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2020-12-31 11:12 pm
I am in the planning phase for building a solar powered camera for my wife’s rabbit enclosures so she can check up on them from her phone. I am looking for any advice/guidance on how to proceed.
Physical environment:
- Three enclosures and each is 10’ x 10’
- Rabbit enclosures are approximately 175 feet from the house (clear path, no trees)
- Existing enclosures are mostly weather proof (except at the bottom of the walls)
- There is electricity available nearby (I’d like to try solar for this project)
Here’s what I have on hand:
- Raspberry Pi camera module (5-megapixel with night vision)
- Waveshare Mini Solar Panel (6V 5W)
- Waveshre Solar Power Management Module
- HiLetgo ESP-WROOM-32 ESP32 Development board
- HiLetgo ESP32 OLED Wi-Fi Kit ESP-32
- Arduino MEGA
- Arduino UNO
- 14500 Rechargeable Li-ion battery
- Raspberry Pi 4
- Raspberry Pi 3B+
- Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit
Preferred approach:
- Solution connected to the Wi-Fi
- Wife able to use iPhone to view cameras
I am pretty new to Arduino so I don’t have a lot of experience to fall back on. I have some questions:
- Is this project achievable?
- Is 175 feet too far to connect an Arduino to the Wi-Fi?
- What is the best mix of Arduino hardware or would I be better off using the Pi or Jetson Nano?
- Is there an application for the iPhone that I can use to display the camera feeds?
Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.
Happy New Year!