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<p>Thanks Euan, all good!</p>
<p>I have an fdti based USB UART for programming. I have a number
of ESP8266 modules running various temperature/humidity sensors,
relays etc. I also have a few ES32 of different types on nodeMCU
type boards - they seem very capable. I have one running
temp/humidity sensors, another as a WiFi network extender (the
ESP32 WiFi connects to my home network, it is also running a
SoftAP for clients and NAT's the two together ... low throughput
but suitable for passing MQTT messages to home-assistant, quite
acceptable range too!) Currently (as its wet outside!) I am
playing with Deep Sleep mode on an ESP32-S based nodeMCU board
powered via an 18650/MH-CD42 combination. I have set up
web-flashing using the Arduino-IDE to produce the binaries which
negates the need to use a serial connection after the first flash
- until I make a mistake in the coding :)</p>
<p>BillK</p>
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<div dir="auto">Re the esp32, are you using an ai thinker type
esp32-cam board? They're pretty cheap and work ok for pictures.
Make sure you get one with the daughter board that makes it
simple to program as they don't have on board USB ports and it
gets a bit fiddly doing it with a serial connection.
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<div dir="auto">I am working with a few ttgo camera plus boards,
they're really good, with USB, camera, SD card, LCD screen and
battery management all on board. They've got limited
expansion, but as long as you stick with i2c devices your ok.
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<div dir="auto">Regards,</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 16 July 2022, 21:59
William Kenworthy, <<a href="mailto:billk@iinet.net.au"
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<p>Thanks Kirk and others who have responded - perhaps I
should have been a little clearer on what I am after!</p>
<p>I am not really interested in anything that processes on
the camera, an app or sends stuff offsite - even for
setup. All I am after is a camera that takes images and
video then either offloads or allows them to be
collected. My current processing uses Motion on a stream
and FTP's HiRes images and avi's off the camera storage
via ethernet - this unit has failed recently which is why
I am looking for another. An ESP may be a little
underpowered to replace this camera, but I am now looking
at a Dahua model for that.<br>
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<p>The ESP approach is ideal for (cheaply) testing locations
using battery power - I have ordered a couple of ESP32-CAM
units with a 2MP camera module to see how they perform.</p>
<p>Previous cameras I have had need either web access, or a
propriety program that will only run under ancient windows
versions (and not under Wine either!) leaving them dead
with no alternatives when the program will no longer run
under later windows versions. The current crop of google
and alexa compatible cameras look capable - but no thanks!<br>
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<p>BillK</p>
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<div>On 16/7/22 15:09, Kirk Turner wrote:<br>
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<div>I have the Swann security cameras integrated with
Home Assistant. If I remember correctly it is just
using the generic FFMPEG streaming integration - so it
is streaming only support. I've had a plan to get it
to send email alerts and process those via home
assistant but I haven't put that into action. It
doesn't require Windows to setup - because you can
connect mouse/keyboard/monitor directly to the box
itself to set up - but I do use their app to go back
and view the footage (but that is all local). I have
the wired ones, but I know they do wireless versions
too - but they are not an independent unit so if you
are wanting just one or two cameras they might not be
the best option. <br>
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<div>Regarding the ESP32 idea - I have an Ov7675 that
integrates with microcontrollers (I got mine as part
of the TinyML kit so has a shield for an Arduino Nano
33 BLE Sense) but it isn't 1080 resolution. Having a
quick search there are higher resolution options and
with an ESP I'm guessing someone has already built an
integrated board! In my case the Nano can do on-board
processing for ML, but I'm not sure about the
streaming capabilities. <br>
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<div>The other option is to go for the RaspberryPi0W
with a camera module. One of my colleagues has set up
one that he integrates with Home Kit via Homebridge so
I'm pretty sure you'd be able to integrate it with
Home Assistant.</div>
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<div>Kirk<br>
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<div>Hi, Google isn't helping much so I am hoping
someone here has expertise in this. I would like to
get a security camera(s) that doesn't send
everything to the cloud or china. Prefer wifi,
should be 1080 resolution, can be fully accessed
from Linux (I currently do not have a working
windows install) and can be made compatible with
homeassistant.<br>
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Or<br>
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Is something like an esp32 camera module
viable/usable? I already use some esp32's for other
projects and if the camera modules are suitable this
might be the best solution - anyone tried this?<br>
BillK<br>
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