How to Connect Raspberry Pi Camera Module?

How to Connect Raspberry Pi Camera Module?: There are various generations of Raspberry Pi models which have been released so far. It is considered as the multi-purpose device and being used for a variety of purposes. In this article, we have given the steps to connect your Raspberry Pi to your Camera. It converts your Raspberry Pi into a digital camera, in which you can take pictures and videos easily. We also have given the steps to use the Camera on your Raspberry Pi.

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How to Connect Raspberry Pi Camera?

Just follow the steps given below, to know how to connect your camera to the Raspberry Pi.

Step 1: Open up the Raspberry Pi Camera Module. Be aware the static electricity can easily damage the camera. Before detaching the camera from its grey anti-static bag, make sure that you have discharged yourself by touching the earthed object (Eg PC Chassis or Radiator).

Step 2: Then install the Raspberry Pi Camera module by attaching a cable into the Raspberry Pi. The cable slots into a connector situated between the Ethernet and HDMI ports, with a silver connectors facing HDMI port.

Step 3: Now boot up your Raspberry Pi.

Step 4: From the prompt, run “sudo raspi-config“. If the “camera” option is not listed, you have to run a few commands to update the Raspberry Pi. Run “sudo apt-get update“ and “sudo apt-get upgrade”

Step 5: Run “sudo raspi-config“ again, Now you can the “camera” option.

Step 6: Navigate to the “camera” option, and enable it. Just select “Finish” and then reboot your Raspberry Pi.

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How to Take Photos With Your Raspberry Pi Camera Module?

The following steps describe how to take photos with your Raspberry Pi Camera Module.

Step 1: “raspistill“ is the command line application, which allows you to capture the images with your camera module.

Step 2: To capture the image in jpeg format, type “raspistill -o image.jpg“ on prompt, where “image” is the name of your image

How to Record a Video With Your Raspberry Pi Camera Module?

The following steps describe how to record a 10-second video with your Raspberry Pi Camera Module.

Step 1: “raspivid“ is the command line application which allows you to capture the video with your camera module. Below is an example of this command in use.

Step 2: To capture a 10-second video with the Raspberry Pi camera module, run “raspivid -o video.h264 -t 10000“ at the prompt, here “video” is the name of the video and “10000” is a number of milliseconds.

These are the ways to connect Raspberry Pi Camera Module. Thank you for reading this post.

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