/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/raspbaby-monitorAfter binge-watching the Ben Heck Show , and hearing about this community constantly, I also stumbled on this blog entry by aaroNiGHTS , and decided that with a baby due in the next few months, it seemed like the stars had aligned, and now was a perfecen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/raspbaby-monitorTue, 27 Sep 2016 18:50:57 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:4e60f756-3665-465b-824f-012337ab4809DAB1<p>Good start on the basic design.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can adjust LED brightness with a PWM output from the RPi, so that is just a small change to your overall function.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Have you considered using OPENCV to do image change analysis to detect movement or intrusion?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2054&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/blog/posts/raspbaby-monitorTue, 27 Sep 2016 02:56:09 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:4e60f756-3665-465b-824f-012337ab4809jkutzsch1<p>Looks like you could have some fun with this with future modifications!&nbsp; Of course the current implementation looks very useable and has the potential to be in a future Transformers Movie!&nbsp; ;-)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Depending on how virtual you wanted to get you could look at adding a screen with maybe some pre-recorded videos of your wife or yourself to help sooth the baby.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The TalkiePi project might also give you some ideas, allowing for you to speak through another RPi.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="https://github.com/dchote/talkiepi" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">https://github.com/dchote/talkiepi</a></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=2054&AppID=293&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">