You can find Android Endoscopes on Amazon for <$20. As they work with Android, they may likely work with Linux as well. However, your Android phone is probably much more portable.
Michael On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 12:04 AM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm about to cut some holes in the wall to upgrade the > plumbing in our house (a professional will do the actual > plumbing). I wanted to see where the pipes run and what > is in the way. > > So I risked $58 on an Oiiwak Industrial Endoscope aka > Borescope. This is a box with a 4.3 inch diagonal color > screen and an 11 foot cable with a 5.5 mm diameter 1080p > camera and LED lights at the other end. > > It includes an 8 GB microSDXC card and a USB cable. > When I plug the unit into an ancient laptop with an old > distro, the memory card mounts on the desktop, pretty > much like the memory card in my old brickphone. > > There may be dodopaddle or perhaps linux apps that can > connect to the camera directly, but the handheld screen > is fine for capturing images and videos to the memory > card ... which I replaced with a SanDisk 64GB card. > > Now to poke holes in the drywall and fish some camera > cable. What fun! > > Yet another fun toy usable with our Linux laptops and > computers. I'll use it off and on until fall, then I > might loan it out to my linux brethren and sistren. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
