I want to make a time lapse camera that will run on batteries for a fairly long time, I am talking one still 5MP image every 10 mins for 6 weeks. Oh, and it also has to go underwater. I make other stuff that goes underwater so that part does not concern me.
I have some knowledge of the Arduino world so I was hoping to use the Arducam Mini Plus 5MP with an Arduino Nano and a micro SD unit.
I have read that the camera uses a lot of power while on so my basic plan is for the Arduino to do the following every 10 mins.
Power the camera on
Take the picture
Camera set to low power
Image data sent to micro SD card
Arduino goes to sleep until next image is due.
I have been in touch with Arducam and say that this unit should be good for my purposes. However I am concerned that I can find nothing on the web about anyone using this unit successfully. I find this odd.
If anyone out there has actually had some joy in this sort of scenario could they please let me know. A look at some proven code would be fantastic too.
Regards
Bnorm