Making the most EQUIPPED DIY Security Camera with ESP32-CAM
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
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In this video I run you through the process of me developing a fully-equipped ESP32-CAM-based Solar-powered WiFi Security (Surveillance) Camera from the ground up. Overcoming a handful of obstacles in the way along the journey of building the unit, after 3 months, I am proud to announce that I have succeeded!
Even though the camera can have more improvements done to really get the most out of it (Hardware-wise and with remote access features), it still has turned out to be a capable DIY security camera that can already do so much.
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Also, please keep in mind that this security camera is only a PROTOTYPE and was made with the intent of potentially making it a product one day. I did not expect to make it a more viable solution to replace commercial CCTV camera systems (at least not yet). Much more would need to be worked on, still.
Its prototype cost came out to around $380 USD, considering I hired overseas services and got everything at retail cost. If it were to be mass-manufactured, its overall (per-unit) manufacturing cost would drop by a LOT.
I don't want to discourage anyone out there who wants to make something alike of their own, but I don't necessarily expect others to recreate the level of camera I have just made, as it was an experiment. However, if you do have a vision with what you choose to create and think you will end up with something that meets your needs, pursue it!
Huge thanks to PCBWay and DFRobot for making this project possible! The camera works really well with its current features, couldn't have asked for a better outcome 😁
It's going to short circuit the first major storm you have and the internals will rust. You don't have any way for water to escape.
@@orangehatmusic225 I will work on this, thanks for pointing out!
@@MaxImagination You might be able to fully seal it with silicon... but then it could overheat.
Can you release the 3d files please?
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Good Job, MAX! We are so proud to be one part🥳
My pleasure working with you, PCBWay! Thanks a LOT!
@@MaxImagination Cheers 🥂
Shame about the battery protection circuit couldn't you have got a replacement or a subsidy part?
dont worry. mistakes are only problematic IF you wont learn from them. anyone who learns from their mistakes should start making a lot! im serious.
Or if you have a limited budget...
@@nixietubes should still learn so as to maximize use of financial resources going forward. Call it an incentive to measure twice and cut once.
Most of my learning is when I am fixing one of my mistakes. Really.
make mistakes early and often
-rich people
@@rezganger yup, so true 👍 When one makes an attempt at something, and then falters because of a 'mistake', or the incorrect path followed.... then, if learning from it and continuing forward after pivoting, one becomes MUCH more capable than I they'd never hit that stumbling block. This is because, by encountering a problem, and continuing to work at it, one better understands the process that HINDERED them from moving ahead, usually understanding some if not all of WHY that way didn't work, and WHY some other way/method forward DOES work. This gives a huge leg-up when trying to build or create something in the future. This is called by some, "the School of Life " 😁👍💯
Dude!!! You're my hero!!!! Awesome project. This will be a great way for me to get introduced to the esp32. Keep these projects comin and I'll keep watchin!
Really glad to hear that! Thanks for your comment and I will keep it up! 👍
First time I've seen your channel. Amazing amount of dedication to the whole project from start to finish. All of that coupled with producing the video. As I'm typing this you mentioned "learning curve". You must have learned so much which will lead on to some great future projects. Cheers...
Thank you for your comment! Yes, it certainly was a good challenge for me that I learned a lot from... I appreciate that! Cheers 👍
Sold! I'll take one.
Very well done good sir! Your exceptional intelligence is amazing.
Thanks for your kind comments! :)
@@MaxImagination my pleasure.
Probably the best and most complete project you've done to date, very good Max👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so much, Tiago. Always appreciate your very kind comments 😄✌
fantastic project. This is over-the-top use of ESP32 cam.
It's nearly at its full potential 💯
Thank you! 🙂👍🏻
I came here after discovering your 4 years old video. Good to see that you still stick to your passion. Keep it up bro.
Welcome back! Aiming to keep doing what I do but at a bigger level. Cheers!
Yes, budget friendly and can replace the need for servos when one doesn't have that part. Thanks for your comment!
@3:50 Thanks for keeping it nerdy! Cool cam projects! Please do more motorcycle/car home security adaptations.
I appreciate that!
