Raspberry pi display and camera connectors.
Raspberry pi camera ribbon cable direction.
On the pi camera end of the cable wide the stiffener should be inserted facing away from the camera side of the board.
The camera board attaches to the raspberry pi via a 15 way ribbon cable.
If in doubt just make sure.
There are lots of accessories and add ons available for the raspberry pi but the raspberry pi camera module has the rare status of being an official product from the raspberry pi foundation so here you see how to connect it.
This uses a ribbon cable to connect the gpio connector to solderless breadboard where you can add your own components.
There are only two connections to make.
Start by placing the screen face down with the header pins on the display circuit board facing towards you and the ribbon cable connector to the right.
In this video i demonstrate how to connect the raspberry pi camera module to the raspberry pi.
Install the raspberry pi camera module by inserting the cable into the raspberry pi camera port.
Also the zero end of the cable narrow should be inserted so that the stiffener the thin piece of plastic on the side of the cable opposite the bare contacts is inserted facing the top component side of the zero.
It is best to leave the protective film on the display and to place the display onto the bubble wrap.
Unfortunately the included cable is quite fragile and can break if twisted or bent too far.
This is the first in a series of videos that demonstrate how.
A popular way to actually make the connections to the raspberry pi is to use a pi cobbler plus or a pi t cobbler breakout for older 26 pin versions.
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On the camera pcb the blue backing on the cable should face away.
The camera module is a small circuit board with a strip of ribbon cable that plugs directly into the raspberry pi board.
The cable slots into the connector situated between the usb and micro hdmi ports with the silver connectors facing the micro hdmi ports.
The ribbon cable needs to be attached to the camera pcb and to the raspberry pi itself.
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Don t worry though not all is lost if that cable does happen to break.
They are installed and work in the same way.
The standard camera module is green.
