It's slow at work and I already have the hardwire kit already wired up, so, let's take a look at the current draw of this thing. All current is on the 12V (CONSTANT wire).
First up, how does the startup current look like. Upon powering up, there is a little current spike, nothing special. Then out of the blue, the CAM suck down 1.51A of current before settling down to a steady state operation. Nothing major here, but, seriously, a 12W draw every time the CAM power up?!
On to the regular 1080p@30fps. Not that bad. The current is going from 150mA to 300mA. The green line is the 5V, which is pretty good. Hardly any voltage ripple.
Going to the 720p@30fps, the parking guard mode. I was expecting the current to go down a little, since it's doing 720p instead of 1080p, but well, it doesn't appear to be so.
Finally, the 720p@2fps, the parking mode without any motion detected. Well, the current peaks are still the same, but if taking the average, it does appear the current draw is less.
First up, how does the startup current look like. Upon powering up, there is a little current spike, nothing special. Then out of the blue, the CAM suck down 1.51A of current before settling down to a steady state operation. Nothing major here, but, seriously, a 12W draw every time the CAM power up?!
On to the regular 1080p@30fps. Not that bad. The current is going from 150mA to 300mA. The green line is the 5V, which is pretty good. Hardly any voltage ripple.
Going to the 720p@30fps, the parking guard mode. I was expecting the current to go down a little, since it's doing 720p instead of 1080p, but well, it doesn't appear to be so.
Finally, the 720p@2fps, the parking mode without any motion detected. Well, the current peaks are still the same, but if taking the average, it does appear the current draw is less.