Re:Raspberry Pi Zero W as a headless time-lapse camera
by Jaruzel on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @10:11AM
(#13867605)
I explored this once. The camera actually draws a fair bit of current, so you need big (1Msq) panels to run the Pi-Zero properly and/or charge a battery.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Raspberry Pi Zero W as a headless time-lapse camera
by geerlingguy on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @10:59AM
(#13867973)
Yeah, the only way to get it to work reliably is to also employ other energy-saving tricks, like using a Sleepy Pi HAT and a rechargeable battery. The cost starts inching towards $1k+ at this point (not to mention the time involvement as well).
However, it's definitely doable, and if you have something like a year-long construction project... it's not really that expensive for what you'll get in the end!