The original Camera Module launched in 2013 as Raspberry Pi's first official accessory and was followed by a NoIR infrared-sensitive variant later that year. The Camera Module.
Raspberry Pi and OpenScan make a better 3D scanner than your phone
Chris Burns - Feb 24, 2021, 4:08pm CST
I have a question about 3D scanning devices: Why aren’t they easier to access? Today a project by Thomas Megel made the rest of the handheld smart device universe look silly by comparison. With OpenScan project software, Raspberry Pi, and the Pi camera v2.1, Megel created a budget-friendly 3D-scanning system that’s able to capture highly accurate 10-micron 3D scans with relative ease.
Megel is the founder of OpenScan, a system with which users can create 3D scanning hardware and process with software without breaking the bank. OpenScan started based on an Arduino-powered control unit and pre-built cameras. Here in 2021, the project works with an even simpler set of items: Raspberry Pi and a Raspberry Pi Camera Module.