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Re: [LUG] remote sensing

 

On 13/06/16 10:32, Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2016, Tom wrote:

Just been down the veggie patch - the wind has blown the netting off the cabages and the pigeons and crows(!!) have had a field day.
Its a good 100yd from the house with no power.
It did occur to me it should be possible, now the raspberryPi zero has a camera connector, to knock up a small solar panel, battery and pi/camera to monitor activity in the patch and then send me a photo on motion detect via long range wireless.
Any ideas?

Just do it.

Might want to use a PIR for the motion detect so the camera isn't running all the time. (Camera runing = more juice) Not sure if PIRs will detect birds though.

Hardest part will be making a waterproof box for it all. Use a 12v lesuire battery with an SMPS converter + panel. Ought to last the best part of a week with no sun...

Gordon

Just found this on power consumption
http://raspi.tv/2016/raspberry-pi-zero-1-3-power-usage-with-camera
which suggests the zero runs at 1.2 W while filming!!
Tom te tom te tom

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