Rasperri Pi was mainly designed to be used by young people who want to learn and discover the electronics and programming world without investing big amount of money. The latest improved version which has a 512 MB RAM available can be used to perform more complicated tasks as the one we want to show you today: how to make your home opensource video surveillance system using Raspberry PI, Zoneminder and a IP cam. In this system the Rasperry Pi works as a DVR (Digital Video Recorder); the acquired video files will be stored into the SD memory card and can be reached from everywhere by using a FTP server like Vsftpd. Continue reading →