Not bad result for such young lad! I have seen a lot during my 20+ years of embedded systems development and this is not bad at all. Congratulations
Happy to hear the impressions of an experienced developer like yourself. Thanks for your compliments! 😀
@@MaxImagination I have seen too many incompetent people over all those years, so it is encouraging to see young people with skills and interest in engineering. Greetings from Slovakia 👍
i m doing a similar project using i2s. which pin remains free to use? any other pins?
im replacing the automatic recording from motion detection to big noise dection
Hi! Many thanks for your donation! I much appreciate your kind gesture 😁
With my ESP32, I used GPIO pins 3, 4, and 12 for interfacing the I2S MEMS Mic.
Mic to ESP32-CAM connection:
DO (Digital Output) to IO3
WS (Word Select) to IO4
SCK (Serial Clock) to IO12
3.3V to ESP's 3.3V
GND to ESP's GND
If you face troubles with sound channels, you may need to ground the SEL (select) pin.
Hope this helps and best of luck with your project!
That looks better than some production models that I’ve seen. Well done kid. And something I’ve noticed, every left handed person that I know is super smart, or really good on their individual fields.
That really cool that you did all that. Congrats.
Thanks, Heather! I much appreciate your kind words 😀
Wow! After the long wait your camera turned out very nice. Props to u Max for a well designed job. Can wait to see more projects in the future.😎👌🏼
Thanks so much, Diego! More to come this year! Cheers 😎
Make sure you conformal coat the PCB's and components to prevent corrosion
Very cool setup. and build..I have all the parts coming in for mine!
Keep em coming!!!!
Will do :)
Thanks for your comment! Best of luck with your build!
Absolutely perfect timing, just looking this kind of project up right now!! Great video
Thanks a lot, Ben! Glad to hear you enjoyed it...
This is an amazing project. I’ve been dying to make a baby monitor with the esp32 that is sound activated, and sends push notifications to a phone, but with an infant it’s been impossible. If you’re looking for a new project that uses the esp32 and that mic you couldn’t use, I’d be forever grateful. Keep up the great work and content!
Hi, Bill. Many thanks for your kind comment! I will consider making more ESP32-CAM projects, as this is a capable camera board that can have so much more made with. Cheers!
Wow!! That’s amazing max!
Thank you, Abhishek! 😀😀
Man, what an awesome project! These are my favorite videos to watch and to make!
One thing I've noticed with 3D prints, especially when you have holes for switches and such, is sometimes widening the opening by 0.5 or 1 mm will make it so you don't have to sand down or chisel openings to fit parts. At some point it may make sense to print "fit guides" that have a grid of different sizes of features to make it easier to see what your 3D model will translate to when it's actually printed. Another option that I've done with bigger parts is to print out sub sections of the model in multiple iterations until I can get the right fit before finally printing out the overall component.
I saw you mentioned intending to make this a product one day, that's really cool! I've always wanted to make a product some day too. Have you thought about making kits too? Whenever I see videos/posts of someone making something there's always a range of responses from people who want you to make the product and just buy it off of you, to people who want to buy a box with all of the parts so they can make it themselves, to people who just want a list of parts and they'll do the rest. I've always thought kits would be a cool, easy way to still sell the product. You can still buy components in bulk but you don't have to do any assembly yourself!
Anyway, thanks for sharing your build with us!
Many thanks for your kind comment! Yes, I will definitely try to make fittings in my prints a millimeter or so wider next time to get the perfect fit.
I have thought about making my own kits too, one day. This can be a plus as it reduces the amount of time I have to spend assembling the camera and let others do it if they want it in kit form. Others may one day be able to purchase it in assembled form too.
Thanks for your insights! Best regards!
@@MaxImagination Don't use an entire millimeter. You can tune your printer a little bit and achieve tolerances of sub 0.25mm. I almost universally use 0.15mm on Radius or Linear Dimension for holes and openings from 1.5mm+
I have had this idea in my head for a while but wow you took it over the top its awesome! And you added battery power genius!
Thanks a lot! 😁
Cool video Max! I love the design!
Thanks, buddy! 😀👍
Can relate to complex prototyping especially when it involves Fiddly Solder and Glue Jobs. Amazing Work.
Thanks a lot! :)
Cctv and coax cable have alot going for them. If you monitor the resistance on your coax shielding you can detect when someone taps the line. Its super safe and coax is practically scrap. Its just hard to find systems that still take coax. Personally i dont like any home security that runs on wifi. For anything. Like even using wifi to call the cops. If its got any kind of wifi bottle neck i cant accept it.
