Thanks, Bill. I am not tech savvy enough to understand everything you said,
but it sounds like it should work for me. I appreciate your time in
answering this. I will check out eBay and see what they have.

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Bill Morrow <[email protected]> wrote:

> Steve, I have been successfully using a version 1
> <https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module/> Raspberry Pi camera
> as a web cam on a Pi model B for a few years now. These parts live within a
> cheap ebay fake security camera. Eventually I plan to close up the camera,
> weather proof it and mount it outside. Heat will be a problem in the summer
> time.
>
>
> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2VC-PQO73lw/WJiW3tUyj9I/AAAAAAAAEgE/HSN1tvXKoZQ2AvsQRhpernkQsI2osrGuwCLcB/s1600/20170206_112410.png>
>
>
> The Pi is also a gateway for weather data coming from a remote station to
> weewx. It handles the two loads just fine. Typical CPU load is under 10%.
>
> I am using mmal_motion to capture motion seen by the camera. The captured
> images are written to a remote file system mounted via samba, to reduce
> wear and tear on the Pi's SD card. I have worn out one SD card. It lasted a
> little over a year. So I should put more effort in to reducing writes to
> the file system.
>
> On Sunday, 5 February 2017 22:13:59 UTC-4, Steve Dulmes wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> My Acurite 5in1 is working well reporting to the Weather Underground
>> through my RPi 3. I have the Pi connected to the weather station base with
>> a USB cable. Does the Pi have enough power to handle a webcam hooked up
>> through the Pi's wifi? Any suggestions for a good, reasonably prices wifi
>> webcam?
>> Thanks for the help,
>> Steve D.
>>
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