Mac wireless camera streaming?

Wireless & IoT
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Hi,

I have got that small robot project that I control from my Mac computer over Bluetooth.

Now I would like to add a remote camera to it but don’t know where to start.

The camera must be wireless and its power should be supplied by a battery.

The video stream should be a normal webcam feed that I can then embed in a webpage like any other webcam using that sort of software: http://www.evological.com/evocam.html

So what should I do? I can’t find any solution online, they all seem to require a normal power socket supply or they are made to work with analog TV and have nothing to do with a normal digital webcam feed that you can use on the computer…

Anyway, this is not my field so I’m calling for help here!

Thanks in advance.

Mikael

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WiFi camera.

Runs on 5V or 12V power adapter from AC power. Replace wall power with battery near 12V or if 5V, a 6V battery and a series-diode to drop.

If camera can be setup for 802.11 ad-hoc mode you’re done; just setup PC to match.

else

Use WiFi router or access point, connected to PC’s ethernet, or if PC/laptop has WiFi, it becomes another client.

Easier: Use an analog wireless camera. Cheap-o X10 cam would do. Connect receiver’s video to a video capture device (USB) for PC.

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Thanks a lot.

Could you give more details about your power supply comment?

“Runs on 5V or 12V power adapter from AC power. Replace wall power with battery near 12V or if 5V, a 6V battery and a series-diode to drop.”.

Let’s say I have got a wifi camera that requires DC 5V. What do I need exactly to make it work with some normal batteries I can buy in any shop? (like the standard rectangle-shaped 9v ones)… like stuff that doesn’t require any soldering.

Thanks!