IP camera and IR LEDs

Ebay's a good place for LEDs.

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That should never be a problem.

An IF lamp will be a lot more use than an array of Leds.

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in article snipped-for-privacy@text.usenet.plus.net, Jon at snipped-for-privacy@jonparker.plus.com wrote on 3/10/06 13:47:

Black and white CCD cameras are very sensitive to IR light (colour CCDs usually have IR-block filters in front of them).

This looks useful to you:

He can use a TV remote to get an idea of sensitivity. Obviously a colour camara is only going to yeild a B&W (well monochrome to be precise) image.

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Not always. Some (many) cameras have an IR filter over the back of the lens or the front of the sensor. You can prise this off and then you'll have really good IR sensetivity, but daylight images will look a bit odd.

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This sounds like a plan. SO I stick the camera in the room and turn all the lights off, then point my sky remote at it and see how brightly it lights up?

If I can see a white dot coming from my remote then an IR lamp or LED array will "illuminate" my room in the dark?

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Yes. But even those with IR filters can do that - it's just that if you take the filter off it's much brighter.

That was me :) Have you seen those external CCTV cameras that plug into your TV? They do a variant of that which consists of the camera element in the centre and a ring of IR LEDs around the outside (about 8 of them I recall), these seem to do the job quite well. Could cannibalise one of those, but the quickest and easiest way is to get some IR LEDs from Ebay, hook em up in parallel, put a current limiting resistor on the positive side, then hook up to a suitable powersource (which you may be able to parasite from the camera). Quick guide here:

This module works well:

All you need for night vision here.

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Cheers, bookmarked.

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