/rpi-bt-camera

A Raspberry Pi camera server with Android clients connecting via Bluetooth

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RPiBtCamera

A Raspberry Pi and Android IoT project to regularly take photos using the RPi camera add-on, and transmit those images to an Android device over bluetooth. It uses protobufs to encode the messages sent over bluetooth to minimise traffic and energy usage.

Hardware requirements

  • Raspberry Pi (tested on a model B rev 2)
  • Bluetooth adaptor (tested with a generic USB adaptor)
  • Raspberry Pi Camera Module
  • Android 8+ device wth bluetooth

Software requirements

  • Raspberry Pi server:
    • Raspian (tested on
    • Python 3
  • Client mobile device:
    • Android 8+

Installation

TODO