Camera with arduino

Projects General Guidance
1

Can we interface a serial camera with Arduino and send them over some wireless network such as xbee or gprs?
I am new to this. I dont have much idea about networking. Thank you. :slight_smile:

2

Yes, if you make the image smaller only 15k it only takes about 1s with XBee.

3

Drop the arduino and use an IP cam.

Mark

4

Ah but then you are limited to the Wifi range of the camera?

5

sbright33:
Yes, if you make the image smaller only 15k it only takes about 1s with XBee.

Why does it need to be under 15k. You could use external SPI sram and get a larger image.

6

sbright33:
Ah but then you are limited to the Wifi range of the camera?

If you get a pair of Ubiquiti Bullets and hardwire the IP camera to them, "wifi range" is about 50km.

7

There is no need for extra RAM to make the image larger, it simply takes longer to send it. You'd be lucky to get 5 miles with those units at a cost of $160. Another $100 for directional antennas. The speed will be slow and unreliable. They are line of sight without any trees in the way. If speed is not a concern GPRS is the way to go. Why not 4G Mifi?