Kid-cam firmware modding - Conclusion

Welcome

• Hardware stuff
• Hacks
  • Hacking the VPx500
  • DMGPlus
  • Hard disk hacking
  • Kid-cam firmware modding
  • Hacking the Kodak Zx3
  • Frekvens LED box hack
  • Dumb to managed switch conversion
  • Magic Printer Cartridge Paintbrush
  • Snake on a Keyboard
  • Twittering vintage arcade game
  • Fluke 15B+ WiFi
  • LEDs replacing CCFL backlight
  • Laptop keyboard LED
  • Convert a SMC WSKP100 to use SIP
  • Optical mouse-cam
  • Use a cheap digital photoframe as a second display for your PC
  • Add USB to a Sweex LB000021 router
  • Standalone HPLJ display hack
  • Damocles' Swordfish
  • Cluster using WT-300s
• Console hacking
• Security
• Software
• About Spritesmods

Conclusion

Let me show off the upgrade:

Now, was this worth it? Time-wise, probably not. If I were to take a cheap ESP-Cam and 3d-print an enclosure for it, I'd probably be done quicker for the same amount of money and my kid would have a higher-resolution camera and more customizable firmware. However, there is some joy in reverse engineering: at some point, the puzzle sucks you in and you get a pretty good flow state going. It's also nice to know that this article probably contains more information about the chipset used than is available anywhere else on the Internet. And after all, this is my hobby: the satisfaction of a job well done and knowing you added to the global shared knowledge pool is worth something as well.

And my kid? The little one seems to enjoy the tweaked camera, and I'm sure we'll have an expert photographer in our family very soon... either that or the camera interest gets dropped within a few days, as toddlers are wont to do. I will finish this article by adding some of her greatest works for your enjoyment:

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