Raspberry Pi Camera Module, Menus and Python Breadboard Instructions.

You have a Raspberry Pi, a camera module, some wires and a breadboard. This instructable will help you get started with it.

You will need the following:

• Raspberry Pi
• Camera Module
• Monitor or any sort and input method of any sort (keyboard/mouse)
• GPIO extensions board
• My Python code (Check supporting file)
• Wires
• 3 Push Buttons
• AND, OR and NOT logic gates
• DIP switch
• 3 10K resistors
• 4 1k Resistors
• 2 Breadboards (not required if you know how to make things work)
• 4 LEDS (not required)

The first step is to set up the Raspberry Pi and make sure the camera module works. Following the first few steps of this website will help:

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/getting-started-with-picamera

We will look at only the above breadboard for now.

The first step is to Connect the GPIO extension board to a breadboard and the Raspberry Pi. You would need to wire according to the numbers written on the extension board. Power the breadboard by connecting the 5v and the ground pin on the top right of the extension board to the breadboard.

Now, put 3 push buttons and 3 LEDs on the breadboard. Power the breadboard and ground the LEDs with 1k resistors. Now wire the components to the GPIO extension boards accordingly:

LEDs to GPIO 25, 12 and 16 from right to left.

"Up" pushbutton to GPIO 13.

"Down" pushbutton to GPIO 26.

"Yes" pushbutton to GPIO 17.

Now, for the second breadboard.

You can wire the logic gate accordingly and make one on your own. But you would need to wire the output and the switch as follows:

Output to GPIO 22.

DIP Pin 1 to GPIO 24.

DIP Pin 2 to GPIO 23.

DIP Pin 3 to GPIO 18.

Don't forget to power the logic gates, you can wire the logic gate according to the equation in the supporting file.

Make sure that you can access the camera with Python. Then, install the following .py file into your Raspberry Pi. Start in any python compiler and run it.

The Python code is built around customizability, where you can add more stuff to do by making a function and linking it to the menu. It is recommended to play around and see what you can do and what you cannot do with this camera.