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RE: Raspberry pi: it is berry nice
Raspis are really nice to make smaller "servers". The workload can be pretty pretty high for such a small thing. I had an autoguider for my scope running on an Raspi 2 wich has taken each second an image and corrected the position of the telescope mount. Also a small DSLR controller was running on it.
Currently, I have turned it into something like a decentralized voting service which allows specific users to upvote stuff. Read a bit more over here In terms of speed the raspberry pi seems to work great for these type of things.
Seems you have forgotten the link ;-)
Oh you powerful and mighty @regularowl, let your power flow through this post.
Thanks for noticing the error. :o)
That is a pretty cool use of the pi. Do you have any experience with water proofing the pi? I was thinking this morning to use a pi for an automised sensor based camera so that I can take some photos of the birds at the feederbox :o)
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I have put it in a metal and plastic case. It was not 100% waterproof. Will you use the Raspi camera or a third-party USB one? I would say that every case that you seal up could be work. Maybe you have to check the temperature inside. I would also put a small packet silica gel or some rice inside to absorb the humidity.
Just found a case like this https://www.hammfg.com/part/RP1215C
Maybe the plastic is clear enough to get a good image quality or if not, the lens could look through a hole.