Electron and camera

[rickkas7]

The uCAM III is relatively expensive because it does the image processing in hardware on the module. The inexpensive cameras (like the one for the Raspberry Pi) are inexpensive because they rely on the host CPU to do the image processing. But the Electron does not have sufficient RAM or processing capability for that, so you need to use an expensive camera module.

uCAM III-application (including TCP- and HTTP transfer)

I’m using the uCAM III from 4D Systems on a Particle Electron. The end goal is to take two pictures a day, and upload them to a webserver, For the time being though, I have limited my efforts to just taking a picture locally and sending it over serial. I use this Arduino library. Note that although it is designed for the uCAM II, there is backward compatibility so whatever code works on the II should also work on the III. Please note that my understanding of electronics and coding is pretty li…