In this guide, I’ll also show you how to choose the camera. Confirm the camera is working with: raspistill -o test.jpg. Enable the camera port in the Raspberry Pi configuration tool (Interfaces tab). Once done shut down the Pi and put the SD card back into the Raspberry Pi Zero W. Here are the main steps required to use a camera module on a Raspberry Pi: Plug the module into the camera port of the Raspberry Pi. We were unable to change the name for some reason, we'll investigate that further later. Make a note of the name of your Astroprint, for example: as you will need this. You should be able to configure Astroprint through the wizard. On another device (tablet, phone or computer) open a browser and connect to this IP address. Once booted it should be connected to your WiFi, make a note of the IP address. In this file add the following (and update the SSID and password accordingly): allow-hotplug wlan0 Now you need to setup your WiFi connection:

In this file you need to add two lines: network: Now we need to setup the network connection, this is so you don't have to use the Astroprint hotspot which doesn't work with the onboard WiFi in either the RPi Zero W or RPi 3. If you're using the RPi Zero W camera (as we are) you'll need to enable it through: Run the following commands (one at a time).Insert SD card into your Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 (with a tested and working internet connection).We like to use Etcher as it's quick, easy and works flawlessly. You'll need a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 with a tested and working internet connnection.ĭownload the AstroBox Raspberry Pi image and write to your SD card. It's a little more complicated than setting up Octoprint but it's not too scary. After we'd setup Octoprint on our Raspberry Pi Zero W (see this post) we decided to give Astroprint a try on the board too.

Pi zero w camera setup