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This blog post details using a new FireWire HAT (Firehat) for Raspberry Pi, paired with a PiSugar battery, to create a portable Memory Recording Unit for MiniDV cameras. It covers hardware setup, software, and a crowdfunding campaign for the HAT.
Jeff Geerling explains how to use FireWire (IEEE 1394) devices on a Raspberry Pi by recompiling the Linux kernel with FireWire support and configuring 32-bit DMA, enabling capture from old DV cameras using dvgrab.