Added a speed camera watchdog for the Tesla using live Waze report-scraped data. Implemented same-street filtering to drop false positives from nearby roads. Still far from ideal. Don't ask why I needed this.
Speed camera watchdog for the Tesla
Frigate performance optimization using Gemini
Impressive Frigate performance optimization using Gemini. My Raspberry Pi 5 + Coral TPU setup handling 8 cameras has seen a 38% drop in CPU usage, despite increasing the detection frame rate from 4 to 5. Gemini made several smart suggestions, including generating a shell script to ffprobe camera streams and determine their characteristics, splitting and…
Frigate audio stream of RTSP cameras
TIL that Frigate can analyze the audio stream of RTSP cameras for certain sound types and expose these as Home Assistant sensors. Configured mine to detect barking, yelling, alarms, etc and will create automations based on these https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/audio_detectors/
Home Assistant on RPI 5 hardware
Upgraded my Home Assistant to RPI 5 hardware recently mainly, so it better handles cameras in Frigate + Google Coral TPU. I am now monitoring 5 security cams at 10 FPS with ~25%-ish CPU load, the RPI 4 wasn't able to handle half of that without overheating, and 75%-ish CPU load
Coral TPU is here
The Coral TPU is here, will add to my home assistant + Frigate tonight Setup complete. Only tricky part was to disable “protected mode “ for Frigate in order for it to recognize the TPU on my rPi4 running HASS OS 10.5; Currently running it on two cameras, CPU load is at 25-35%. Automations based…
Google Coral USB Edge TPU for Frigate NVR + home assistant
Ordered a Google Coral USB Edge TPU to use with Frigate NVR + home assistant. Seems quite overpriced, I hope it isn’t a disappointment
Sound classification using tensorflow
Experimenting with sound classification using #tensorflow, sound feed from an IP camera #AI I can now take actions based on what is heard, not only what is seen #NodeRed
The 170 EUR Hikvision thermal camera
The 170 EUR Hikvision thermal camera arrived, impressive 160×120@25fps quality
HIKVISON H10 160×120 25Hz IR infrared thermal imager camera
Ordered a HIKVISON H10 160×120 25Hz IR infrared thermal imager camera for €170. Sounds too good to be true, awaiting delivery to make a detailed review. The known issue is that menu is in Chinese language only.
3.5″ PiTFT as security camera monitor
Using a 3.5" PiTFT as security camera monitor with a ffmpeg one-liner #rtsp #raspberrypi ffmpeg -rtsp_transport udp -i rtsp://192.168.1.123:554/12 -pix_fmt rgb565le -s 480×320 -f fbdev /dev/fb1
Samsung S8’s camera app has built in QR code recognition
I didn't know that Samsung S8's camera app has built in QR code recognition, just pointing it to a QR with AP login details prompts connection UI..neat
Ordinary security cameras with AI
New post: Enhancing my ordinary security cameras with AI https://harizanov.com/?p=4439 #IoT #AI
Enhancing my ordinary IP security cameras with AI
Adding AI object detection to my plain IP security cameras – how accessible AI has become for DIY IoT projects.
Ordinary IP security cameras with AI
Enhancing my ordinary IP security cameras with #AI, pumping recognized objects data to #MQTT .. isn't #IoT cool? Blog post soon ..
Raspberry Pi email/SMS doorbell notifier + picture of the person ringing it
Step-by-step Raspberry Pi doorbell notifier: email/SMS plus a webcam snapshot of whoever is ringing. A simpler follow-up to my SMS doorbell.
Updating my SMS doorbell
SMS doorbell updates: emonCMS email notifications finally working via the built-in mail function – no shell access, no PEAR, no problem.
Hooking my wireless doorbell to the Internet
Hooking my cheap wireless doorbell to the Internet – an SMS when someone rings, for when I’m in the backyard or away from home.