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Someone in the thread linked a teardown showing these use a ~$4 OV5647 Arducam sensor on what's essentially a Raspberry Pi. The real vandalism isn't the people
by atlgator 8mo ago
Someone in the thread linked a teardown showing these use a ~$4 OV5647 Arducam sensor on what's essentially a Raspberry Pi. The real vandalism isn't the people with hammers — it's charging municipalities six figures for a trail camera with a cellular modem and a pitch deck.
- kridsdale1 8mo ago“You can’t put a price on safety”
- extraduder_ire 8mo agoWhere are you finding those sensors for $4? I think the main selling point is that they're set+forget and solar powered, with all the "software magic" happening in the cloud.
- Kirby64 8mo agoThe sensors are very cheap: https://www.arducam.com/arducam-ov5647-standard-raspberry-pi-camera-b0033.html https://www.arducam.com/arducam-ov5647-standard-raspberry-pi... If you want a fancy one with a lens and an IR cut filter it'll run you a grand total of $35: https://www.arducam.com/arducam-ov5647-noir-camera-board-w-motorized-ir-cut-filter-m12x0-5-mount-ls1820-lens-raspberry-pi.html https://www.arducam.com/arducam-ov5647-noir-camera-board-w-m... Sure, the extra stuff like LTE modem, battery, solar panels, casing, etc, costs a whole lot more money, but these things clearly are built cheap. The optics and imaging sensor is a joke compared to real, proper cameras.