[Noisebridge-discuss] My video project needs a Raspberry Pi and/or low quality usb webcam

[James Sundquist]

Have you done this yourself?  Is there something like this at Hacker Dojo?


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Dean Mao <dean.mao at hackerdojo.com> wrote:

> FYI, the RPi has a camera module that attaches via ribbon cable to a port
> that is specifically for the camera.  It will have lower latency than usb.
>  The camera itself is smaller than any usb camera on the market because it
> lacks an enclosure.  (you need to make one yourself)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> they are super cool, and so small that i can't find mine right now.
>>
>> they have only a small amount of FLASH onboard for bootup, but if you
>> need more you can use a USB stick as a boot drive :)
>>
>> only 32mb RAM but you can upgrade to 64mb if you can solder surfacemount
>> with hotair :)
>>
>> and they have GPIO pins like any good microcontroller, and a TTL serial
>> port that can talk directly to a regular microcontroller (which has
>> burlier, 5v GPIO pins for driving your robot)
>>
>> openWRT is a really neat project, and it even has its own package manager
>> that is super cool.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, Naomi Most wrote:
>>
>>  Whoa.  That is cool, I did not know that.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> James i recommend running openWRT (foss linux for wireless routers and
>>>> similar) on a WR703N which is a $22 wifi router with an ethernet port.
>>>>
>>>> plug a usb webcam into the usb port and you're on!  you can internet
>>>> with
>>>> the wifi or the ethernet port.
>>>>
>>>> it runs off of a microusb jack, so you can power it with a standard
>>>> phone
>>>> charger or portable battery pack thing.
>>>>
>>>> what is this for?
>>>>
>>>> -jake
>>>>
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