So After 8 months with the Roadster I feel Dash Cams are a necessity for the vehicle; there are too many people that do not know what the car is; either come up to close to the rear of your vehicle at a light or just tail gating you just to be a dick; or just do not care because you are going the speed limit while they are going 70mph in a 45mph zone. Few instances more than once I was like "I need to get a dashcam"
I am Kind of disappointed that with the modern tech we have today as for the size of the cameras; moreover, the only solution is to "Pay" for one of the LTE or Cloud hosting Dash cam services like Parrot, NexAR, or BlackVUE.
These cameras are too big; bulky, and no need to pay monthly for any of these services. It's a nice feature to have but where have the times gone? Everyone is trying to make money; it's a shame.
So I would like to create a Raspberry Pi Board with the https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module-v2/?resellerType=home
This can be integrated inside the Rear view mirror or somehow integrated into a spot of the car which would be even better? I have been trying to find a location such as maybe modifying the "Gauge cover" or ordering another cover so we can see how to integrate the camera into the gauge cover?
Just trying to come up with some ideas but I'm not the only one; about 5 years back someone with a lotus attempted the same thing so you can see some what of a example I am trying to shoot here.
With this setup we can have the same solution as the newer Tesla's; it's possible to use a 500gb-1tb hard drive to capture the footage front and rear; then store a laptop in the trunk for instant replay on the go without any use of cloud or monthly services.
Is there anyone that is good enough with programming or technical know how that can attempt this project? I would be willing to purchase the hardware and attempt so we have somewhat a solution to move forward.
<Stuff about="code" />: Raspberry Pi Car Cam overlaid with OBD data
I am Kind of disappointed that with the modern tech we have today as for the size of the cameras; moreover, the only solution is to "Pay" for one of the LTE or Cloud hosting Dash cam services like Parrot, NexAR, or BlackVUE.
These cameras are too big; bulky, and no need to pay monthly for any of these services. It's a nice feature to have but where have the times gone? Everyone is trying to make money; it's a shame.
So I would like to create a Raspberry Pi Board with the https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module-v2/?resellerType=home
This can be integrated inside the Rear view mirror or somehow integrated into a spot of the car which would be even better? I have been trying to find a location such as maybe modifying the "Gauge cover" or ordering another cover so we can see how to integrate the camera into the gauge cover?
Just trying to come up with some ideas but I'm not the only one; about 5 years back someone with a lotus attempted the same thing so you can see some what of a example I am trying to shoot here.
With this setup we can have the same solution as the newer Tesla's; it's possible to use a 500gb-1tb hard drive to capture the footage front and rear; then store a laptop in the trunk for instant replay on the go without any use of cloud or monthly services.
Is there anyone that is good enough with programming or technical know how that can attempt this project? I would be willing to purchase the hardware and attempt so we have somewhat a solution to move forward.
<Stuff about="code" />: Raspberry Pi Car Cam overlaid with OBD data
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