• Assembly Instructions
  • Step 1: Gather the Parts and Tools
  • Step 2: Attach the Camera to the Mount
  • Step 3: Wire it up
  • Step 4: Mount Everything to the Z-Axis

The camera is not a typical FarmBot tool in the sense that it does not mount onto the universal tool mount and it is not stored in the tool bay. Instead, it remains fixed in place on the z-axis next to the UTM and can be used at any time, even when other tools are mounted.

The camera itself is the v2 Raspberry Pi Camera. It is connected directly to the raspberry pi and can take photos for weed detection, time lapse photography of your plants growing, and video for live streaming what is happening at the UTM.

Simulation of weed detection software

Idea for how you could use the camera to make time lapses of your plants growing

Assembly Instructions

Step 1: Gather the Parts and Tools

Gather all the camera parts from the table below and lay them out in a logical manner. To complete the assembly, you will also need the following tools:

• 3mm hex (allen) driver

Qty	Component
1	Raspberry Pi Camera
1	Camera Mount
1	Camera Cover
2	Ribbon Cable to HDMI Cable Adapter
1	HDMI Cable
2	Ribbon Cable
4	M2 Screws
4	M2 Nuts
1	Cable Tie
2	M5 x 16mm Screws
2	M5 Tee Nuts

Step 2: Attach the Camera to the Mount

Use the four M2 screws and M2 nuts to attach the Raspberry Pi camera to the camera mount.

Step 3: Wire it up

Insert a ribbon cable into the camera and one of the ribbon cable to HDMI adapters.

Insert the HDMI cable into the ribbon cable to HDMI adapter.

Insert the other end of the HDMI cable into the other ribbon cable to HDMI adapter, and then the other ribbon cable into that adapter too.

Plug the remaining ribbon cable end into the Raspberry Pi.

Step 4: Mount Everything to the Z-Axis

Align the camera cover and the camera mount.

Use two M5 x 10mm screws and M5 tee nuts to attach the camera cover and camera mount to the Z-axis extrusion