Raspberry Pi Bird Watching Camera -- Episode 484

Wildlife photography can be incredibly rewarding. Especially if we use it as an excuse to dabble into Machine Learning using a Raspberry Pi. For this video, I set up an Intel D435 RealSense camera to capture video near a bird feeder. Then, I connected it to a Raspberry Pi, and used Python, OpenCV, and Tensorflow to process the video data and detect when a bird was in the field of view. I also connected a DSLR over USB to the Pi, which I triggered using Python and gPhoto2, whenever a bird was detected. I took some great photos, so here's an overview of the build.

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Bill of Material:

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity	Buy Kit
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B	RASPBERRY-PI	1	Buy Now
Dev Board, RealSense Robotic Camera	INTEL	1	Buy Now

Additional Parts:

Product Name
Coral USB Accelerator
Nikon D7000 DSLR

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spennyloaf over 4 years ago

I've got gcamera2 working on my Raspberry Pi 4 with a Nikon D800. Could I use another camera other than RealSense to trigger motion/object detection? Or does this project require a depth camera?

E.g. I have a spare android phone, or a Wyze Cam2 (with RTMP protocol)
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spennyloaf over 4 years ago

I've got gcamera2 working on my Raspberry Pi 4 with a Nikon D800. Could I use another camera other than RealSense to trigger motion/object detection? Or does this project require a depth camera?

E.g. I have a spare android phone, or a Wyze Cam2 (with RTMP protocol)
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