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Take a look at https://openipc.org/ and choose a camera from their supported list.

I’m in a similar situation to OP and recently came across this project. Their supported hardware lists compatible SoCs, not actual make/models of cameras. I’ve found it fairly hard to map an SoC to a camera. Anyone have any suggestions?

The project is so excellent, so impressive. And needing to open the case & attach a serial connection is not for the faint of heart (but so fun).

But above all, it's exactly this that's the biggest problem. I'd wager like 75% of devices have an OpenIPC capable chipset. But there's only rudimentary tracking of what devices have what chipsets.

And it's unknown what other wrinkles folks might run into if they do get a device with a valid chipset. Most should just work, but a number will also require more embedded hacking.

Such an amazing project though. Stunningly wide support for a huge array of chipsets.

Right, I should have said SoC and not camera in my original post. To install these you will generally need to physically open the camera and attach a serial adapter to issue the commands, so it's probably not for everyone.

I'm also curious if anyone has found cameras available through Amazon or Ali which guarantee support.

edit: I found this -- https://github.com/OpenIPC/wiki/blob/master/en/guide-support...

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