James Hughes, who wrote the software for the Raspberry Pi camera module, has now completed his work on the new documentation for the camera. Hopefully, this will provide everyone with a common knowledge base to use the camera to it’s…
Category: Camera module
#RaspberryPi car camera overlaid with OBD data
Martin O’Hanlon, whose work & blog I greatly respect, has created a car dash camera with a Pi and camera module. He has now worked out how to overlay a subtitle file generated from an OBD-II feed from his car.…
#RaspberryPi timelapse photography and encoding to video
Matthew Manning of Raspberry Pi IV Beginners has done an excellent video of how to take timelapse photographs with the Raspberry Pi camera module and then convert them into a video with mencoder. Great job, Matt!
Create a camera with a #RaspberryPi camera module
Les Pounder, who wrote the excellent Raspberry Jam coverage in this month’s Linux Format, has written a straightforward tutorial for creating a push-button operated camera with camera module and it’s bendy wendy cable. Read it here
#RaspberryPi Camera module review and tutorial at TweakTown
Good, well-balanced review of the pros and cons of the camera over at TweakTown. There’s also a giveaway for those of you with camera modules already – just take a picture with it and enter the draw for a free…
Video4Linux2 driver now available for #RaspberryPi Camera module
Please note, I have not tried this myself! Foundation Forum member ‘RpiName’ has just posted an announcement of a Video4Linux2 driver for the camera board. This should open up a whole raft of possibilities. The V4L driver SHOULD expose the…
Cambridge Raspberry Jam – 20th July 2013 – My write-up! #raspberrypi #raspberryjam
Note: This is very long… Grab a coffee. It took a while to write! Around 50 Raspberry Pi enthusiasts descended on the Milton Road Science Park headquarters of Cambridge Consultants on Saturday for the 2nd 2013 Cambridge Raspberry Jam. I’d…
The Register launches a high-altitude #RaspberryPi balloon
With the help of Dave Akerman, website The Register has successfully launched and recovered a payload from a high-altitude balloon. Reaching a height of 34,571m, there was also a Pi camera module onboard which returned some great images. Read more…
New products from Pimoroni and ModMyPi for the #RaspberryPi
Just a quick round-up of some new products for the Pi. I have no affiliation to either supplier and haven’t received any review products – just doing a quick summary for those who like buying bits! Gooseneck Camera Mount First…
#RaspberryPi Camera Module review from Linux User & Developer magazine
UK-based magazine Linux User and Developer have reviewed the camera module (rating it 4/5). It’s a fair review, and is quite critical in places. Nevertheless, it’s good to see the camera getting coverage. Read the review here