Connecting to Pi Camera by Picam in Python

Instrument Card

The v2 Camera Module has a Sony IMX219 8-megapixel sensor (compared to the 5-megapixel OmniVision OV5647 sensor of the original camera).

Device Specification: here

Manufacturer card: PICAM

Raspberry Pi is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in association with Broadcom

• Headquarters: UK
• Yearly Revenue (millions, USD): 44
• Vendor Website: here

Connect to the Pi Camera in Python

Read our guide for turning Python scripts into Flojoy nodes.

Flojoy

PROTOCOLS > SCPI

📄 IDN

Query a device's identity through the universal *IDN? SCPI command.

📄 MEASURE VOLTAGE

Query an instrument's measured output voltage, such as a DMM or power supply.

📄 SCPI WRITE

Write a SCPI command to a connected bench-top instrument and return the result.

Instrumental

To use Instrumental to connect to a Pi Camera, you can follow these steps:

1. Import the necessary modules:

from instrumental import instrument, list_instruments

2. List the available instruments:

instruments = list_instruments()
print(instruments)

3. Connect to a Pi Camera:

camera = instrument(instruments[0])

4. Use the camera to capture an image:

image = camera.grab_image()

5. Display the captured image:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.imshow(image)
plt.show()

Note: Make sure you have the necessary dependencies installed, such as numpy, matplotlib, and picamera.