Hello!
I am really new to this, and have very little experience. My first big project will be a camera outside a owl nest. My plan is to mount the camera on the nestbox. A long cabel connected to the ardunio board, like 10-15 meters. So I do not need to climb up in the tree for maintence of the ardunio. But when look around for a camera with good resolution I have only found one that is mounted on the board. Is it possible to connect a camera to the board with such long cabel? Is there any disadvantages?
Best regards
Fredrik
fredand44:
Hello!
I am really new to this, and have very little experience. My first big project will be a camera outside a owl nest. My plan is to mount the camera on the nestbox. A long cabel connected to the ardunio board, like 10-15 meters. So I do not need to climb up in the tree for maintence of the ardunio. But when look around for a camera with good resolution I have only found one that is mounted on the board. Is it possible to connect a camera to the board with such long cabel? Is there any disadvantages?
Best regards
Fredrik
Hello and welcome to the Arduino forum.
Please elaborate on how the Arduino plays a part in your scheme.
Paul
General cameras and Arduinos are not good friends.
What are you trying to do, really? Video signals are routinely sent along much longer wires, so no problem there.
Hello guys!
Thanks for your replies.
Hope this would make my idea clearer.
Is it possible to use a camera like this:
...mount the camera inside a birdnest high up in a tree. Connect it to my ardunio that a mount at on the tree close to the ground, with 10 meter of cabels?
I guess this camera is intend to be mounted dirctly on the board. But that is not my intention.
What do you think guys?
No. Both SPI and I2C are for use with short wires only (<1 meter).
I2C can be extended to longer wires (10-15 meters) if you shield them, use twisted pairs, use strong pull-ups, and slow down the I2C speed - but it's out of the intended range, and ymmv. The reduced I2C speed is also not good for getting any camera image down the line.
Interesting, I would never noticed that.
Is this whole idea possible with som other camera, hardwsre or stronger battery?
Probably.
Are you confusing the digital camera, which is the "board" with the old analog video cameras which may have been able to send an analog video signal over coax cable?
Your easiest path is to use a surveillance camera with wifi output. A local birder group has monitored a golden eagle nest for the last 2 years during hatching and growing babies. They use an internet connection because the camera is a very long distance from people. Same with other eagle cameras.
What is your intention with using an Arduino?
Paul
Hello
I thought that I could program the ardunio to stream the video from the camera on to mig wifi. So I could see it on different screen that I connect with.
That was my intention.
Best regards
Fredrik
No chance for that.
Get a security camera - those things are designed to do exactly that, and often come with app to see it on your phone, and built-in web server to see it in your web browser. All you need is a power supply.