Raspberry Pi A wide-FoV shot of the same scene, taken using the wide-view model of the Camera Module 3. Raspberry Pi But autofocus is the truly big improvement in the Camera Module 3.

If you want to skip out on expensive or less private security cameras, the Raspberry Pi has your home covered.

First up is one of the most popular Raspberry Pi add-ons, the camera module. The basic unit is nothing more than a small circuit board with a ribbon cable attached.

The Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 is offered in four different variants: visible-light and infrared-sensitive, in either standard or wide field of view (FoV).

A Dropcam will run you about $150. Price out a Raspberry Pi, camera sensor, and a CCTV camera housing found on eBay, and it starts to look like there may be a cheaper replacement for a Dropcam sitt… ...

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts that would like to create a video IP intercom system, may be interested in a new piece of hardware called IPTalker created by Vladimiro, developers based in Italy.

Both the Allwinner H2+ and Raspberry Pi Zero’s BCM2835 SoCs have had mainline Linux support for years, including things like video encoding.