His solution makes it extra cheap by using so-called passive PoE, which injects a voltage onto the conductors of the network cable being used for PoE, without bothering with any kind of handshake.

we’ll have used power over Ethernet, or PoE, to power devices such as webcams. Buy a PoE router or switch, plug in a cable, and away you go! But what lies behind PoE, and how does it work?

See one power-over-Ethernet product and you’ve seen ‘em all, right? Not quite. Here is a Tycon Passive PoE injector teardown.

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PoE stands for “power over ethernet,” meaning the cameras draw power directly from the NVR over Ethernet cables. Or, if you want, you can connect cameras to a DC power source and record ...

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