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Pi3 accessories

Ben Coman
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 2:47 AM, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> On 08-06-2016, at 9:30 PM, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>> I’ll post my initial setup script tomorrow sometime.
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> Try out this as a general setup -
> using ‘raspi-config’, set your locale/tz/etc, as well as setting a host name, enabling ssh and i2c and SPI interfaces. And the camera if you bought one. Which you should, since taking selfies with Scratch is cool.

Can you recommend a camera for Pi3.  The one I got turned out only Pi2
compatible.
cheers -ben

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timrowledge

> On 09-06-2016, at 4:55 PM, Ben Coman <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 2:47 AM, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote:
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>>> On 08-06-2016, at 9:30 PM, tim Rowledge <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I’ll post my initial setup script tomorrow sometime.
>>
>> Try out this as a general setup -
>> using ‘raspi-config’, set your locale/tz/etc, as well as setting a host name, enabling ssh and i2c and SPI interfaces. And the camera if you bought one. Which you should, since taking selfies with Scratch is cool.
>
> Can you recommend a camera for Pi3.  The one I got turned out only Pi2
> compatible.

Any of the official modules would do nicely. There’s the original 5Mp unit in normal or no-IR filter form ,or the new 8Mp unit likewise.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/camera-module-v2/
https://www.adafruit.com/products/3099

I have no experience with any other camera units.

tim
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