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Search for DIY and off the shelf Raspberry Pi trail cameras.

https://petapixel.com/2018/02/06/motion-detecting-wildlife-camera-made-raspberry-pi/

https://peaknature.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-raspberry-pi-zero-trail-camera--part-1-what-you-need

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/solar-powered-nature-camera/

https://thepihut.com/products/naturebytes-wildlife-camera-kit?variant=28137973841

Bugger: Missed off the link:

https://thepihut.com/collectio...

I've have two in use at the moment, but I must say, as much as I've been a fan from the beginning, it's a real sod of a thing to work with.

The Model C makes a great media center. I run the Raspberry Pi version of OpenELEC and with no customisation (just join the network and point it at the SMB shares) I find it works perfectly, even at 1080p and even makes use of MVK files with all the bells and whistles (multiple audio tracks, subs, etc...).

The P1 Model B that I have is for hobby projects and unfortunately I find it to be severely lacking in this regard.

I understand exactly that it is supposed to be a computer for education. However, I think it fails on the following points:

  - GPIO pins have an inconsistent naming scheme, with different numbers on the board, the schematic, and in code. Why put beginning students through such pain?

  - GPIO pins are *way* too fragile for students to experiment with. When learning it is much too easy to accidentally short the GPIO pins, which can fry the board.

  - The power issues are mind-numbing and really "unfair" for students to have to chase. Why should a student go to great lengths to get (and keep) their PI running normally. Yes, it's a good topic for advanced students, but it makes it too hard for the beginners.

  - I bought the RPI camera without the IR filter (NOIR) to do some night surveillance. I know this sounds like a simple thing, but I could not find any page offering simple instructions on which way around the ribbon cable goes ON BOTH ENDS. This kind of basic knowledge will cause students to chuck the whole fucking mess out the window.

  - There is no "power safe" way to run it. For students debugging projects this would be ideal. Some flag in the OS that eliminates all caching and makes the file system bombproof, even if it means it has to be read only. That way the student can power the system up and down all day long without any risk to the file system.

  - The SD card file system is much too fragile. I've had multiple images corrupt at random for no reason. This is a known issue with no real fix.

  - Even when exercising great care with power loading, I still find my Model B does not start reliably every time. I often have to power it on/off about 2-3 times in a row before it will boot.

  - In my experience it has been much too unreliable unless doing very simple tasks, in which case an Arduino will be much easier, have better support, be more reliable, and have better (more flexible, better timing, and more robust) GPIO capabilities.

Don't misunderstand me, I'm not hating on it. I'm just lamenting that in my opinion it has failed at its primary objective as an education platform.

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Ordered one for work today from Pi Hut: https://thepihut.com/products/...

They have stock, shipping is reasonable.

I bought them at pihut last year for 4.80£ https://thepihut.com/collectio...

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They are out of stock currently at PiSupply, but in general your question is about 6 months out of date.

https://thepihut.com/products/...

At The Pi Hut (UK), Pimoroni (UK), Adafruit (US) and in physical Micro Center stores (US). It says that right in the blog post.

The Pi 0 has been "out" for a while (although supplies are very limited, if you can find one in stock).

It is essentially the processor on a board that looks kind of like a memory module. It is intended to be embedded into other things. All it has is HDMI, one USB port, and the micro-SD card slot. No networking at all.

https://thepihut.com/products/...