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Review on 📷 Enhanced Night Vision Camera Module for Raspberry Pi - 5MP OV5647 Webcam with 1080p Video Recording by Joe Bailey

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Amazing night vision! But get a 5 volt 3 amp power supply for your Raspberry Pi

Great camera! Check out my project using this awesome little device! http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Raspberry-Pi-Security-Cam-With-Automatic-Web-/ But here's the catch. If you're using a camera with a factory power supply, you're bound to spend your time troubleshooting! I made this mistake and every time my camera turned on, my wireless keyboard and wireless USB dongles got cold! And nothing but a reboot solved the problem. I contacted WaveShare (the maker of this little camera) and their support is pretty reasonable. After speaking to the company I ordered a 3 amp power supply with a new power supply directly from Revain (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZHGQ8A8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00). connected, I ran a tiny Python program that captures images every 3 minutes and automatically uploads them to my remote web API. The picture quality in near darkness is amazing! The program has been running automatically for a few hours now and I have no problems with it at the moment.

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  • Sad packaging

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