Good job friend, your classes inspire me to continue in electronics, really thank you very much for sharing your wisdom (I'm from Latin America, I'm using google translate) Saludos
Grateful to have supportive commenters as yourself, thanks!
One more thing. Me being probably 30+ yrs on ya. Fantastic work, creativity, enthusiasm and Imagination. Happy Easter
I appreciate it! Thanks, you too!
Very cool little project I must say. Something that could save you a bit of power and maybe alleviate some of the issues you had with the PIR's is Human Precence Microwave detection units like the RCWL-0516 mounted facing down could give you quite a wide area to pick up movement, and save some space too. But nice job.
Thank you, Shaun! I will keep your suggestion in mind for future upgrades to this surveillance cam. Cheers!
just to be sure, would you recommend using it instead of the PIR or with it ?
Instead of the PIR.
thanks for such a great video and project ! I was glad to see the new version, as I had made the first version you presented. awesome!
Great to hear! Thanks for your comment :)
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Imagine you'll come back and rename this video in a few years from now as something like, "My first prototype robot head". This has every thing a robot would need to input visual and audio 'senses'.
Cool project, keep it up.
Haha, I certainly went with a robotic approach to developing this camera. We'll see what this project turns into over the years!
Many thanks!
Your creativity is on another level
Thank you for watching! 😀
A lot of effort for this high quality, valuable video. It worths more than a like
Much appreciated! Thank you!
Finally the wait is over, Amazing ESP 32 camera with awesome bunch of features and its way better than normal cctv camera because it's working on solar energy and it's a great feature to be noticed and with cool intro and background music 🎵,btw congrats for 60k+ yt family, soon it will reach 100k and waiting for your massive celebration 🎉
Stay blessed buddy ✋🤚
Many many thanks, Kumar! Much appreciated hearing your kind comments! Looking forward to that milestone too 😀
Have a great week!
@@MaxImagination Thanks, you too buddy! 🤜🤛
@@vallepukumar6564 Thanks, my friend! 🤜🤛
This is a really cool project. Well done
Thank you! :)
I love this design, well done. I love to make one for my yard.
Thanks a lot! I'm glad to hear my video inspired you :)
Very good job Max! I was amazed about how well it turned out to be!
Congrats from Yucatán, México!
Thank you very much!
Wow amazing project! I would add if someone steal it and try to connect to his pc you can know the location by ip and go into his pc(ruber ducky and reverse shell like)
Hi there. Thanks for your comment. Do you mean someone could hack my network only if they stole the camera and read my WiFi credentials? How does this work?
@@MaxImagination No, I mean if a thief steals the camera and tries to connect the esp32 to his pc or tablet, then you can know his location and also if it possible if you can take control of his pc
I give you that you're pretty smart kid and I'm sure you won't have a hard time finding a job because companies will hire you just so they don't have to worry about competition. That's if You're looking for a job but I'm sure you're doing pretty good. With UA-cam itself. Congratulations for getting your project to work. Keep up the smart good work.
Thanks for your comment! As I'm learning and practicing entrepreneurship, I am more inclined on becoming self-employed. Thanks for your compliments, sir! Much appreciated... 😄
Great content. Thank you for putting this out there. I had gotten an ESP32 CAM a year ago and wasn't sure how to get it connected and programmed. Good job Max!! I like your content so much I subscribed!!
You're most welcome! Thank you!
Very nice project, you did a great job, and learnt a lot from any mistakes made. Looking forward to your next project
Thanks a lot!
Bro you are incredible, I really enjoyed watching this video.
I appreciate that!
Thank you and greetings from germany. Have a nice time :)
Greetings! Cheers :)
Great work, looking forward to you synthesizing what you've just learned into V3.
Given the ESPCAM is 5$ device and given it's lackluster performance, I think the entire device should be made with more consideration for the cost
Recycled 18650 are more appropriate for such a project.
You should run the entire camera in an oscilloscope to measure exact instantaneous power draw, I imagine current draw extremely high right now.
The camera should sleep when not actively being looked at, awaken by timer and PIR movement
The power control circuitry has certainly a lot of room for reducing idle and sleep current
With a slip ring, you could probably have 360 degree rotation by putting the rotation (yaw) servo on-board.
Many parts could be mounted without screws with just locking feature on the housing.
Using ESPNOW you should be able to have remote trigger PIR sensors to wake up the camera with movement currently too far away.
