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Jemmtoday at 1:14 PM1 replyview on HN

Paint point on most systems is the camera itself. Seems like every Chinese ip camera has some 'ecosystem'. Does you system use any cameras other than Raspberry Pi?


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jkaczmantoday at 1:38 PM

I know that there exists projects such as https://github.com/OpenIPC and https://github.com/themactep/thingino-firmware. These allow you to replace the firmware running on some of the Chinese IP cameras with an open-source alternative.

Our project specifically is only meant for Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. We decided on this early on due to Raspberry Pi being a safer source for hardware, and it allows much more customization (e.g. custom 3D printed cases, our HAT, etc). We also wanted it to be a WiFi camera that's super easy to setup and doesn't require technical knowledge to use.