Recent content by grumpyITGuy

Just to drop an update - I've tested with the Anpviz IPC-D350WSE 5mp turret that I bought on a whim. Uses the SC30KQ SOC and the GC4653 sensor. OpenIPC works on these just fine, the mipi driver supports a max resolution of 2560x1440. Image quality is on par with the price ($40). The UART pads on...

I wasn't so much soliciting advice on soldering, as warning of the pitfalls of gaining physical access to the serial console / tty on these particular type of boards. It seems most of the Anjvision manufactured boards only have 1.0mm pitch pogo-pin pads for the uart. Others have the uart pins...

When I get around to building a page about it I'll drop a link. First batch of boards showed up Wednesday, and I promptly proceeded to brick both. Turns out the description of the boards was wrong (with four different sellers). The SOC was advertised as a SigmaStar SSC337. After I lifted one of...

Yeah, I'll pass. I have dozens of other hobbies that command my attention. Though I would eagerly contribute to such a topic, I don't have the bandwidth to champion one personally. I'll go elsewhere with my findings.

Thanks mat200. I suppose what needs to happen to maintain my interest here is the creation of an alternative firmwares subforum, maybe in the Hardware > IP Cameras subforum. Soldering microscopic wires on the uart pins of a very fine-pitch circuit board in order to flash a linux OS via uBoot +...

The very nature of OpenIPC necessitates having physical access to the uart pins in order to interact with the bootloader. So in short, there is no such thing as a commercially available camera that is "easy to flash" with anything but the manufacturer approved firmware. You're gonna have to...