[TriEmbed] Wireless Camera for 3D Printer

Glen Smith mrglenasmith at gmail.com
Fri Apr 3 10:45:20 CDT 2015


The Pi cam does come with a short cable, but other lengths are available
from adafruit:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/2087

Is there a particular reason you want to go wireless?
On Apr 3, 2015 11:40 AM, "Michael Fulbright" <mike.fulbright at pobox.com>
wrote:

>  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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>
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