[TriEmbed] Wireless Camera for 3D Printer

[Michael Fulbright]

I use a Logitech C510 webcam on my ubuntu laptop controlling a 3d 
printer.  I run 'motion' and have it setup a streaming port that you can 
view with any modern browser and no extra software.  Just be sure to 
disable all the motion detection - the streaming will still work.  
Otherwise it will go nuts filling your disk taking video and snapshots 
of your printer moving around.  On my ancient laptop streaming 1280x1024 
@ 50% quality and 2 fps it uses only about 30% CPU.   You can watch the 
stream on a tablet or smartphone also which gives nice flexibility.

For the Pi as Dan mentioned you will probably want to use the MotionEye 
frontend for motion to utilize the very nice Raspberry Pi camera.  I 
would still consider a simple webcam for your application just because 
it allows you more freedom for optimal placement since a webcam will 
have at least a 6 ft cord instead of the 6 inch flex cable you have with 
the Pi camera.

Michael Fulbright

On 4/3/2015 10:37 AM, Dishit Parekh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using a CubePro Trio 3d Printer from 3D Systems in my lab at NC 
> state and wish to control it wirelessly from an outdoor location 
> (home, office, etc.). I am planning to use the OctoPrint 
> <http://octoprint.org> software for the controlling part with a 
> Raspberry Pi. Can you suggest me some good cameras to monitor the 
> activity of my 3d printer for the same. Thank you! :)
>
> -- 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Dishit Parekh
> /PhD Student - 2nd Year,/
> /External VP, //CBE GSA//
> Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE),
> North Carolina State University, USA./
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