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Camera Pi

A Raspberry Pi with a Pi Camera is mounted on a west-facing mast on the 1500' platform.

Hardware

The hardware consists of a Raspberry Pi 3 and a version 1 Pi Camera. The Pi and camera are mounted in a PVC electrical junction box with a hole drilled in the lid for the camera. The system is powered via Power Over Ethernet, and internally regulates the 24v POE to 5v for the Pi.

Software

The software is a simple bash script that takes a picture every 10 seconds using Raspistill. The images are then rsync'd to the VPS.

Thermal Pi

Pinout:

1 - GND

2 - +5v

3 - +3v3

4 - 1-wire

5 - GND

6 - SCL

7 - GND

8 - SDA