Investigate phone wifi hotspot as source of Internet connection

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An internet connected camera for live participatory photography

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Investigate phone wifi hotspot as source of Internet connection #2

Closed zarino closed 7 years ago

zarino commented 7 years ago

If a mobile data board for the Raspberry Pi is proving expensive, could we instead assign each FOMOcam with a human "minder" who broadcasts a wifi hotspot for the FOMOcam to connect to?

Minders would need a phone, a sim card with sufficient data allowance and tethering enabled, and a spare USB battery pack, probably!!

huffeec commented 7 years ago

Yes, I think this is the way to go. All we'd really lose, (and maybe not even) would be the accurate location data, which isn't really a problem.

drfraz commented 7 years ago

Would a 3G modem dongle work OK? like one of these http://www.auto-gadget.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=58406&currency=GBP looks a lot cheaper than the specific raspberry pi modems & people seem to be using them OK. Only downside seems to be the aesthetics but we could remove the cover!

huffeec commented 7 years ago

Have got and tested an o2 3g usb dongle. Works on Raspbian and ran for 9 hours on the battery and uploaded images fine. (I switched it off after nine hours to save data and because that's plenty long enough..)