Raspberry Pi Zero W

[jodfie]

Do you think this is too power hungry to be able to run on a Raspberry Pi Zero W?

[jdpdev]

I done a few super preliminary tests on a zero and it seems to run alright... it's noticeably slower but doesn't seem to effect actually taking pictures. I have some streamlining ideas that should help, but that's a future project

[jodfie]

Thanks. Does V2 Birbvision work on the Zero?

Couple more final questions...
Can you use a USB Webcam instead?

Can you give all in one place instructions to get 2.0birbcam birbvision and birbserver running?

I'll convert it to a markdown wiki page for you after if you want...

[jdpdev]

Sorry for the delay but I added documentation to birbcam and birbserver. Make sure you have the v2 branches for both repos.

• I think the zero can run v2 but I haven't really tested it so ymmv
• Right now birbcam only supports the official raspi camera module. The v3 roadmap includes an extensive refactor to allow other camera sources, either in v3 or v4