Readable at a glance
OLED and touch-screen receiver builds keep distance, battery, signal, and mode state visible without a laptop in the loop.
Designed by a camera assistant
A modern distance platform for today's filmmakers.
DigiTape is a next-generation wireless distance measurement system built for the motion picture industry. Designed by a camera assistant for camera assistants, DigiTape combines modern electronics, intuitive software, and expandable hardware into a compact, reliable tool for professional filmmaking.
Whether measuring with ultrasonic sensors, laser rangefinders, or future vision-based technologies, DigiTape delivers fast, accurate distance information to the camera crew through dedicated handheld receivers, mobile devices, and smart wearables. Its modular design allows users to choose the sensors and features that best fit each production while maintaining a familiar, production-ready workflow.
Built from the ground up with reliability, simplicity, and future expansion in mind, DigiTape is more than a digital tape measure. It is a modern distance platform for today's filmmakers.
Receiver, tag, firmware, app
Built around small hardware that can actually live on a rig.
Made for targets
Small tag modules are designed for quick mounting, wireless ranging, and repeatable testing across camera and subject setups.
Update-ready
The firmware path is planned around named boards, stable channels, and over-the-air releases as the project grows.
Firmware features
Sensor-flexible firmware with focus tools built in.
Multiple measurement sources
Designed around swappable distance inputs, including HC-SR04 ultrasonic, Garmin LIDAR-Lite, TF-Luna style LiDAR, and wireless TAG packets.
Marks, limits, and lockouts
Store focus marks, define active distance limits, and create lockout zones so noisy or unwanted ranges do not interrupt the working readout.
Offset and response modes
Dial in offsets, switch between fast/default/smoothed response behavior, and keep source-specific tag offsets for different camera or target setups.
RX, TX, and TAG routing
Use receiver, transmitter, mini RX, and tag roles with route switching between direct hardware reads and wireless ranging workflows.
Link and battery visibility
Track link state, packet health, signal strength, installed firmware, TX/RX battery state, sensor type, and board identity during tests.
OTA-ready release path
Firmware manifests, stable channels, board naming, and OTA update hooks are built into the project so field units can grow without a full bench setup.
On-set friendly
Distance data without turning prep into a science project.
Pair a receiver and tag.
Keep hardware roles simple: receiver, transmitter, mini RX, tag.
Read live distance.
Use the display or companion app to watch distance, signal quality, and battery state.
Ship better firmware.
Track board identity, release channels, and future OTA updates from the same project family.
Companion app
The real DigiTape app, ready for field testing.
The iOS controller mirrors the RX console logic with live distance, route switching, sensor status, battery state, offset controls, response modes, firmware checks, and app-side parameter tools for marks, limits, lockouts, and tag setup.
MonitorDistance, signal, route, firmware, and power state.
ConfigureOffsets, response behavior, tags, marks, limits, and lockout zones.
MaintainCheck installed versions and prepare cloud firmware updates.
Coming next
A public home for builds, firmware, and field notes.
This site can grow into the place for release notes, install guides, hardware photos, enclosure updates, and firmware downloads when DigiTape is ready for broader testing.
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