Rasberry Pi + Camera

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The idea of setting up a surveillance system has been on the to-do list for a long time. Given there have been a few break and enters in our neighbourhood for petty stuff and the last straw was a break-in in my vehicle, I decided to set one one up.  Why make it easy and purchase a ready to go camera like a foscam? It is would not be as exciting. After some searching, I ended up with purchasing the following from Newark Element14:

  • 2x -RASPBERRY-PI-RASPBERRY-PI/8GB-USD-MODEL B – 8GB SDCard W/ NOOBS PRE-INSTALLED
  • 2x – ADAFRUIT INDUSTRIES-1012-USB WIFI MODULE, 802.11b/g/n, RASPBERRY PI & BEAGLEBONE
  • 2x – RASPBERRY-PI-RPI CAMERA BOARD-ADD-ON BRD, CAMERA MODULE, 2RASPBERRY PI
  • 1x – RASPBERRY-PI-RPI NOIR CAMERA BOARD-CAMERA BOARD, BCM2835 RASPBERRY PI

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