What is a PI
Jul 16, 2021 21:09:35 #
scallihan
Loc: Tigard, OR
I saw an ad recently for Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera, 12.3MP IMX477 Sensor, Supports C / CS Lenses and looked it up. Weird thing. What is it's application?
Jul 16, 2021 21:27:47 #
Jul 16, 2021 21:28:16 #
Jul 16, 2021 22:37:39 #
scallihan
Loc: Tigard, OR
In the ad I saw, it was presented as a camera to which one attaches lenses, but it just looks like a complicated motherboard.
Jul 16, 2021 22:44:10 #
scallihan wrote:
In the ad I saw, it was presented as a camera to which one attaches lenses, but it just looks like a complicated motherboard.
What looks like a complicated motherboard?
The camera kit or the computer???
Ever have small electronics kits?
Breadboards - usually NEVER in a fancy-dancy case.
The camera is probably on the board.
Jul 16, 2021 22:47:43 #
Longshadow wrote:
The camera can be found under Hardware.
Jul 16, 2021 22:59:16 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
The camera can be found under Hardware.
Two questions?
I was answering what is a PI.
What I thought was the primary question.
Jul 16, 2021 23:11:04 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
scallihan wrote:
I saw an ad recently for Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera, 12.3MP IMX477 Sensor, Supports C / CS Lenses and looked it up. Weird thing. What is it's application?
Raspberry components and systems are typically used in scientific and engineering applications...typically robotics and the like. They allow a consistent control and data interface for control and data. I would expect that a camera like this would likely be used to impart vision to a robot or to support easy application of machine vision..
Applications range from hobbyists to education to industrial prototyping to research.
Jul 16, 2021 23:47:24 #
Longshadow wrote:
Two questions?
I was answering what is a PI.
What I thought was the primary question.
I was answering what is a PI.
What I thought was the primary question.
The OP was asking about the camera. I thought he might not see it under hardware.
Jul 17, 2021 00:41:12 #
scallihan
Loc: Tigard, OR
If someone could just explain what this is/does instead of sending links, I would appreciate it. Please do not respond with guesses and supposition.
Jul 17, 2021 06:58:12 #
scallihan wrote:
If someone could just explain what this is/does ...
From amazon:
Applications: CCTV security camera, motion detection, time lapse photography
Also: as a door bell camera that works with Alexa
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Jul 17, 2021 07:00:40 #
RLSprouse
Loc: Encinitas CA (near Sandy Eggo)
The description seems pretty clear to me. It is a camera module designed to attach to a Raspberry Pi, which is a microcomputer on a board. The camera data is received by the "RasPi" as we sometimes call them, and can then be manipulated, saved to disk or flash memory, etc.
~ Russ.
~ Russ.
Jul 17, 2021 07:21:01 #
This is a 12 mp sensor mounted on a circuit board which has contacts that match up with the connections on a standard Raspberry Pi single-board computer.
To use this as a camera, you would need to add a C mount lens ( common mount for movie camera lenses, the RaspberryPi computer, a monitor, a key board, (or switches to use as shutter release, exposure adjustment, or other camera controls) and appropriate software, which is usually available for free at forums for RaspberryPi users. Add a case or build it into a box for portable use.
If you want to build your own camera, this is a component for your DIY build.
Items like this are frequently used to add vision to robot projects, rather than still or video photos—but photography is certainly possible with them.
To use this as a camera, you would need to add a C mount lens ( common mount for movie camera lenses, the RaspberryPi computer, a monitor, a key board, (or switches to use as shutter release, exposure adjustment, or other camera controls) and appropriate software, which is usually available for free at forums for RaspberryPi users. Add a case or build it into a box for portable use.
If you want to build your own camera, this is a component for your DIY build.
Items like this are frequently used to add vision to robot projects, rather than still or video photos—but photography is certainly possible with them.
Jul 17, 2021 08:30:10 #
scallihan wrote:
If someone could just explain what this is/does instead of sending links, I would appreciate it. Please do not respond with guesses and supposition.
I use this kind of cameras for work.
They are intended for computer vision applications like people counting, vehicle tracking, quality control etc.
The main idea is that you develop the software often based on open source libraries available at GitHub and so on.
Jul 17, 2021 08:36:35 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
The OP was asking about the camera. I thought he might not see it under hardware.
As the secondary question???
Title was "What is a PI".
THAT's the one I answered.
But I suppose I read the question wrong. I didn't think "PI" by itself was the camera, I thought it was the computer.
Thanks for correcting my misunderstanding.
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