HP 720P HD Laptop Embedded Web Camera, Dual Mic, Support RPI

Description

This is a very cool web camera developed by HP, it has many nice features such like drive free on RPI, dual microphone input.

Features:

• High resolution up to 720P HD
• Dual Microphone (not yet tested under Raspberry Pi RPI)
• Drive free on Raspberry Pi, openwrt (MJPG), Windows from win 7, etc for video
• 5pins connector on camera board
• USB cable lengths 5 or 2 meters for choosing
• OEM by Taiwan Chicony, also recognized this name in RPI
• SunplusIT on board control IC

Note:

• For the camera rack please check this link.
• This item has unstable stock, so it may sold out later, and if you need buck order, please inquiry.
• Can not provide any extra technical support, like android or so.

Package only includes on the camera with USB cable, NOT including the rack, please purchase it alone.

Basic Usage:

• Update on your RPI
• run lsusb you will find some line like: Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04f2:b2c3 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
• install the simple capture tool: sudo apt-get install fswebcam
• make an instant capture image: fswebcam electrodragon.jpg

See how to use it with motion here.