Surveillance Vehicle with Camera possible ?

Using Arduino Programming Questions
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Hello,
After much research I don't really know what to choose in terms of camera, I want with friends to create an automatic surveillance robot that can monitor almost 360° (even if it means putting several cameras around the robot) But I don't know what to choose to remain reasonable in terms of price (below 10€ per unit) and easy to use while having good quality (a quality of 10fps is enough for me), Without forgetting to stay in arduino/ESP32.

I still have some questions.
Which platform would be best to control the cameras (I would like to control them all at the same time if possible).
And is it possible to control all camera with a single arduino ?
Can someone help me and tell me if it is feasible also ?

Thanks !

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Several ESP32-CAM modules, pointing in different directions would work. A central processor could collect the individual pictures.

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at that price you shouldn't have much choice.... may be no choice at all... (1 ES32-CAM is more expensive than that)

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i found something like this also : OV7670. is it a bad one ?

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that's just the sensor. you need to attach a µC to it

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That camera works. You will need a processor to interface with it.

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what do you mean about processor ?

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arduino right ?

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MCU, Arduino, computer.

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yes, like an ESP32 for example
the ESP32-CAM we mentioned is using the OV2640 but should also be compatible with the OV7670

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yeah i know that, so this camera can work with just an arduino ? by the way did you have answer of my question from my first post ?

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i will try it but can we connect multiple camera on the same processor ?

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any fast enough platform. forget the UNO or Nano

that will be challenging if you have 4 cameras. I would say No if you use one arduino.

if you have one camera pointing up to a sphere mirror giving you a 360° reflected view, then you deal with only 1 camera

but in a nutshell I don't think you can get a finished product for under 10€ capturing and recording or streaming a 360° video stream at 10fps/

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Because i would like to transfer the video i capture, to a sd card..

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The absolute cheapest option is ESP32 cam. You can put it on a rotate and tilt mechanism made of two servos. That setup costs $15-20, add another $20 for a cheap car kit and a couple weeks of programming and you're good to go.

That is a good bit more difficult, probably cheaper and easier to set up a PC program to record it.

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no way for 10€

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i would like to be that easy but i want some camera to dodge the blind spots, and for recording i'm not allowed to used a pc while it's running..

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not talking about ALL the project but just the camera, and if i go 20€ per unit is it good ?

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something like this but i don't know the price :

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the ESP-CAM we discussed could work - not sure how fast you can dump the video stream to SD

for 360° you would need 4 of them so you would get 4 files