hidden spy cam inside wireless charging base

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Someone stealing your pens? Do you need a system that immediately emails you a pic of the perp in action? Look no further! A qi wireless charger fits into one side of the middle piece and a raspberry pi with the pi spy cam fits on the back side. Your phone covers the camera hole so you dont end up with only pictures of yourself and while you are gone the pi cam monitors your belongings. I used motion eye for the raspberry pi software. There are plenty of tutorials online from ppl who can explain how to install it better than I. The wireless charger can be found here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Practical-DIY-PCBA-Circuit-Board-Coil-Wireless-Charging-Qi-Wireless-Charger-USB/283387526814?hash=item41fb367e9e:m:mOyGH8-gWyJZhy8aNxZMbfw The hardest part of this project is the wiring. I soldered power to my pi and cut up a micro usb cable to fit inside the case for the wireless charger and then used 2 micro voltage regulators (one for each device) to get my 4+ amp power adapter down to 5 volts. Anything more than 6 volts will kill the pi. The charger uses 5 volts as well. The regulators I used can be found here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-BEC-Voltage-Regulator-adjustable-Perfect-for-mini-quadcopter-QAV250/281894830019?epid=1667124200&hash=item41a23dbfc3:g:kP4AAOSwJcZWf21J I used a pi zero w with wifi pre installed to save space and to solder power to the zero w i using the gpio header. go to this link to view the header pins you need to use. https://chicagodist.com/products/color-coded-gpio-headers pi spy cam:https://www.adafruit.com/product/3508 pi zero w:https://www.adafruit.com/?q=pi%20zer Total cost for this project is about 40 bucks but you will get way more out of this than spending 40 bucks for a spy cam on ebay imo. The stand is large enough for an iphone plus sized phone inside an otterbox case so it should work with most anything. The black on the face of the charging pad is just liquid tape to keep everything in place. It is not necessary to use that tho.