Have you ever wondered what it costs to power your home lab or even just your home network? Most probably don’t even think about it. To some, it’s no different than running another refrigerator, furnace, or keeping a couple of light bulbs on all the time. Most homes have a Cable / DSL modem, a home gateway router, and may be an access point. For most the gateway router and access point are combined into one single device that is able to provide coverage for the entire apartment, condo, or home. There are those of us with either larger homes, more challenging living environments, or those of us with home…
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Where to place your Security Cameras
How to figure out the best distance, height and angle for the job. First, we need to ask ourselves a few questions. What are we trying to accomplish? What problem are we trying to solve. Are we looking for higher detail for better identification and recognition? Are we more interested in analytics like detecting objects such as people or vehicles? And, does it need to be an either / or scenario? Let’s dive in… What is pixel density and why does it matter? In short it is the number of pixels used for a given object within the field of view. Pixel density combines the sensor size, pixel count, focal…