Camera picture / video with arduino?

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Hi guys, is it possible to attach a cheap camera to arduino and make on a button push photos / record videos and send them to app usin blynk ?
Thanks

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@Radu_Lepadatu anything is possible with Blynk.

We have used ESP’s and Pi’s to email photos to us via Blynk.

It’s a little easier with a Pi as it’s a standalone “computer” whereas an ESP / Arduino requires a server to send the photos. With a Zero W and a cheap USB camera it can be done for under $20.

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Yeah, but did someone succed? becouse i didn’t find it, also i got the camer and an R3 Uno and I would like to try but Idk where to start… :)))

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Do you have access to an online server, other than Blynk?

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I don’t have, but i have an Apache Server with Xampp

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Well this is outside the normal Blynk stuff but the basics are:

There are several linux “mailers” that will attach images and send you an email. You basically find the url that takes a snapshot from you camera and “put it all together”.

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The Arduino UNO itself will not have the ability to process any incoming picture or video stream (unlike say an RPi and it’s Pi Cam or USB cam). The closest I have seen a functional camera/UNO combo is something like the Pixy, but the Pixy does all the heavy work and just sends object/colour parameter data to the Arduino… probably not what you are looking for.

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Oh, so to send like one photo if a movement sensor is activated is impossible ?
Then why are there like camera shields for it ? :slight_smile:

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Never said impossible… and a shield like this - https://www.seeedstudio.com/Camera-Shield-p-2106.html - is like what I already mentioned with the Pixy, it handles the heavy lifting, not the Arduino.

But your question was can you make a cheap camera (guessing you meant USB) and an UNO R3 take a picture and send (display?) it via Blynk… the answer is still, not really, not with that equipment; You need a particular shield/camera combo. Or go with RPi.

Also, currently Blynk only supports an IP based video streaming widget, no image viewer yet.

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Ok, thanks for help, i will document myself and see if i will try. :slight_smile:

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