On 11/06/18 21:38, mm0fmf wrote:
> On 11/06/2018 20:00, RobH wrote:
>> On 11/06/18 18:40, RobH wrote:
>>> On 11/06/18 14:11, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:51:28 +0100, RobH 
>>>> declaimed the
>>>> following:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If it means anything, the camera red led is lit, which I assume the
>>>>> camera is working. How can I check the sensor?
>>>>>
>>>>     That may only reflect that you have /power/ to the board.
>>>>
>>>>> I have checked the gpio pins and they are reading what they should, ie
>>>>> 5v between live and ground, and 0v between motion pin and the 5v pin.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Uhm... 0v between "motion pin" and 5v pin means the "motion pin"
>>>> is at
>>>> 5v also...
>>>>
>>>>     BUT! RPi GPIOs are 3.3V inputs...
>>>>
http://www.mosaic-industries.com/embedded-systems/microcontroller-projects/rasp
berry-pi/gpio-pin-electrical-specifications#rpi-gpio-input-voltage-and-output-c
urrent-limitations
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A 5V signal on that "motion pin" could easily result in burning out
>>>> the RPi
>>>> GPIO (if you are lucky, only the one GPIO will be killed)
>>>> http://www.notenoughtech.com/raspberry-pi/rpi-gpio/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks , but, I followed the destructions from this:
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC_sEW3_694
>>>
>>> Start watching from 24.22 minutes. This where he says what to wire
>>> upto which pins on the PiZero board, and the pin 2 is definitely 5v.
>>> Well that is what it says it is.
>>>
>>> Regarding 0v between motion pin and the 5v pin, means that I just
>>> checked that, and maybe I shouldn't have done that.
>>> The video will make it more clear I hope.
>>
>> I have just tried the camera and sensor again , this time on the bench,
>> and now I am getting:
>> mmal: Cannot read camera info, keeping the defaults for OV5647
>> Then a bit further down it says:
>> mmal: Camera is not detected.
>>
>> So basically the camera is kaput?
>>
>> It's weird how one day it was working fine then another day not at all.
>>
>> Oh well , C'est la vie
> Send it to me and I'll check it on one of my Pizeros. If it works FB
> I'll send it back to you.
>
>

Send it to you, ok but what country are you in. Give me your address and
I'll post it asap.

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