![]() ![]() I wrote the instructions on enabling WiFi and SSH in Raspbian in another blog post. So, I took the extra time to enable SSH in Raspbian. It isn’t necessary, but I wanted to do programming and configuration on Raspberry Pi from my laptop. Raspbian can be set up to automatically connect to a wireless network when it boots. In order to download and install third-party tools on the Raspberry Pi, it needs to be connected to the internet. The official Raspberry Pi docs do a great job explaining how to install Raspbian Lite on an SD card using a program named Etcher. Since a dashcam is a headless device (no GUI), I opted for a terminal-only version of Raspbian named Raspbian Lite. ![]() So, any light-weight operating system would work just fine on it. ![]() Install Raspbian OS on the SD CardĪ Raspberry Pi is basically a miniature computer. I started the process of building the dashcam by getting the operating system ready for configuration. 64 GB is still quite limited, so I handle any space issues with Python scripts. So, I decided to store clips directly on an SD card. ![]() I planned to use an external harddrive to store recordings, but the Pi Zero W only has one mini-USB port for peripherals (the other is for power). I didn’t want to deal with routing a ribbon cable throughout the Jeep, so I decided against the standard Raspberry Pi Camera Module. It’s a standard USB webcam, nothing special. I quickly scoured Amazon for the cheapest, four-star rated USB webcam and settled on the AUSDOM 1080P Webcam. So, I had to buy adapters for any of my USB peripherals. However, if I had to do it all again, I’d use a Pi 3. I chose the Pi Zero W because of its minimal, thin design. Raspberry Pi Zero WĪll of the Raspberry Pi models are small, lightweight, and easy to mount anywhere. There are three main components of my dashcam: the Pi, the camera, and the SD card. It took awhile, but I finally found some time to play around with it! There are many fun Raspberry Pi projects out there, but I chose to do something I really needed: a Raspberry Pi dashcam. About a year ago, I bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W to do some tinkering. ![]()
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