Raspberry Pi Camera for Timelapse Videos
One of our favorite applications of the Raspberry Pi is as a Timelapse Camera for making videos of scenery. Last weekend we were up in Northern Michigan near Traverse City staying at a cabin on Grand Traverse Bay, which is part of Lake Michigan. We were lucky to catch a great sunset using our Pi camera, check out the video.
Here is how we setup the Pi:
- Board: we used a Raspberry Pi Model A, the lower power consumption model with no Ethernet and only one USB port.
- Power: initially, we used a 4 "AA" battery pack, but then we found a long extension cord to reach the beach. Our standard 1A power supply had plenty of power.
- Camera: We used the Raspberry Pi Camera Module
- Software: The latest Raspbian distribution on a 16 GB SD card for extra storage
- Connectivity: Our standard USB WiFi dongle which had plenty of range.
To keep things simple, we just taped the whole setup to a tree near the beach, here is a a picture of our setup.
More on how we encoded the video and setup the capture later!
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