preface

It is believed that all car owners are familiar with the DASH CAM, which was born as a "ceramic killer", or it has become a standard car configuration. Due to my professional relationship, I have experienced the ups and downs of China's tachograph industry. From the earliest Huaqiangbei, China, made a big effort to COPY the DASH CAM from South Korea and Taiwan, people would like to call it the black box of cars. The main controller used is also Tixin, An Kai, Lingyang, etc. with a resolution of 640X480. Since the tachograph was just emerging at that time, people paid little attention to the image quality. I just think that the car will become taller and taller when such a thing is installed on the car. Later, when we gradually changed from having a recorder in the car to having a tachograph with good image quality, the tachograph dominated by Anba was launched. At that time, the price of a tachograph dominated by A2S series was about 7-800 yuan. So the major manufacturers started the era of hardware competition. You use A2, I use A2S, A5,A7。。。。 Until the emergence of the troublemaker ants, the ants' movement camera was controlled by Anba A7S, with a price of 399, which almost exposed the BOM cost of the A7S to the public. To be honest, a large number of manufacturers of DASH CAM in Huaqiang North, large and small, died. They also have some friends who do DASH CAM. They should either change careers or turn to foreign markets. Of course, there are also some surviving companies that have transformed into brands, registered a brand, found factory OEMs, and through various marketing and packaging, they have achieved several brands with good online shipments in China. (In fact, they just go to the solution company to buy the solution. They refer to the shell that is popular nowadays. After some modifications, it becomes their own appearance, labeling, and shipping. The specific brands will not be mentioned here.).

There is a lot of nonsense above, which simply explains the development process of the DASH CAM. Today, I wonder if you have the same feeling as the author: the DASH CAM on your car is just a decoration 95% of the time, except for a small accident to turn over the video to watch the scene. Basically, there are videos, overlays, videos, overlays. Sometimes when you meet a good scenery on the way, you need to take a photo or record a video, and then take the TF card to the computer and pour it out. It's troublesome to think about it, so stop. I have always wondered whether there is any way to make use of the DASH CAM. In addition to the simple anti-collision porcelain function, can I easily post the beautiful scenery or interesting things on the road to social networks and share them with friends while ensuring driving safety? If the product can be realized, it will be the second spring of the DASH CAM.

Staring, staring and shooting, a tachograph using Huawei HiSilicon image processor, was launched by Shenzhen for Youxun. Luo Yong, CEO of Weiyou Video Communication Co., Ltd., is a former founder of Huawei HiSilicon Image Team. He is also a chip and architecture design system engineer. Many of the company's employees are from Huawei. For such a young maker company with its own core technology and strength team, what's more valuable is that they also have their own ideas and entrepreneurial purpose of focusing on user experience. Do you think it's a good idea to keep an eye on it? Very difficult! The author is also the first time to contact HiSilicon processor. Earlier, I heard from my friends that this brand of DASH CAM is good. This time, I was lucky to be in the Love to play computer games The platform has obtained the qualification of staring at MINI2 machine experience. The essayist comes to see how it is.

Unpacking

A simple white cardboard box with a ceiling is designed. On the front is a photo of the MINI2 product and the MINI2 design logo, and on the back is a conventional product specification, model, parameters and other information.

When opening the box, the first thing you see is the MINI2 mainframe and a coin sized camera remote control. The manual and other documents, car charger and power cord are placed in modules, which makes the whole package very simple.

Family photo: host, camera remote control, dual USB port car charger, 3.5m long USB power cord, spare 3M glue, installation tools, etc.

Features and details close-up

The staring MINI2 DASH CAM adopts a cylindrical non screen design. In fact, the author has tried this shape many times before. The shell is made of plastic surface sprayed with silver and highlighted UV, and the three-dimensional dimension is 87 * 35 * 43.5mm.

The image processor (also known as the main control chip) uses HiSilicon Hi3516D, image sensor OV 4689 CMOS, lens 6P full HD glass lens, diagonal 140 degrees, F1.8。

The left side of the fuselage is a loudspeaker with a power of 1W. On the non screen design of the DASH CAM, the speaker is particularly important, and some important tips will be conveyed to the car owner through the horn or buzzer.

