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Raspberry Pi vs. eBay Camera: Assembly Completion

I picked up a pair of Raspberry Pi V1 cameras, both of which arrived unstuck to their breakout board:

RPi V1 camera adhesive
RPi V1 camera adhesive

Requiring the customer to peel off the white layer and stick the camera to the PCB helps keep costs low. They’re $4 if you’re willing to wait two months or $7 from a “USA Seller”.

Comments

2 responses to “Raspberry Pi vs. eBay Camera: Assembly Completion”

  1. david Avatar
    david

    was the fpc plugged into the connector or was that also left as an excercise to the reader?

    1. Ed Avatar
      Ed

      Not only was it plugged in, it was plugged in correctly!