LED Flash Module for Raspberry Pi Camera
The Raspberry Pi Camera V2 is an excellent choice for all kinds of projects. The options are endless: from creating your own point-and-shoot camera to an automated movement-detecting nature camera to a neural net fuelled machine vision enabled robotic visioning system.
However, to increase the quality of your imaging, as any good photographer will tell you, you need decent lighting. This LED flash module from Pi-PLC.com seeks to do just that. The PCB frame holds 16 LED’s around the perimeter with the cutout centre section being a perfect fit for the Raspberry Pi V2 camera. You have some options for the LED’s with a choice of white, red or Infrared which we could imagine being used to make some rudimentary night/low light vision systems.
The flash module can be driven directly from a 3.3V GPIO or you can hook it up directly to a 5V supply with a pair of header pins supplied. Looking through the product images it appears to cast a very bright light and, as a made-to-measure device, looks smart when combined with the camera.
Finally, Pi-PLC offers some volume pricing discounts so if you are looking for a flash system for your next Raspberry Pi-based Tindie product this could be a great option!