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@Sprite_tm - impressive!!!

good start point to play with simple webcam (esp8266 + uart camera vc0706)
http://www.ladyada.net/wiki/tutorials/p ... index.html

If you want a more full featured web cam check this one out:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CMOS-Hi3 ... 21486.html

It runs Linux and can be hacked. The whole build environment is in a SDK on Baidu.
That one does 720P. Pay $5 more and it will do 1080P.

USB is exposed and you can wire over to $3 USB stick. Plus it has Ethernet native.

It uses a Hisilicon Hi3518. 440Mhz ARM9 with 256MB of POP DRAM.

You need to separately order a lens with a CS mount. They start at $2 and go up to $200 if you want to spy on something five miles away.

A bit off topic, but do you have any links to more information on the Hi3518E camera?

Datasheet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2Z6F ... sp=sharing

SDK how to:
http://nemon.org/ipcam-ipr1631x/

Connectors
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1pJ7ag35