thatguy_ie@lemmy.world to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTired of Jeff Bezos controlling your doorbell cam? I made a privacy focused one that's based on an ESP32 with local Home Assistant integration.tristam.ieexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down15cross-posted to: electronics@discuss.tchncs.dehardware@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanssmarthomes@feddit.ukhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyhomeautomation@lemmy.world
arrow-up1196arrow-down1external-linkTired of Jeff Bezos controlling your doorbell cam? I made a privacy focused one that's based on an ESP32 with local Home Assistant integration.tristam.iethatguy_ie@lemmy.world to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: electronics@discuss.tchncs.dehardware@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanssmarthomes@feddit.ukhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyhomeautomation@lemmy.world
minus-squareSlovenianSocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s the battery. A lot of doorbell cameras have an internal battery to keep the camera powered when the chime is rung. A few of my friends have to replace their unifi doorbell cameras once a year after winter
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWow that’s wasteful, I’d expect a bit more from ubiquiti kit
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYou’d think that’d be a perfect job for a supercap.
It’s the battery. A lot of doorbell cameras have an internal battery to keep the camera powered when the chime is rung. A few of my friends have to replace their unifi doorbell cameras once a year after winter
Wow that’s wasteful, I’d expect a bit more from ubiquiti kit
You’d think that’d be a perfect job for a supercap.