Spy Gear ATV-360 partial reverse engineer

Warning, this post my be considered very geeky. If you are afraid of circuit boards, this is not for you.

Top case requires removal of 8 screws, phillips head.

Main circuit board:

Click on the photo for notes on the Flickr page

3 pin headers:

• Microphone – 2 pin, red and black for + and -
• Antenna – 2 pin one used
• Camera – 3 pin, red, black and yellow for +, – and signal respectively

Right next to the camera header is a daughterboard with a large shield and an antenna. I believe this is some sort of video processor and transmitter. Possibility for covert video capture and transmission when coupled with an amplifier

Motor control uses 6 wires grouped into 2 sets of 3, each triplet controlling one motor. Circuit board has designations for ground, m1+, m2+, m1- and m2- leading me to believe that the motors are either full forward, full reverse or off. This will make things easier as I do not need to worry about any speed control Load of crap.

I plan on using an Arduino for this project as it seems like a very capable microcontroller board. It has a range of digital I/O and analogue inputs as well as flexible power supply capabilities (usb, pin header or power socket).