Raspberry camera user manual
1. Raspberry basics operating
1)Download the Raspbian system image in the raspberry website
([Link]
2)Use the [Link] software to format the SD card.
Note: TF card capacity is not less than 4GB. This operation must be accompanied by
TF card reader, the user needs to buy another.
3)open [Link] software, select the system to prepare the previous
image, click write programming system image. As the following picture:
2. Configure the camera
2.1. Hardware connection
Please plug the camera's cable into cable slot which between the network port and
HDMI port, and silver bright face toward the HDMI port.
The specific operation is as follows:
1)Firstly you should open the cable slot’s buttons which on the raspberry board, and
then you could insert the cable.
2)The cable needs to be tightly inserted into the cable slot, and please do not bend the
cable.
3)After the cable is inserted, you need to re-fasten cable slot’s buttons.
2.2How to use the camera
1)Enter the Raspbian system terminal, execute the following statement to obtain the
system update:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
2)Use raspi-config to configure the camera. Executethe following statement:
udo raspi-config
Then move the cursor to the “Camera” and press Enter. As the following picture:
3)“Enable support for Raspberry Pi camera?”
Please select：“Enable”
4) Restart the system:
“Would you like to reboot now?”
Please select：“Yes”
2.3. Taking pictures and video
When finish configuring the camera and connect the camera, you could taking
pictures and video as long as power the raspberry.
The specific operation is as follows:
1)Taking picture, please execute the following statement:
raspistill -o [Link]
2)Taking video, please execute the following statement:
raspivid-o video.h264 -t 10000
“-t 10000” means that record 10 seconds, you can adjust it according to your
requirement.
3. Reference materials
Camera library file please refer to:
Shell (Linux command line)
Python
Otherwise, you can visit the following websites for more detailed camera instructions:
[Link]
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