====== Pi Camera Board ======

First of all, we'll have to connect the camera ribbon to the Pi's camera port, refer to the official [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/camera/README.md|Raspberry Pi website article]] explaining how to:
  * Physically connect it
  * Enable it using ''sudo raspi-config''
  * Use the camera via [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/camera/raspicam/README.md|a shell]] or [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/camera/python/README.md|using python]]

===== Activating the Camera =====

On **Raspbian** you could use the ''raspi-config'' command to activate the camera.
If using another distribution (like [[:os:minibian|Minibian]] you might have to manually edit ''/boot/config.txt'' to have the following lines:

<Code:bash>
> nano /boot/config.txt
</Code>
<Code:bash |/boot/config.txt>
gpu_mem=128
start_x=1
</Code>

The reboot the Pi, and test that the camera is accessible with:
<Code:bash |Test capture:>
> raspistill -o cam.jpg
</Code>
===== PiCamera =====

There are a couple of python libraries available for the Pi Camera, the applications hereunder are real-life usage samples of the [[http://picamera.readthedocs.io|picamera library]]:

To make picamera available **for all users** on the system:
<Code:bash>
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install python-picamera
[> sudo apt-get install python3-picamera]
</Code>
to remove your installation:
<Code:bash>
> sudo apt-get remove python-picamera
[> sudo apt-get remove python3-picamera]
</Code>

To install picamera in a **Virtualenv**:
<Code:bash>
> sudo apt-get install python-pip python-virtualenv
> virtualenv sandbox
[> virtualenv -p python3 sandbox]
> source sandbox/bin/activate
(sandbox) $ pip install picamera
[(sandbox) $ pip-3.2 install picamera]
</Code>

More about [[http://picamera.readthedocs.io/en/release-1.10/install2.html#virtualenv-installation|upgrading, removing picamera from a virtualenv]].
===== Applications =====

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|  [[peripherals:camera:timelapse|Timelapse]]  |