Install Raspberry Pi Camera - How to do it

You want to equip your Raspberry Pi with a camera and corresponding functions to use it as a surveillance camera or spy cam? Then you can do it within a few minutes, because the installation is simple and fast.

By following a few steps, you can install the camera module and thus set up the camera according to the desired parameters.

How to install the camera on your Raspberry Pi

1. The first thing you need to do is to purchase the camera module. The price from Amazon for the model with 5-megapixel sensor as well as infrared filter is 25 euros and is best suited for recording photographs as well as videos.
2. Lay out the equipment next to your Raspberry Pi.
3. It is important that the blue end side of the camera cable must point directly to the network port.
4. The camera is connected to the CSI interface. To do this, lift the two sides of the CSI connector, plug the cable in, and then push the sides back down.
5. Then proceed to set up the camera by opening the terminal and running the command "sudo raspi-config".
6. Thereupon the Software Configuration Tool opens and you have to select and confirm the entry "Enable Camera".
7. After another confirmation with "Enable", please restart your Raspberry Pi.

What you should pay attention

If you use the camera on the Raspberry Pi to monitor a room, then you should make sure that the rights to the image are preserved. If in doubt, you need to let them know that you are being recorded. Especially if you are storing the files for a longer period of time.