--- title: Novelty Camera To USB Camera | daily.dev description: A hacker named Holofermes built a patch suite for the Godox C100 novelty camera that converts it into a USB webcam and adds a Pi Zero dock. The patches sit on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/novelty-camera-to-usb-camera-vdapm5lat twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Novelty Camera To USB Camera | daily.dev og:description: A hacker named Holofermes built a patch suite for the Godox C100 novelty camera that converts it into a USB webcam and adds a Pi Zero dock. The patches sit on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/novelty-camera-to-usb-camera-vdapm5lat og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VDapM5LAt.png og:image:alt: Novelty Camera To USB Camera og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Novelty Camera To USB Camera **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hacker named Holofermes built a patch suite for the Godox C100 novelty camera that converts it into a USB webcam and adds a Pi Zero dock. The patches sit on top of the stock firmware, so while installed the device works only as a USB drive and webcam; restoring the original firmware requires reflashing. The C100 runs FreeRTOS on an Arm chip with 16 megabytes of memory and has a 1920x1080 sensor, sharper than the upscaled VGA found in many similar toy cameras. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can the Godox C100 novelty camera be turned into a USB webcam? Yes, a firmware patch suite built by a hacker named Holofermes converts the Godox C100 into a USB webcam and adds a Raspberry Pi Zero dock. The patches layer on top of the stock firmware; while installed, the camera works only as a USB drive and webcam, and restoring original camera function requires reflashing the stock firmware. _Camera modders comparing hackable hardware platforms can follow projects like this on daily.dev._ ### What hardware is inside the Godox C100 novelty camera? The Godox C100 runs FreeRTOS on an Arm-based chip with 16 megabytes of memory, paired with a 1920x1080 pixel image sensor. That resolution is notably higher than the upscaled VGA sensors found in many similar cheap novelty cameras, making the C100 unusually appealing for hardware hacking. _Hobbyists picking apart cheap hardware for hacking potential can track finds like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Optocam Zero is a Raspberry Pi Zero camera you can make with store-bought parts](https://daily.dev/posts/the-optocam-zero-is-a-raspberry-pi-zero-camera-you-can-make-with-store-bought-parts-draxmb2bo) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W -based DIY digital camera](https://daily.dev/posts/a-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w--based-diy-digital-camera-j51affzqy) · CNX Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Surprising Hackability Of A Knock-Off Chinese Toy Camera](https://daily.dev/posts/the-surprising-hackability-of-a-knock-off-chinese-toy-camera-7jp5xlw8d) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This open-source camera turns your Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W into an 80s-styled delight](https://daily.dev/posts/this-open-source-camera-turns-your-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-into-an-80s-styled-delight-ynbo1ygov) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A modular USB, HDMI, and Ethernet camera system \(Crowdfunding\)](https://daily.dev/posts/a-modular-usb-hdmi-and-ethernet-camera-system-crowdfunding--wysynkmun) · CNX Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#raspberry-pi](https://daily.dev/tags/raspberry-pi), [#firmware](https://daily.dev/tags/firmware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/novelty-camera-to-usb-camera-vdapm5lat) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Novelty Camera To USB Camera","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/novelty-camera-to-usb-camera-vdapm5lat","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/novelty-camera-to-usb-camera-vdapm5lat"},"datePublished":"2026-10-31T05:10:31.363Z","dateModified":"2026-10-31T05:10:53.573Z","description":"A hacker named Holofermes built a patch suite for the Godox C100 novelty camera that converts it into a USB webcam and adds a Pi Zero dock. 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