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Before running the command double check that the letter you typed in place of X is really the one that corresponds to the microSD. In case you got a permission denied error try the following command: xzcat /path/to/ | sudo tee /dev/sdX > /dev/nullīut be extremely carefully here, using the wrong letter in place of X may do irreversible damage to your system and ruin your day. In case there are use the following command to unmount each one of them: umount /dev/sdXY Before running the command make sure that there are no mounted partitions that belong to the microSD. Where X is the letter of the device that corresponds to your microSD e.g.

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If you are using Linux just download the latest file and use the following command: xzcat /path/to/ > /dev/sdX To get started first download the Raspbian NetInstall image from Github and burn it to your microSD. That way the system is going to be more secure, more stable and there will be no waste of resources for things that are not required.

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The prices can vary depending where you live and from where you bought them.īurning the Installer Image to the microSD:Īs base for the system I decided to use a bare minimum Raspbian install and on top of it install only the required packages. The total cost of the camera parts (excluding the POE Injector/Switch and the tools) is around 100€.

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A Dremel with a disk that can cut plastic plus drill bits.A Desoldering Pump - Optional if you have solder wick.2 x RJ45 jacks plus a small piece of UTP cable (Cat5e or Cat6).You can find it fairly easily if you search on ebay for “dummy ip ir camera” (you can find it in either silver or black color). 1 x Dummy IP Camera for the housing - I highly recommend getting the same with me because all the hardware fits perfectly inside.If you can't find either of those, any injector or switch that supports the 802.3af POE standard should work. I used a TP-LINK TL-SF1008P POE Switch since I have more that one IP camera (it supports up to four), but for just one camera I recommend the TP-LINK TL-POE150S POE Injector. A POE Injector (or a POE Switch) - This is not part of the camera itself but you will need it to power the camera.A TP-LINK TL-POE10R POE Splitter - You can use any POE Splitter that supports the 802.3af POE standard but this particular one fits perfectly inside the housing I used.A Low-profile USB Flash Drive at least 8GB - I used an 8GB SanDisk Cruzer Fit CZ33.

A larger capacity MicroSD can also be used but it won't make a big difference.

An 8GB Class10 MicroSD - I used a Kingston SDC10.

A Raspberry Pi Camera Module - Plus at least two screws that fit its mounting holes.

I haven't tested it with a Raspberry Pi 2 but I think it should work.

A Raspberry Pi Model B+ - It will also work with a Model B but it won't fit in the housing I used.

To build the camera you will need the following parts:

So I'm pretty confident that they can be used as low cost alternative to commercial IP cameras in a small business. Since the day they have been installed both cameras have 100% uptime. I built two of those IP cameras a while ago and they have been tested on production environment (a small retail store) for more than a year and they have shown absolutely no issues. That way the system is unlikely to become unbootable from a power failure since the microSD is 100% read-only. An external USB drive is also used to keep the /var and /home partitions which they both need to be read-write. After that it syncs the local footage directory with the Google Drive.Īll the partitions on the microSD are read-only to prevent corruption from power failures. To prevent Google Drive from running out of space, every one hour the system checks for any images that are older from a specific threshold (e.g. The camera footage is saved in the form of JPEG images instead of video files in order to make the uploading to the Google Drive easier for Internet connections with low upload speeds. It is also possible to view the video stream from multiple cameras the same time by making a simple HTML file, but more about that later.

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Most desktop browsers should work, I have also tested with Firefox for Android and it seems to work fine. The video streaming can be simply viewed from a web browser. I was inspired by scavix's work with the instructable Raspberry Pi as low-cost HD surveillance camera so I decided to make my own Raspberry PI based IP camera that also features POE and supports integration with the Google Drive.