You should try to improve frame rate, possibly by lowering resolution and your wifi setup. It would make sense to dial image quality up and down depending on network condition and whether you are recording or streaming.
Try reducing the number or screws and insert to 6
Replace silicon with o-ring to make re-assembly easier
ESP cam is so cheap, have two sensor to switch between night and day on the CSI bus
Many thanks for your helpful comment! I will take these into consideration for making V3 a more improved camera 👍
Sososos good to see it done to this level ❤❤ , This is by far my most favourite and complete project 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thanks for your kind words, Abdullah! 😁
@3:50 Cool cam projects! Please do more bike/car home security adaptations.
Thank you! I'll consider it :)
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OMG, i have been working with esp32 and cam since 2 years this is cool
Thank you!
Amazing video, Max. Great work 👍
Thanks a bunch, James! 😊
Interesting thought experiment and places like PCBway have made it easier for people. I find it interesting is how little security camera chips actually exist given the market and how cell phone cameras are different again.
You could upgrade to 180 degree cameras giving your camera potential 360 view, and also you should get penertation testing done or do it yourself on the device (its all great as a camera but if it can be hacked by non tech kid down the street its pointless)
Keep it up doesn't take much to get from where you are too produciton
Nice job. In a world where too many kids spend their time on frivolity it's nice to see this. Keep going, nothing would please me more then replacing my proprietary security camera system one day with yours.
Thanks, Roy! I will take this as motivation 😀
After improving it more, I hope to one day make this into a product I can sell. Would love to see my camera help out people such as yourself with home surveillance. Cheers!
Well done on all fronts! I especially like your various animations - stop action and pulling the parts out of the monitor screen. Got you a new subscriber.
Many thanks, David! :)
Perfect build. But seems to be an overkill for the feeble ESP32-CAM. You can consider moving the antenna to the solar pole and use LiPoly battery that comes with a more compact form factor. Passive cooling is a better way forward if you want to make a product or a kit out of it.
Thanks for your comment. Performance-wise, the ESP32-CAM does not struggle. I'd say to continue using this code with a faster microprocessor, it would be better to upgrade the camera to an ESP32-S3. Yes, I realize that the fan may not be needed for cooling after all. Thanks for your suggestions.
Dyson had rooms full of proto type vacs before he models went on sale. Even then models were iterated. At every stage, this guy would have been thinking how he could improve it for the next time. Just imagine what sort of camera he could produce if he was left to do this for the next three years. The requirement, his level of creativity, intelligence and enthusiasm. I'm very surprised he isn't 3d printing. The world will open up a way for him when he gets on that.
Great work. I look forward to what this will evolve into over the years. Definitely worth a subscribe!
Hi Michael, thank you! 😀👍
It look like spy robot, your detailed video explanation is just amazing. Next time try mini fpv system for rc stuff
Hi Jonu. Many thanks! Might try one day :)
Very impressive. Taking something with that kind of complexity from nothing to a finished project... Won't lie... Makes me a little jealous lol
I appreciate it! 😁
An additional servo up front could swing in/out that IR filter that you removed. This would make it work the best for both day and night recordings.
Thanks for the tip, Justin! That seems like something that'd work :)
Brilliant work, Max. really loved the idea and video 👍
Thank you so much! 👍
I like the design of the case. It looks robust and militaristic. I know it’s not and just printed. 3D printing has came so far in the last 10 years. I can’t imagine what it’s goin to be in another 20 years.
Frink in Cool Bro. I love the way it can Knock it self over. Opps. The Ultimate outdoor Racoon cam. Yes the Raccam. 👍👍😃👍
Right on! Thank you!
Its cool. I started with a esp32 then realised I can grab a annke c500 POE camera that does 3k quality video for £30 so I did that and build a poe network. Much better and works with frigate. Esp32's are good for learning but the camera module itself is too old to be useful when compared with other products at similar price points.
Thanks for your comment. I have to agree with you on the reliability and quality aspect. However, what you can do with the 2MP camera is pretty impressive when used to its full potential. Think of unique robots and for experimenting with AI tech. Cheers.
great job overall! If you could make the upgrades mentijoned at the end of the vid around min 25:14 and somehow add an actual zoom lense, ai capability for tracking humans, and perhaps have pcbway or another service turn the shell and arm into aluminum or envelop the existing 3dprint in ar300 metal, you will accomplish a truly inspiring commercial camera that alot of people are looking for including myself. keep up the good work and within a few years could have your own successful solar powered mobile security business alread better than most of the ones you google now. Fyi, there is a huge market in California for this currently. As a commercial property manager and noob maker, you are on to something, Max...
