Wireless Security Camera - Internet of Things with Arduino - page 58

4.1 Hardware & Software Requirements

The first step is to make sure you have the right hardware components. First off, you will
need an Arduino Yun, and a PIR motion sensor.

For the USB camera, you can choose any webcam that is compatible with the UVC pro-
tocol. Most of the recent webcams are compatible. I chose a Logitech C270 that can take
pictures up to 720p resolution. You can find a list of compatible cameras here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_USB_video_class_devices

You will also need a microSD card to store the pictures locally on your Arduino Yun, and
some female/male jumper wires to connect the PIR motion sensor.

This a list of the components that are required for this project:

• Arduino Yun ( https://www.adafruit.com/product/1498 )

• USB webcam ( http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/hd-webcam-c270 )

• PIR motion sensor ( https://www.adafruit.com/product/189 )

• MicroSD card ( https://www.adafruit.com/products/102 )

• Some female/male jumper wires ( https://www.adafruit.com/products/825 )

Before we can build exciting applications with our hardware, we need to setup some ac-
counts on the web services we are going to use. The first one is Temboo, where you will
need to create an account (if you didn't create one yet after following the previous chapter).
Temboo will basically make the interface between the Arduino Yun and Dropbox. Just go
over to:

https://www.temboo.com/