The InsReve Camera Module is a custom designed add-on for Raspberry Pi. It attaches to Raspberry Pi by way of one of the two small sockets on the board upper surface. This interface uses the dedicated CSI interface, which was designed especially for interfacing to cameras. The CSI bus is capable of extremely high data rates, and it exclusively carries pixel data. Raspberry Pi is NOT INCLUDED. The board itself is tiny, at around 25mm x 20mm x 9mm. It also weighs just over 3g, making it perfect for mobile or other applications where size and weight are important. It connects to Raspberry Pi by way of a short ribbon cable. The camera is connected to the BCM2835 processor on the Pi via the CSI bus, a higher bandwidth link which carries pixel data from the camera back to the processor. This bus travels along the ribbon cable that attaches the camera board to the Pi. The sensor itself has a native resolution of 5 megapixel, and has a fixed focus lens onboard. In terms of still images, the camera is capable of 2592 x 1944 pixel static images, and also supports 1080p30, 720p60 and 640x480p60/90 video. The camera is supported in the latest version of Raspbian, Raspberry Pi's preferred operating system. Package Includes: 1 x InsReve Camera Module Board 5MP Webcam Video 1080p 720p for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Pi 2 and Pi ZERO Notice : Raspberry Pi and Raspberry pi zero are NOT included.
R**E
Not very practical for the price and complexities
3 stars down the line. I thought these would be great to use for a low profile night vision security camera, but they don't work well outside of a few specific situations, and the IR lamps glow red and are very visible to the human eye. The night vision works really well within a confined space, which is great for things like doorways, hallways, most rooms, etc. But when you get more than 10ft away from it, the picture quality drops hard.All in all this is really more for a hobbiest than for home security or anything stealthy, it just isn't practical, and the Raspberry Pi system doesn't make it user friendly or cost effective for the quality. For most practical purposes, I'd rather just get an older 720p IR security cameras and make due. You can get them on sale for cheap.TBH, these would probably work best in a zoo setting, where you needed a wireless night vision watching an animal in a small enclosure or house, and you need to keep tabs on its health, behavior, or offspring. Because having something big and bulky, with a bunch of wires can be very difficult to work with over a pi camera hooked up to a Pi Zero W that feeds a video signal wirelessly to another computer. So I might use them for that. But who knows.
J**I
Camera works fine
Works so far. It's the 5MP camera, so not the newer one, but for CV or security recording it works fine. It doesn't come with the focus adjustment tool, but you can use the same one from the official Pi camera. The cable for the Zero is a little thin, but I think that might be required from the mechanical design of the Zero's camera connector.
J**Z
Perfect 3D printer pi cam night vision setup
It works like it should. the camera focus works very well mounted on a moving bed the image stays focused and sharp. It is only a 5 mp but works better than the standard v2 pi camera in my printer. For the price and quality you get the most bang for your buck
C**N
Nice video quality.
Only beef is that their ribbon cable socket is just a hair bigger than others, making it not fit in some cases that have retainer tabs that are very close to the width of the tensioner. Great picture, fast response, decent CCD, from the look of it.
J**Y
Five Stars
Works as expected but there were no instructions with it, google it.
D**T
Four Stars
works.
/**L
Good cam
Works great. Streaming might be a bit 'laggy' Nice that the LED is configurable, and comes with a PI and a PiZero cable
E**B
and he is completely satisfied.
My son bought for his 3D printer, and he is completely satisfied.
Trustpilot
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