OTTO: camera-based Raspberry Pi with the possibility of customization Bashny.Net

Camera models are now not just a lot, but a lot. And find a new niche in this area, the area of ​​the creation of photographic equipment, is almost impossible. But these days there is information about an interesting device, the camera with the ability to customize how the software and hardware that could be popular.

Here are a few interesting points. Firstly, the camera is based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module . Let me remind you, this miniature board manufacturers Raspberry Pi, with reduced functionality, but the same processor, RAM and internal memory.

So, is this board is the main part of the camera OTTO. Sama camera - 5 megapixel, can take photos with a resolution of 2592x1944 pixels until, HD video 1080p30 / 720p60 or VGA with FPS, equal to 90.



Another feature - the ability to create animated GIF-pictures without processing the resulting images in the editor. Ie camera to obtain images that can then be combined into an animation directly on the device.

Developers should consider the possibility of synchronizing the received photos / videos from your mobile device via WiFi. By the way, from a mobile device, you can configure the camera by selecting the desired type of animation / colors and stuff.



According to the authors, the camera can be modified / changed, whatever the owner (of course, there need some knowledge in electronics). Plus, you can also change the software for a device.



To all, this is the first commercial device based Raspberry Pi Compute Module. To start the production camera OTTO developers of this device have launched a campaign to raise funds for the Kickstarter, in order to collect 60 thousand dolllarov. At the time of this writing, has already collected 25,070 dollars, and until the end of the campaign - 27 days.

Now you can get the camera for the contribution to $ 199 or more, shipment of goods will start from December this year.



Source: habrahabr.ru/post/223267/