Before you can use the camera you ll need to tell raspberry pi it has one connected.
Raspberry pi camera cable connection.
The camera and the pi board have similar sockets for the cable.
You can buy the cable separately or get it with the official pi zero case.
There are only two connections to make.
Enable the camera connect the power supply back to raspberry pi and let it load raspbian.
The cable slots into the connector situated between the usb and micro hdmi ports with the silver connectors facing the micro hdmi ports.
They are installed and work in the same way.
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The pi zero w camera socket uses a different width of cable to the main raspberry pi boards.
The hq camera is supplied with a standard 20 cm ribbon cable for connection to raspberry pi.
The camera board attaches to the raspberry pi via a 15 way ribbon cable.
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The ribbon cable needs to be attached to the camera pcb and to the raspberry pi itself.
In this video i demonstrate how to connect the raspberry pi camera module to the raspberry pi.
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This is the first in a series of videos that demonstrate how.
Get it as soon as wed sep 23.
Connecting the camera on a pi zero w.
If in doubt just make sure.
However longer camera cables are available from the usual online retailers.
Install the raspberry pi camera module by inserting the cable into the raspberry pi camera port.