Installing the camera to the Raspberry Zero

A camera connector and a camera is required for testing our next example. One source to buy the camera and the adapter is provided here:

Name Source
Raspberry Pi Zero camera adapter https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-camera-adapter
Raspberry Pi camera https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-camera-module

 

Perform the following steps to install a camera to the Raspberry Pi Zero:

  1. The first step is interfacing the camera to the Raspberry Pi Zero. The camera adapter can be installed as shown in the following figure. Lift the connector tab and slide the camera adapter and press the connector gently:
  1. We need to enable the camera interface on the Raspberry Pi Zero. On your ...

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