I appreciate that! Thanks for the tips.
Hi, if you ever make another generation of this camera, consider using PD regulation to control the servo motion. If it is possible, you could hook up the values from the webserver as a setpoint for the PD regulator and it will drive the servo quickly from one point to another by carefully accelerating and slowing the mechanism just at the end of the path. It would allow faster switching between positions without shaking your camera so much.
Hi there. Thanks for your tip. This can be easily solved by reducing the servo motor speed in settings to a lower value.
wow... just what i was hoping to find! THANKS!
Glad I could help! Cheers.
Very nice project. Love From INDIA❤️
Thanks a lot! ❤
You always come up with a new level of your projects. Wonderful progress Max 👏👏👏
Loved the details you've given in the video as always!
Keep shining Max ✨
Superb Project 👍👍
Thank you for the kind words, Sahil! I appreciate it! 😀
Bhai aap bhi yaha 🙋♂️
I like your videos too bro ✌️
Nice project. Perhaps you should pull air in the front and out the back, as that is the way the heat will want to travel naturally.
Hi there. Thanks for watching! Yeah, that adjustment would make sense as hot air travels upwards (considering the camera is mostly tilted slightly downward). Cheers.
Nice! That tilt servo is going to use a lot of power. I'd throw one of those smart servos in there. It will hold it's position when off much better than a hobby servo.
Hi, Jon! Thanks. I agree, I will consider this improvement when I come out with V3.0 in the future. Cheers.
@@MaxImagination Looking forward to it. I just noticed you made the DFRobot newsletter, congrats!!
Have to say - good work Man💪
Thank you! 👍
Pretty cool built security camera 🙌🏽
Cheers, Joshua! Have a nice week! :)
@@MaxImagination cheers and same to you as well ☺️
well done. lots of work involved! I think it may be much easier to use an existing cam and swap in the esp32 guts.
I got a 4g lte camera for only $30 but it requires monthly payments to keep it going. Could rip out their hardware and put mine in.
That's optional and could work. Another good way to use the 3D design of my shell which can be purchased via the link in the video description 😉
Thanks for watching!
Young man, I really enjoyed watching you put this project together. I do not know how old you are, however, I too was doing electronics at a young age and was nowhere near you level of expertise. Very good job and I would love to see more as well as have chats with you as I am very impressed with your work. What kind of work do you do and what are your plans for better work?
Thank you for your kind remarks, sir! I am 18 years old and started learning electronics at the age of 14 and still applying knowledge today. My plans for future work is what you currently see, but much larger. If you know, you know. Cheers!
the engineering on that phone stand tho.. 😘👌
Yeah bro , cool project,I always admire you ,thanks for the inspiration ❤🎉
Thank you! ❤
Well Done! looks like Johnny 5's little surveillance brother😄
Haha, yeah! Thanks for your comment :)
i had to scroll to far down to see a "johnny 5" comment, all is lost! ALL IS LOST!!!!
great video and great job doing this yourself, this looks like a whole lot of work, before even editing and filming the video 😅
Lots of work, totally! 😅
Thanks for your compliment!
Neat Project! I'm a little doubtful it will survive a real storm, but really cool. I may look at them again, but when I looked at the ESP32CAM before I thought the video stream was kind of garbage, but maybe my expectations were too high :)
Thank you for the comment! Actually, the security camera survived a rough, rainy storm the other night while being mounted out in the open, still worked the next morning without a droplet of water inside! The camera can do even better resolution video than what I included in the video, however the frame-rate would turn out rather hacky. Fulfilled most of my expectations for just being a prototype. Cheers!
What a magnificent job!
I can tell you, I’ll steal some of your ideas…..
Thanks!
Thank you for checking my channel out! Happy making 😁🙌
24:02 "there are no such things as monsters in the neighbours garden, timmy."
You can place the IR filter on an actuator to move it in front of the lense during the day and move the filter away from the lense at night.
Too complicated, but thanks for your suggestion.
that is an amazing build!great job!
Thank you! Cheers!
yo that a great job man lot of details easy to grasp , thats well done bro
here from ethiopia 👍
Many thanks for your kind remarks. Cheers!