On the right side of the body are TF card slots and RESET reset holes. The memory card supports 8G~64G TF high-speed card.

Below the lens is the MIC hole. According to the physical object obtained by the author, the mold here is still to be improved, and the shell shrinkage or nozzle treatment after demoulding is not in place. Expect improvement in the future.

Different from most of the suction cup mounting methods, the mounting method of staring at MINI2 is 3M adhesive backing. As far as the author is concerned, he prefers the direct rear view bracket mounting method. Of course, radish and cabbage have their own preferences.

The camera remote control equipped with the staring and shooting MINI2 can be attached to the steering wheel or the center console where it is easy to operate without affecting driving safety. The working principle of this remote control is the same as that of other vehicle machines. After matching with the host, it replaces the photo or video key.

The standard 2.1A and 1A dual USB interface car charger can also be used to charge other devices such as mobile phones when powering up the DASH CAM. The 3.5-m USB power cable is basically suitable for various wiring modes of most vehicles.

Installation

In fact, the installation method of the DASH CAM is very simple. First, stick the host on the front windshield of the car to find a suitable location; Plug in the power cord and route it along the A-pillar to the vicinity of the cigarette lighter interface of the car. Plug in the car charger and it is OK! It's that simple. The specific installation steps will not be described in detail.

Finally, some friends may have strong hands-on ability or prefer to connect the power supply from the ceiling lamp or other places in order to pursue beauty. In order not to increase unnecessary risks to their cars (especially in summer), the author does not recommend this practice.

The staring and shooting MINI2 adopts a 270 degree rotatable design, which can shoot the front and rotate to take a self portrait in the car. The author likes this feature very much!

Rotate the camera direction to the car during the journey. You can take photos in the car through the remote control. While taking photos, you can also record videos of the first 5 seconds and 10 seconds together, and sync them to your mobile phone for easy sharing to social networks and friends.

APP Experience

Download the APK or IOS mobile client through scanning the code or the official website, and follow the prompts to easily complete the installation and online operation. In addition, some basic settings in the mobile APP are very simple and clear, which will not be described in detail here. Now let's talk about some things that I think are quite good.

As the author said at the beginning, it is a trend to improve the utilization rate of the DASH CAM, develop social networking, share and integrate perfectly with the DASH CAM APP. Staring and shooting has been done well. A photo and 10 second short video will be taken and synchronized to your mobile phone when you press the camera remote control for fun and interesting things while driving, and then you can easily share or send WeChat via APP, QQ， Space, friends.

Your works (pictures or videos) can also be shared on the square of "On the Road". And there are activities to focus on.

During driving, you can also capture some uncivilized driving situations with the remote control, and upload them to the traffic police illegal platform through APP within 72 hours.

Of course, you can also find car friends near you and enjoy their shared photos and videos through APP guidance.

Due to less than a week's experience time, more functions are still waiting to be experienced in the future. For the moment, the APP is doing well. I hope to continue to work hard to develop some cool and more practical functions, such as the function of sharing guidebooks with pictures or simple videos!

Photo proof

Shoot through the camera remote control

Video recording

The original film will have better effect due to format transcoding and image quality compression after uploading to the network (please select the ultra clear mode to watch, and finally attach the effect comparison of Xiaoyi DASH CAM)

epilogue

The DASH CAM with social APP can share photos and videos. The most important thing about the high playability DASH CAM is that it works well. As can be seen in the video above, the license plate should be clear than Xiaoant's DASH CAM when you are close. 270 degree rotatable lens design, road conditions outside the car, and self taking in the car are all competent. Tell me some things that need improvement or suggestions:

1. There is still room for improving the precision of shell mold;

2. It is suggested that the installation method can be ingeniously designed as a combination of 3M glue and bracket to meet the preferences of different users;

3. Develop more practical and fun APP functions to maximize the utilization of the DASH CAM;

Finally, because this type of DASH CAM is a non screen design, we hope that the stability performance will be good. When using the DASH CAM with a screen, we can check whether the machine is working from time to time, so that we have a good idea. Therefore, for the non screen tachograph, the author hopes that while the basic functions and effects are OK, it is stable, stable, or stable! Let's wait and see!