DIY with Raspberry Pi Camera Kit

Components Required:

1. Raspberry Pi 3 B+
2. SD Card
3. Micro USB Cable with Adapter
4. Monitor with HDMI cable
5. Mouse and Keyboard
6. Raspberry Pi Camera

Step 1: Connect Camera to Raspberry PI

Remove the protective covering from camera lens. Insert the cable in the camera port (the contact side should face HDMI interface)

Step 2: Enable Camera Interface and reboot

1. Open terminal and type the command raspi-config

2. Select Interfacing options

3. Select Camera

4. Select Finish and it will ask to reboot now. Select yes.

Step 3: Capture an image

Once the camera is enabled, we are ready to capture an image.
To capture a still image open terminal and type the command
raspistill –t 2000  -o image.jpg

Here “raspistill” is a command that captures an image, the parameter “-o” specifies the filename of image.

Step 4: Record a video

To record a video open terminal and type the command
raspivid -o video.h264 -t 10000

Here raspivid is a command that records a video, the parameter “-o” specifies the filename of video and the parameter “-t” specifies the duration of video (in milliseconds).

For example, this command will record a 10 second video and save it as video.h264.

Author: Nakul Garg