Hey bro, you should try to decrease power usage on the camera. I don’t think you should using a cooling fan as it takes too much power so it can last full 24hr. Also 6w ir leds are also overkill. I think you need a better camera that can pick up more light, like black and white only, so ur fine with using like 1 watt.
Hey there. Yes, it probably didn't need the cooling fan, that is purely optional. I wasn't able to find image sensors that are designed to capture IR light, so I have to remove the IR filters which improved the vision by a bit.
Nice work mate think I will have to work on these too😁
Thank you!
Great project. Next one will be solar tracking, so the solar panel face the sun at all time.😁
Thank you. The solar panel can simply be kept adjusted to one position which takes the average of the sun's highest points in the sky. This is enough sunlight to recharge the camera's battery pack, from what I've discovered.
@@MaxImagination I see, that's good.👍
I live in the north of norway, so the sun for us is much lower and moves around us instead of over us.
Great project, but... I would have used stepper motors instead of servos for smother control.
Thanks, Hans. Will consider your tip for it's potential future upgrade!
Nice job, especially at your age. It is all so simple now :)
A job I'll never fall out of love with!
U can transfer video frames by udp socket to your vps and then save it as video or stream mjpeg on your site like i do with my tanks.
Really cool to see how you do it with your tanks. I may give the VPS thing a try. Would a VPS allow me to cloud host my camera's web server on one of those servers for external network access? Thanks.
I would like to include some automatic riffle in the turret
Very nice project that looks very professional! Next thing would be 24/7 recording to a Server or something 😅
Thanks for your kind words! Working on configuring it a FTP connection to a PC. We'll see how that goes 🙂
This is an amazing video. Looks like you need to invest into a 3-D printer bamboo labs coming soon?
Thanks, Jacob! Will be investing in a 3D printer soon... The cost of producing these will drastically go down as well. Cheers.
Very cool project! The only question to the design is having power button exposed kind of defeats the purpose as it can be just turned off, no?
I appreciate that! The power button needs to also be pressed for long enough to turn the camera off. Also, this shouldn't be a problem if the camera is far and high up enough. If this is a concern, you could eliminate the need for a button.
Please consider designing an expandable automotive security alarm and esp32-cam setup that can have various options added piecemeal over time. Motion-activated, 6 camera recording to jpg/raw/png sequences instead of video codec, 2-way audio so one may speak with their car's presumed thief -and text a photo while at it. (Video codecs : any corruption destroys the entire video file. A corrupted jpg sequence amounts to one single frame lost, not the entire sequence, blend audio file in post-processing.) Thank you.
I'm pretty sure the code author is working on something of the sort and expanding the motion capture application's features. Feel free to check out the new updates. Cheers.
While doing it all DIY, I would have used a much better camera sensor with a more powerful processor. I would even add a thermal vision sensor.
That was good. Keep trying for a microphone! And a loudspeaker too!
Thanks, Brian! Will try implementing the microphone once I get an ESP32-S3 camera board with more IO pins for such sensors. Thanks for your suggestions...
You can add a image filter to make daytime look like normal, also you should add functionality for tracking a person.
Hi, Jamie. An image filter with a solenoid pushing mechanism to switch from night to day, yes. I will keep your suggestions in mind :)
@@MaxImagination I meant software filter
This is excellent. Really cool use of all the sensors and the camera board plus 3D printing to integrate into the final project!
Thank you so much! 👍🏻
Awesome. Great content, great project and superbly filmed and edited. Kudos. Typical electronics project - find the cheapest viable wifi camera on the market, then spend hundreds turning it into a fleshed out solution! Looks v. cool. Needs some high vis stripes down the side :)
Thank you, Paul! Will keep improving it :)
This is great. But there are printers you can buy for less than what PCBWAY charged you.
Cost was covered by PCBWay, I didn't have to end up paying that amount. Still VERY expensive, I know. Will get myself a printer for future projects...
Very cool projects
It's looks like pretty ausome
Thank you, Laxman!
Hello bro where are you from
Excellent work using the microcontroller..
Thank you! Cheers!
dica, já que não é um projeto de camera steath coloca as baterias em um case longe do sol, aumenta a vida útil, além de melhorar a manutenção futura.
Thanks for the tip. I will keep that in mind for next time!
bro you so cool and smart - thank you for this!!!
Happy my video helped. Thanks!
This is very nice! Great video.
Thanks for watching! Cheers