Hi,
We are contemplating helping our neighborhood security by proposing a community surveillance system.
This is to be used in the Amazon Rainforest (where it's humid, rainy, sunny, hot).
Please review a short list of components:
- Raspberry Pi Zero W
- MicroSD Card
- Pi Camera (w/night vision)
- Solar controller / charger
- Battery (capacity?)
- Solar panel (capacity?)
Also, what kind of casing should we use?
How durable can we expect it to be?
Thank you in advance for your advice on the above!
Thanks xose!
I love that setup, it looks so rugged!
I've been doing some research on how to power the pi with solar. Is the plaque in the upper right corner the solar panel?
Looking at the Witty Pi it looks useful for scheduling shutdowns and power ups but my question is really about using a battery and keeping it charged. Did Witty Pi provide this or did you use a solar charge controller of some kind?
For our use we don't need to shut the Pi down as we hope to use motion detection.
Would a standalone solar power bank work? One can get them up to 30000mAh. I guess they power off?
Thanks for your advice, excited to follow and share!
Our immediate use is for community security but we'd love to use them for wildlife photography as well!
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Hi Icarito. The project we're working with the witty pi energy manager is this.
The case was made with a PVC tube and an external solar panel.
After four months both solar panel and camera case are completely dry.
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