Not an issue but a Request for information

[gjchester]

Hi,

Its a few years since this was created, and I need to look into a people counter for a Beer Festival. We have a site in mind that will allow us to channel people in and out so its almost like the Watershed stairs (if a little wider). We tried a IR break beam solution this year and as its in a tent the light levels wrecked the readings as it was blinded at times in the sunshine, so I'm looking at this for next year event, so I have plenty of set up time...

I've got a few old PI's sat around of various models at home, is there any "sweet spot" for which one I use? I want to keep it as self contained as possible an connect via Wifi/SSH to review numbers, but I can probably also set it to sent to a remote server. Does that have a bearing on what version of Pi to use.

I also have a few USB camera of varying resolution and a Pi Camera, again dont mind what I use but want one that works reliably and is not a pain to set up.

I don't yet have a Pi4, but if the project benefits from the extra horsepower, I'll buy one, however before I spend anything I thought I'd ask. I didn't see any recommended levels of hardware in the readme's or what the project was originally built on, I know it says what it was tested on but that not the same as replicating it on known to work hardware. The OS is also stated as Jessie but times have moved on and Jessie is no longer current.

Thanks in advance..