To open the port use two fingers and lift the ends up slightly.
Raspberry pi camera cable orientation.
What you will need.
Find the camera port on the raspberry pi between the hdmi and jack port.
Install the raspberry pi camera module by inserting the cable into the raspberry pi camera port.
The standard camera module is green.
On the original raspberry pi b it is between the ethernet port and the hdmi port.
Capture images v.
The pi zero w camera socket uses a different width of cable to the main raspberry pi boards.
The cable slots into the connector situated between the usb and micro hdmi ports with the silver connectors facing the micro hdmi ports.
To do so we pull the black connector downwards as shown in the picture below.
They are installed and work in the same way.
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There are only two connections to make.
You need to get the cable the right way round or the camera will not work.
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Connecting the camera on a pi zero w.
The camera module comes with a flex cable that will not fit into the csi camera connector on the raspberry pi zero w.
The ribbon cable needs to be attached to the camera pcb and to the raspberry pi itself.
Connect camera module step 2.
On the raspberry pi b 2 and 3 the camera port is between the audio port and the hdmi port.
This is actually longer than i need but it works.
Hence we will need to remove the flex cable from the camera module.
The camera and the pi board have similar sockets for the cable.
The camera board attaches to the raspberry pi via a 15 way ribbon cable.
Open the camera port on the raspberry pi.
The camera installation on the raspberry pi is straightforward once you find the port location.
Enable camera interface step 3.
If in doubt just make sure.
Removing the original flex cable from the raspberry pi camera module.
Once everything is ok you can stop the raspberry pi to install the camera sudo shutdown h now.
The cable that comes with the raspberry pi camera is shorter than i needed.
Interfacing camera module with raspberry pi4 is three steps process.
One thing i didn t realize was that the socket on the raspberry pi 3b has a lift up clamp that then needs to be pushed back down to lock the cable in place.
On the camera pcb the blue backing on the cable should face away.
