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How do I protect my Raspberry Pi from static?
Watch out for static electricity: The Raspberry Pi is sensitive to static electricity. Consider using an anti-static bag for storage, and don’t shuffle your feet across a wool rug when working on your Pi. Don’t break the SD card: The SD card sticks out slightly, and that makes it easy to break off.
How do I make sure I am static free?
Here are some handy tips:
- Leave your PSU cable connected (but switch the unit off) to keep it grounded.
- Avoid rubbing oneself against carpeted flooring.
- Touch a metal part of the chassis itself prior to handling components.
- Work on a hard, solid surface.
- Use an ESD mat.
Is the camera module on Raspberry Pi suceptable to ESD?
The Raspberry Pi camera module is a sensitive electronic component and will be suceptable to ESD [3]. Please take sensible precausions or you risk permanently damaging your camera. Before you start you need to know if you want to remove the stock Infra-Red blocking filter in your camera or not.
Why does Raspberry Pi use GPIO protection circuit?
Protection is provided by allowing you to connect a wider range of circuits directly to the I/O Expanders pins, while the Raspberry Pi will send and receive standard logic level signals.
How do you filter a RPI camera module?
Operation of a RPi Camera module with any filter will produce images with both colour and NIR content. Using a small bladed screwdriver pierce the top of the plastic lens cap. Press the filter in to the plastic, the plastic should be flexible enough to form around the filter.
What kind of RPI does Raspberry Pi use?
ISP621-4X – 4 line (although the RPi may have issues driving this directly due to 10mA input). An alternative route, it to allow the Raspberry Pi to digitally interface over it’s SPI or I2C connections to a purpose built I/O Expander chip.