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An 8MP Camera for the Raspberry Pi

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The Raspberry Pi Foundation announces an update of the camera board accessory for the popular micro-PC-- one available in visible-light and infrared options featuring an 8MP Sony IMX219 sensor.

Raspberry Pi CameraThe original Pi camera board launched in 2013 and packed a 5MP OmniVision OV5647 sensor. Stocks of the sensor are "almost completely depleted," bringing about a need for an upgraded version. As such, the new camera accessory has a fixed-focus sensor capable of shooting 3280 x 2434 resolution still photos and 1080p video at 30fps.

The sensor also promises to play nicely with the Videocore IV GPU inside the Raspberry Pi thanks to specialist tuning by ex-Broadcom imaging engineer Naush Patuck.

The upgraded Raspberry Pi camera board is available now.

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