I’ve been using the pi zero w kit from Sparkfun but I cannot get the camera to work. my goal is to have a camera for my Rc rover. I use Arduino for the rest of my robot, but I need pi for a camera.
I would prefer to have it connect over Wi-Fi to my tablet or computer.
You need a Raspberry pi camera V2. Are you already using that?
Im using a Sparkfun camera that is not pi branded, but it said it would work with my board.
Sparkfun doesn’t make any cameras. What camera are you using?
Share the link of your product please.
Do you have the cable installed correctly? The contacts on the cable should face the top of the camera (where the lens is) and the contacts on the Pi side should face up. You do need the correct cable for the Pi zero, the cable that comes with the Arducam is for a regular Pi.
EDIT
TS-Russell is correct about the placement of the cable in the connector on the Pi side. The contacts on the cable should face the bottom side of the Pi.
it came with both the normal pi cable and pi zero cable.
Also ensure you have the interface enabled
Share a photo of your camera’s cabling/insertions
I have the interface enabled and the camera did not come with cabling instructions but it is the same as the pi camera.
Maybe try this step toward the end?
Also, you are rebooting, right?
I can’t see the connections in that photo (fuzzy buit appears correct?), but I would just say triple-check that the cable is fully seated (re-seat both ends) and oriented to match the cam & Pi’s pins (Pi zero W pins are facing the board)
" Pull up the camera clip on the Pi Zero. Insert the narrower end of the camera cable with the exposed metal connectors facing the underside of the Pi Zero. Push the clip down to secure the cable.
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Yea I did that. I’m trying to boot up motioneyeos because I’m trying to have a camera sperate from my robot circuit but still on my robot. My PC keeps formatting the drive after I burn onto it for some reason. But beyond that I just need to test it after my PC updates which takes hours.