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Nice, wouldn't mind trying something like that myself. I'm not sure if we get enough sun though ;) I put a PiZeroW in our garden as a wildlife camera in an IP
by anfractuosity 7y ago
Nice, wouldn't mind trying something like that myself. I'm not sure if we get enough sun though ;)
I put a PiZeroW in our garden as a wildlife camera in an IP68 case with a waterproof USB connector for power, but alas sometimes it possibly overheats or becomes unresponsive and requires switching it off/on again. (It hit around 90C once, I have since added a little heat sink, but not sure how much that helps in a closed case).
I also found I had to slightly overvolt the PiZero in the config to get the camera to function correctly.
I've been trying to see if there's any interesting serial output when it becomes unresponsive by adding an ESP32 to it. But I haven't quite got the hang of programming that yet.
- Scoundreller 7y agoImmerse it in mineral oil? (Not the camera of course!) Or some kind of external watchdog timer circuit that resets the power if it doesn’t get any input for 5 minutes?
- anfractuosity 7y agoI hadn't thought of using mineral oil before. I did actually try the hardware watchdog on the pi for a little bit, I might have to have another look at that again.