Internship← Raspberry Pi learning pathRaspberry Pi · Module 6 of 10
Camera and computer vision
Use the camera for photos, video and AI.
📖 Key ideas
- Connect Camera Module via the CSI ribbon cable.
- rpicam-still and rpicam-vid capture images/video.
- picamera2 controls the camera in Python.
- OpenCV processes images: faces, colours, motion.
- AI accelerators (Pi AI Kit/Camera) speed up object detection.
💡 Real-life example: The camera turns the Pi into an eye; OpenCV gives it understanding.
Camera ModuleOfficial Pi camera
CSICamera Serial Interface
OpenCVComputer vision library
AI acceleratorHardware speeding AI inference