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raspberrypi.org/magpi The Official Raspberry Pi Projects Book 97

PISPY CAM

the little orange screws on the side of the PIR board.
Once that’s done, it’s best to make it so that when the
Raspberry Pi boots up, it logs directly into command-
line mode. This means it will use up a little less power
so your battery lasts longer. It’s then a good idea to
open up the terminal and edit the profile config file
with sudo nano /etc/profile. To the bottom of the
file, add this line:

sudo python spy.py

STEP-05
Hide your camera
Now you need to find a good place to hide your
camera. The cable for the camera is limited by length,
while the PIR can have its wires lengthened, so keep
that in mind when building your system. Hiding the
Pi and battery behind a plush toy or photo frame can
work well; you could even put a dummy photo up and
cut a hole in it for the camera to look through. The PIR
has quite a wide range, so put it up high where people
are unlikely to look.

>STEP-06

Check for intruders

All you need to do now is plug in the battery and the Pi

Zero will turn on and run the script. Do some tests to

make sure the camera is facing the right way. Leave it

running during the day and then when you get back,

plug it into a monitor, stop the script, and run startx

to get the GUI up. From here you can see the pictures

it has taken – crucial evidence to catch your dog or

sibling red-handed.

spy.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from gpiozero import MotionSensor

from picamera import PiCamera

from datetime import datetime

from time import sleep

sensor = MotionSensor( 14 )

camera = PiCamera()

while True:

sensor.wait_for_motion()

filename = datetime.now().strftime("%H. %M. %S_ %Y- %m- %d.jpg")

camera.capture(filename)

sleep( 5 )

Language

>PYTHON 3

DOWNLOAD:

magpi.cc/PiSpy

Now you need to

find a good place to

hide your camera

You should probably hide yours

somewhere slightly better – its

range is far, though

Camouflaged against Yoshi,

the camera will take candid

snaps of anyone who comes

close to your game collection