Journal 5

I spent roughly 5 hours this week working on this project. I connected a button to the Pi and configured it so that I can trigger all four cameras with…

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Journal 4

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I spent 5 hours this week working on my project. After some further deliberation on the points addressed last week, I decided to buy the Arducam splitter from Amazon. I…

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Journal 3

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I spent 9 hours this week working on my project. I ordered the last Pi Zero I (hopefully) will need for this project, as well as some more screws/nutes from…

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Journal 2

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I’m really excited about the progress I made this week. The cameras I’m using have two screws in the back that hold the lens in place. These screw protrude about…

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Journal One

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This project has evolved considerably since I last posted, and since I wrote my first proposal. There will be 4 wide angle Pi cameras, each connected to a Pi Zero.…

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Pi Zero Power Requirements

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The Pi Zero can be powered via its USB port, allowing you to power it and communicate with it over the same wire. One potentially useful application of this is…

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Capstone Proposal

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bock_capstone_proposal capstone-proposal-budget   ABSTRACT The aim of this project is to build an omnidirectional camera capable of recording spherical footage. This Raspberry Pi based system will be used to take…

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Zero360

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I came across an interesting project called Zero360, which looks very similar to what I'd like to create. While I hope my project will involve a wider viewing experience vertically,…

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Pi Zero

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The Pi Zero is an awesome little Pi. It uses a smaller camera connector than the other Pis, so you need the Zero camera cable. Frustratingly, this costs more than…

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