Raspberry Pi Zero Gets A Camera Connector - All You Want To Know
It's time to rejoice for IoT enthusiasts as Raspberry Pi Zero now comes with a built-in camera connector. The news hit the stands when Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton officially announced it on the #-Link-Snipped-#.
The affordable Raspberry Pi Zero, which features 1GHz ARM11 core, 512 MB RAM, microSD slot, mini HDMI and micro-USB sockets, 40 pins and runs Raspbian, all on a tiny 65mm x 30mm x 5mm board, had a price tag of just 5 dollars and was launched on 26th of November 2015. Ever since it was released, it was well received by robotics and IoT enthusiasts and gained huge popularity for its hardware specs and cheap rate. The device received overwhelming response from consumers to such an extent that it had to compete with Raspberry Pi 3 for the factory space!
The affordable Raspberry Pi Zero, which features 1GHz ARM11 core, 512 MB RAM, microSD slot, mini HDMI and micro-USB sockets, 40 pins and runs Raspbian, all on a tiny 65mm x 30mm x 5mm board, had a price tag of just 5 dollars and was launched on 26th of November 2015. Ever since it was released, it was well received by robotics and IoT enthusiasts and gained huge popularity for its hardware specs and cheap rate. The device received overwhelming response from consumers to such an extent that it had to compete with Raspberry Pi 3 for the factory space!
However many project makers and tinkerers who were keen to play with different features and explore possibilities with the small chip felt the need of one functionality – a camera connector for the Zero. This is reportedly one of the most frequently demanded 'missing' feature, according to Eben Upton.
This is no more the case since Raspberry Pi have made tweaks to fit in the required connector onto the board. Eben posted that the same fine-pitch FPC connector used on the Compute Module Development Kit just fits onto the right hand side of the board. The surface components have been shifted a bit to the left and LEDs have been rotated to make some free real estate on the tiny board. The team is offering a custom 6 inch cable, which converts the conventional fine-pitch to coarser pitch connector format used by the cam board.
Raspberry Pi Zero and all the required components can be purchased from its official partners and sites like Adafruit and The Pi Hut. There are a numerous DIY projects one can look forward to develop over these boards. With the added goodness of camera, one can design home security systems or use the image recognition APIs and Windows IOT Core, open sourced by Microsoft. Meanwhile the Pi team will be launching a High Altitude Balloon (HAB) with a Zero and camera module.
To know more about the Raspberry Pi Zero, Pick Up A Raspberry Pi Zero For $5 And Begin Tinkering
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