I set out to make the camera system as inexpensive as possible, and I really thing making it Raspberry Pi based is the way to accomplish that. This same setup could be used for a motion sensitive IP security cam, a Sky Cam for weather conditions, a motion sensitive Bird Cam, or as I plan to do, a simple camera for taking photos of my fish pond.
Continue reading “Fish Cam – The Hardware”Fish Cam – Basic Software
The basic goal of the fish camera is to take a still photo at a fixed interval, put on a time/date stamp, and send the photo via FTP to my blog. I use the same name for the photo every time, so the old photo continually gets overwritten by the new photo. Very basic, and very simple. From my old Weather days, if you wanted to do some sort of SkyCam, it would work exactly the same way.
Continue reading “Fish Cam – Basic Software”Another new hobby.
So, I haven’t been making many movies lately. I do have a couple posted on my YouTube channel, but it seems like as soon as I got started with the documentaries, I fell off my bike, and had to take a break from riding (and documenting the riding.)
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