Camera - Prepare Instructions for Connection

mlivai commented 1 year ago

(0.5 hr) Prepare instructions (including schematic, photo, screenshots) showing:

mlivai commented 1 year ago

General Instructions:

Locate the camera port located between the PWR USB and GPIO pins.
Take note of the black plastic connector. Pull the plastic connector edges on the camera port up.
Insert the camera ribbon into the HDMI port with the silver connectors facing the HDMI port. Make sure to not bend the flex ribbon cable.
Make sure the camera ribbon is firmly inserted into the port and push the plastic connector back into its original position.
Enable the camera by opening the Terminal on the pi.
Run the following on the Terminal: sudo raspi-config This will take you to Raspberry Pi Configuration Tool.
Select "Interface Options".
Select "Legacy Camera".
Once you are taken to a page with "Would you like to enable legacy camera support?", select "Yes".
Once you are taken to a page with "Legacy camera support is enabled", select "Ok".
Select "Finish".
Once you are taken to a page with "Would you like to reboot now?", select "Yes".
Confirm the camera is connected by running the following on the Terminal: vcgencmd get_camera
The output should be: supported=1 detected=1