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Pi Zero ActionCam - FPV

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Publication date 2020-05-07 at 04:01
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Published to Thingiverse on: 2017-02-19 at 00:31
Design number 144594

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I designed this cam for my quadcopter, the Crossfire 2.
The Pi Zero has a video-out, so the idea was, to have a live picture and to record Full-HD-Video at the same time. Of course you can use the cam without a copter too.

How it works:

POWER-ON -
Switch the cam on and the Pi will boot and start the actioncam, indicated by lighting up the status-LED.
VIDEO -
Push Button short, this switches on the prewiew (for FPV) and starts recording video
Push again to stop record
TIMELAPSE -
Push button for at least a second - this starts the prewies (for FPV) and beginns to catpture pictures every 3 seconds. Push Buton again to stop.
SHUTDOWN -

Push Button longer than 5 seconds. The Pi will shut down. Wait a few more seconds after the status-LED goes out, before you switch the Pi off.

Assembly:
You have to solder the components. Look for the read-me and the code on git.hub to see which ports/pins on the raspberry are used for push-button and status-led.
I used a little breadboard to solder both, button and led. There are guides in the lid, that hold the board when assembled.

https://github.com/willie42/pi-actioncam

On github youยดll find the python3 code for the cam itself and a shell script to convert the video into a common format (mp4).

Partlist:
Rasperry Pi Zero
Rasperry Cam (V1.3 or 2.0)
Push-Button
small Switch
standard 3mm LED (and/with resistor)
Lipo 1s min. 500 mAh
Power Boost 5v / Lipo-Charge-Module
Nano Wifi- or Blutooth-adapter to get the films/pictures of the camera

UPDATE 26.03.17: I will not continue to work on it. While testing I had massive frame drops. This and limitation to 5M when using live video-out made me decide to buy a runcam2 for my crossfire quadcopter.

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