Amazon.com has TP-Link 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗼 SolarCam C402 Kit, Outdoor Battery Camera w/Solar Panel Base, Wireless, 1080P, Free Person/Vehicle Detection, SD/Cloud Storage, Color Night Vision, No Hub Needed, Works w/Alexa on sale for $40
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Amazon.com has TP-Link 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗼 SolarCam C402 Kit, Outdoor Battery Camera w/Solar Panel Base, Wireless, 1080P, Free Person/Vehicle Detection, SD/Cloud Storage, Color Night Vision, No Hub Needed, Works w/Alexa on sale for $40
Model: TP-Link 𝗧𝗮𝗽𝗼 SolarCam C402 Kit, Outdoor Battery Camera w/Solar Panel Base, Wireless, 1080P, Free Person/Vehicle Detection, SD/Cloud Storage, Color Night Vision, No Hub Needed, Works w/Alexa
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That describes pretty much all things Wi-fi IoT; 2.4GHz has less speed but better range and physical object penetration than the higher frequency bands, and using it for IoT keeps those devices from mixing with your everyday devices and clogging up the bands they use.
It's generally considered good digital hygiene to keep Wi-Fi IoT devices on an isolated 2.4GHz-only guest network, separate from your regular-use WiFi network, since IoT devices are regularly targeted as network entry points for breaching home networks, due to the slow-to-nonexistent pace at which many IoT manufacturers release fixes for security vulnerabilities found on their devices.
I got at $27. Battery lasts long. 4k is minimum you need for trading license plates
For license plate identification, the framerate and capture speed are generally more important than the resolution, as it can be difficult to get a clean capture of the plate number on a moving vehicle with slower sensors recording at 30fps. For a static camera, one with a set optical zoom can generally capture plates better, even at a lower resolution, than a higher resolution camera without optical zoom.
Wireless, battery-powered cameras like this one and its successor are built around power efficiency and high-compression stream encoding over image quality, which, as a rule, makes them a poor choice for capturing fine detail on fast-moving objects like cars. You don't necessarily need a dedicated plate ID camera (which are frequently $500+), but a decent PoE camera will get you much better results.
I put together my own version of this with the C425 recently, without even realizing it was a different camera, simply because I wanted to attach mine to the gutter, rather than put holes in my wall.
Considering the (admittedly, one generation newer) camera alone cost me more than this, not including the mount or solar panel, this isn't a bad deal, if you just want to know if anyone is trying to poke around where they shouldn't, and get a nice shot of that mug (I have mine watching my back gate).
The newer 4K version is definitely smarter (able to identify more objects on-camera), has higher resolution, wider FoV, and better color night vision, but it also costs almost four times as much as this one, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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It's generally considered good digital hygiene to keep Wi-Fi IoT devices on an isolated 2.4GHz-only guest network, separate from your regular-use WiFi network, since IoT devices are regularly targeted as network entry points for breaching home networks, due to the slow-to-nonexistent pace at which many IoT manufacturers release fixes for security vulnerabilities found on their devices.
Wireless, battery-powered cameras like this one and its successor are built around power efficiency and high-compression stream encoding over image quality, which, as a rule, makes them a poor choice for capturing fine detail on fast-moving objects like cars. You don't necessarily need a dedicated plate ID camera (which are frequently $500+), but a decent PoE camera will get you much better results.
Considering the (admittedly, one generation newer) camera alone cost me more than this, not including the mount or solar panel, this isn't a bad deal, if you just want to know if anyone is trying to poke around where they shouldn't, and get a nice shot of that mug (I have mine watching my back gate).
The newer 4K version is definitely smarter (able to identify more objects on-camera), has higher resolution, wider FoV, and better color night vision, but it also costs almost four times as much as this one, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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