #Seemingly #Freezes #Rotation #Real #Time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excessive Overkill designed a camera system that seemingly freezes quickly moving parts in mid-air during&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[330,6977,303,490,6978,6976,254,86],"class_list":["post-7780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-camera","tag-freezes","tag-innovative","tag-real","tag-rotation","tag-seemingly","tag-system","tag-time"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation.jpg",1280,1280,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation-768x768.jpg",640,640,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation-1024x1024.jpg",640,640,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation.jpg",1280,1280,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation.jpg",1280,1280,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stroboscopic-camera-freezes-rotation-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news678.top\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">Tech<\/a>","tag_info":"Tech","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}