This camera hack is one of those that are easy to make and useful, I had an old gSmart mini camera and a macro lens and the idea was replace the original lens with the macro one and add some white led´s around the lens.
I started by cracking the old lens with a drill (all so needed larger hole) and glued the lens on to the screw, next I cut some foam to hold the white led's frame, this frame was made with copper wire molded on a 2euro coin and weld the led´s on it, finally I glued everything on the foam and secure the foam on the lens
The led's are powered directly from the usb port because the current draw and easy connection, they are turn on by the power led, the below schematic is an example, since I did this hack some time ago and now I don´t remember the exact components.
As final aspect it didn't look good and is a little fragile and the camera needs to be very stable or the image will get out of focus.
but for a 25euro camera it's not bad I guess
As for the software I used Vision GS private Edition, but any webcam software will do the job.
Hello, I accidentaly run to Your blog, searching for the way to replace my broken GSmart mini lens. Could you please tell me, which diameter lens I should buy to fit to this camera? Am I right 12mm lens used in cctv will fit there? Thanks in advance! By the way, great project!
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