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Raspberry Pi NOIR Infrared Camera $20.68 Plus Shipping or 3 for $62 Free Ship @ element14

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OnTheMark on 09/12/2015 - 15:41 au.element14.com (467 clicks)
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Update:

As per "cold bricks" post below, you can actually get this camera for even less at RS Components - $16.86 ex GST = $18.55 inc and free shipping for any quantity:
http://au.rs-online.com/web/p/video-modules/7902811/

The standard camera is $17.18 ex GST = $18.90 inc and free shipping as well:
http://au.rs-online.com/web/p/video-modules/7757731/

They also have the Raspberry Pi B+ for $30.94 ex GST = $34.03 inc:
au.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/8111284

Element14 is currently out of stock in Australia on the NOIR camera, so shipping time is about the same, so I'm going to mark this offer as expired since it's not the best deal available!

Although it's not advertised as part of their 12 December Deals promo, I suspect that this is part of it:

Element14 currently has the official Raspberry Pi NOIR Infrared camera listed for $18.80 exc GST which works out to $20.68 including GST. Shipping is extra unless your order total is at least $45.

Cheapest that I could find on Ebay for a NOIR Raspberry Pi camera was about $26 including shipping from Hong Kong.

There are a number of other specials running but be careful if you try to use another deal at the same time - at least some of them will cause the price to jump up significantly!

http://au.element14.com/special-offers#decemberDeals?CMP=e-e…

A use for buying multiple cameras - set up hidden security cameras around the house.

True story: Our home was broken into recently - the perps were quickly caught due to a security camera that I had set up. I've been working on more advanced cameras using the Raspberry Pi that detects when we're not home and sends us a text message when movement is detected as a silent alarm.

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  • gregoz on 09/12/2015 - 15:45
    +3

    This is a good deal, but the thing that disappoints me with Element 14 is that you don't take paypal.
    Out of interest I have a Raspberry Pi connected to a 3G modem running on solar power as a security camera on a remote property using MotionpieOS. It works really well.

    • samfisher5986 on 09/12/2015 - 15:52

      how big is the solar panel and battery?

      5v @ 1-2A is a lot of power considering you have to power it during the night as well.

      • gregoz on 09/12/2015 - 16:00

        Realistically it draws under 0.6 amp. I have 4 old 40 amp hour deep cycle batteries and a 200w solar panel, but I am using it for other things as well. I also have to run the Dovado router. I am building another Raspberry Pi camera with an 18650 battery bank and a 100w panel, which I hope will keep it going through winter. However to make sure (and its whats taking me a while) I have an arduino to monitor battery voltage and send a message to the Raspberry Pi over serial to shut it down if the battery voltage gets too low.

      • OnTheMark on 09/12/2015 - 16:05

        For short term backup power, I've got one of the cameras connected to a Xiaomi 10000 mAh power bank which acts as a UPS. They're not that expensive if you're willing to wait for slow shipping:
        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/220785

        • cryptos on 09/12/2015 - 16:15

          Or dick smith if available 16000mah juice up for $20

        • twocsies on 10/12/2015 - 02:27

          I found that my Xiaomi 16000 is not entirely effective as a UPS. When the mains power goes out, there is a brief moment with no power prior to the power from the power bank kicking in. It works ok because I have the device auto-reboot, but there is that power-down.

        • OnTheMark on 10/12/2015 - 11:47

          @cryptos:

          Is that device able to supply power while it's being charged? Most power banks aren't able to that and if not, then you can't use it as a UPS at all…

        • OnTheMark on 10/12/2015 - 11:50

          @twocsies:

          Well that's pretty crappy - I just tested it with my Xiaomi 10000 and it also did the same! :-(

          Mine booted back up on battery power automatically, but that's still not ideal since you can get file system corruption.

          I'll have to keep looking for a better power bank that can act as a UPS without dropping the load when switching to battery…

        • twocsies on 10/12/2015 - 15:15

          @OnTheMark: just did some reading up on this issue and found a related article. https://www.enigma14.eu/wiki/5V_UPS_for_Raspberry_Pi

          The author recommends a looking at security camera UPS solutions (around $20) and a lead acid battery.

    • skegger on 09/12/2015 - 16:14
      +2

      No PayPal, prices are all ex GST until checkout and the terribly inflated price on the Pi Zero.

      • troyww on 09/12/2015 - 16:53

        The Pi zero looks awesome if it ever does sell for $5US . I hope it does one day come down to $5US as it was supposed to be . They seem to bundle them with very expensive usb cables .

      • whats up skip on 09/12/2015 - 17:13

        I assume the Pi Zero prices are due to the lack of available stock, so there is a real premium on them at the moment. Give it three or six months and the price will get closer to the US$5.

    • ulun-lpg on 10/12/2015 - 09:42

      motionpie is awesome. i had one set up with an old webcam and raspi v1

  • googolplex on 09/12/2015 - 15:47

    Thanks for posting the deal.
    Do you mind sharing links to the security camera apps you installed on the Raspberry Pi?

    • gregoz on 09/12/2015 - 15:55
      +1

      Here is MotioneyeOS he changed the name from motionpie:
      (https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos)

      Here is the way you get remote access to it if you are using a 3g modem - use pagekite which you can run on the Raspberry Pi
      (http://pagekite.me/)

      The reason that you have to use pagekite, or something similar to it to access your camera is that most IPs on 3G modems are behind carrier grade NATs, so the IP address you get on your 3G modem is not an IP address you can use with dynamic DNS

      Also I plugged the 3G modem into a Dovado tiny router

      (http://www.dovado.com/en/products)

  • Benjamin7711 on 09/12/2015 - 15:53
    -6

    I prefer apple pi. warm.

