Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long battery life

I love "the fine print" section. This is so great. Congrats on all your hard work

very cool, love the website design and the blog posts had a lot of interesting bits, like the backplate removal jig. I was kinda surprised to see an fpga in there but makes sense. Could that design be repurposed as a general image sensor -> sd card module or is it pretty specific to the sensor?

Cool project, here's a few comments after a quick glance over:

- There's no license on the code and design files in the Github repo, thus this currently isn't open source but rather "source-available". If you plan to allow others to modify the code and build their own cameras you should add an appropriate license.

- The Mac only support (and it's MacOS only, with no iPad/iPhone support) with a dedicated app to operate it seems to really limit the market for this device. Since all the app does is allow you to view/transfer photos and configure the device you probably could make do with a simple MTP interface for access to the photo files and have a second interface for configuration. Also if you do plan to release this under an OSS license and market it as a hackable + privacy friendly device Linux support is pretty much a requirement.

- Consider using automotive grade ICs to allow the device to function below freezing. The current stuff may be fine for Cali but people in northern states won't be able to use it outdoors in the winter.

> A few years ago someone kept trying to steal my motorcycle, so I decided to make a small camera with really long battery life to catch them.

The camera seems really cool. But given that the device has no way to get photos off it without physical access, it seems like this wouldn't be super useful for your original purpose. If someone just takes the camera (or manages to successfully steal your motorcycle), then then camera doesn't provide any value.

Love that everything is open source! Code relating to cameras have been traditionally locked down and hidden under NDAs. Surprised there's no sample photos nor specifications on image sensor.