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      mshepard67
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      Hi there,

      Looking for info on average power consumption for M5Stack Unit v2 and Unit v2 M12 cameras. Application is object detection, with posting image + data periodically over WiFi when we see something of interest. Trying to spec power requirements for solar powered implementation.

      Thanks!
      Mark

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        ajb2k3
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          mshepard67 @ajb2k3
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          @ajb2k3 The M5Stack website just lists input power (5V @ 500mA). What I need is actual power consumption for the device. Ideally to know what it actually draws during normal operation, when modem is used, sleep modes, etc.

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            teastain @mshepard67
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            @mshepard67 Well, it draws a lot of power , so I don't think solar is a good power source. They run Linux and power an TF card!
            These are AI cameras and the 'teaching' period is very long and difficult.
            What is your end-use, if I may ask?
            also see here:
            https://community.m5stack.com/topic/5300/unitv-wifi-networking

            https://community.m5stack.com/topic/3480/my-unitv2-camera-overheats-within-5-minutes-is-that-normal

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              mshepard67
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              @teastain - thanks! The end-use is a bird feeder that classifies the birds it sees. Something like this: https://www.birdfy.com/products/birdfy-feeder

              Not planning on training a model for the UnitV2 - the out of the box Yolo and Nanodet models recognize "bird" as a class. Idea is to capture an image when it sees bird and then send it to a server via wifi for species-level identification using a finer-grained classifier. Will put the unit to sleep at night.

              Thanks for pointing me to the overheating issue. That may sink the selection of these cameras for this use.

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