  • OnTheMark on 09/12/2015 - 15:57
    +1

    The cameras that I've set up so far are running DietPi-Cam on original model A Raspberry Pi's:
    http://dietpi.com/

    DietPi is a very cut back version of the Raspberry Pi Linux distribution so that it works well within the 256MB memory of the Model A. DietPi-Cam is based on RPi_Cam_Web_Interface. If you're using a Raspberry Pi 2, you could easily get away with the regular Raspberry Pi distribution and add RPi_Cam_Web_Interface on top.

    Of all the different camera programs that I looked at, DietPi-Cam was by far the best - you can actually view your camera over the network in real time (others had maybe 1 frame per second with something like a 10 second lag!)

    For the monitoring and sending text message functions, I've written my own software to do this - I haven't yet decided whether it's something that I'll release for others to use yet (it's not very polished yet!)

    I'm also thinking about writing my own program to replace the "Motion" daemon - "Motion" appears to have turned into a monstrosity that is basically impossible to maintain. The app I'm planning to write will be light weight, modular and hopefully easier to maintain. One of the things that I want is for it to be easier to configure and able to have different levels of sensitivity - i.e. do motion detected recording whenever there is a small amount of movement, but only send a text message when there is more significant movement - i.e. so that it'll record the cat walking across the room, but not send us a text message unless it's something bigger like an intruder!

    • gregoz on 09/12/2015 - 16:05

      MotioneyeOS is also an cut down version. I agree with you on motion, it has its problems. My problems is I have moving trees and I cannot find a way to concentrate motion in just one area.
      I am getting real time video on the MotioneyeOS, in fact I slow it down because I am using prepaid 3g broadband on Vodafone, so every look costs money.

      • OnTheMark on 09/12/2015 - 16:05

        Which version of the Raspberry Pi are you running it on?

      • OnTheMark on 09/12/2015 - 16:06

        Also, it should be possible to set up a mask in Motion to block out the moving trees so that it doesn't trigger on that part of the image…

    • googolplex on 09/12/2015 - 16:11

      Thanks. Looks like there are quite a few options out there.
      Do you record video as well or is this purely an alerting system?

      I'm currently investigating a system that can record video and alert if motion is detected.

      Seems like there are really good ideas above (i.e. using a solar panel).
      I was thinking of running off a 20000 mAh power bank and working out how to introduce network redundancy such as falling over to wifi, if the cat5/6 network goes down, eventually falling over to 3g modem dongle as a last resort.

      Btw, is your video stream encrypted?

      • OnTheMark on 09/12/2015 - 16:14

        Yes, I've got it recording video (the old camera was only recording stills)

        I've got it set up to automatically copy the video files over the network to a separate system so that even if the camera is found, it doesn't do them much good. From that system, the videos (and stills) are automatically uploaded to DropBox so that even if they burn the house down, there should still be some evidence. I can also view the stills on my phone if an alert comes through so that I know whether it's a false alarm or not.

        I haven't got it set up to allow remote video of live pictures at this stage…

      • gregoz on 09/12/2015 - 16:16

        Using motioneyeOS you can save stills, video, and email. As I said I have problems with motion but I will investigate the links that OnTheMark has put up. I have the Raspberry Pi connected via ethernet cable to the Dovado router, but the next one I am building uses wifi (back to the Dovodo). You can password protect the stream, but its not something I have done.

        In theory you could connect the 3G modem into the Raspberry Pi, but its not something I have tried (plus I want to connect multiple cameras to the Dovado)

      • gregoz on 09/12/2015 - 16:19

        Because I am using prepaid Vodafone I am reluctant to upload anything unless I have too, but the latest version of MotioneyeOS allows sharing on Google Drive and I think dropbox. I store mine on the operating systems 32Gb Micro SD card.

      • gregoz on 09/12/2015 - 16:22

        I have to say the hardest thing I had to do is set up pagekite for remote viewing. This is only relevant if you are using a 3G modem. My camera is 50km away and I don't want to do a 100km return drive because of some minor glitch. So I have played around a lot with the software to make it as reliable as possible. I even have reverse SSH set up so that if the pagekite daemon fails I can get back in and restart it.

  • [Deactivated] on 09/12/2015 - 17:46
    +2

    Anyone ordered from RS Components before?
    They have the NOIR camera for $16.86 (before GST) and the normal one for $17.18 (before GST) plus free shipping, so you don't necessarily have to order 3 from Element14 before getting free shipping.
    NOIR camera module
    Normal camera module

    • OnTheMark on 09/12/2015 - 19:19

      Yes, I have - I didn't even think to look at them since it's been a while since I've seen anything cheaper on RS Components.

      That's an awesome deal and beats this one unless you need cameras them in a hurry - Element14 ships next day to most places whereas you'll generally be waiting about a week for RS Components.

      Looks like the price on the Raspberry Pi B+ is quite good there as well at $30.94 exc GST:
      http://au.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-deve…

      Not quite as powerful as the Raspberry Pi 2, but still plenty of processing power for a security camera!

    • effgee on 09/12/2015 - 21:03

      this should be a separate item post, or be added to this post above. Cheaper + free shipping = better deal all around

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