Background to Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi is a small computer that can perform many of the same tasks as our computers at home. The device can be plugged into a monitor and controlled with a keyboard and mouse to be used as a fully functioning computer. It is low-cost, modular, and high performing, originally developed for teaching purposes for computer science students but growing into much more.

Learn more about Raspberry Pi at these links below:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi
  2. https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-tutorials/the-raspberry-pi-tutorial-beginners-guide
  3. https://www.edureka.co/blog/raspberry-pi-tutorial/

Installing the camera

You have been supplied with a Pi camera module. The following animation (from the offical raspberry pi website) shows how to connect it.

https://projects-static.raspberrypi.org/projects/getting-started-with-picamera/7ab130979e77e11eb977625713823e41ebe1ae64/en/images/connect-camera.gif

Installing the SenseHat

https://projects-static.raspberrypi.org/projects/rpi-sensehat-attach/30c0dd9046c8a53d14eed6116f66feef5b31cada/en/images/sensehat-parts.png

https://projects-static.raspberrypi.org/projects/rpi-sensehat-attach/30c0dd9046c8a53d14eed6116f66feef5b31cada/en/images/animated_sense_hat.gif

Important!

Route the camera cable under the sense hat.

Do not use the cable slot in the sense piece. The cable should stay between the pi and sense hat poking out of the bottom.

Follow the assembly as followed in the pictures below

The wrong way to install the camera The right way to install the camera

Mounting the camera

SA’s - help!!