This page collects research on using #raspberry-pi based cameras (aka #pi-camera) to take [Infragram](/wiki/infragram) multispectral photos, for plant health analysis. It is supported in part by the [AREN project at NASA](/aren). ## Design goals Low cost, low complexity, easy to build and open source! Also see the [Image Sequencer](/image-sequencer) project which is designed to run on a Raspberry Pi for on-board image processing. To get a kit with this already set up on an SD card and/or Raspberry Pi camera, see: * [Infragram Pi Camera Kit](https://store.publiclab.org/products/infragram-pi-camera) * [Pre-flashed SD cards for Raspberry Pi cameras](https://store.publiclab.org/products/pi-builder-cards) ## Quick start [notes:grid:activity:pi-camera-setup] If yours is already assembled, just plug it in using a Micro USB cable (or battery pack) and it'll create a WiFi network called `00-PiCamera` -- password `publiclab` -- which you can log into from your phone or laptop. You'll quickly see streaming video, be able to take photos, timelapses, or videos, do motion triggered capture, and more. ## Questions Questions can be either frequently asked questions, or "next step" challenges we're looking to solve. [questions:raspberry-pi-infragram] ## Activities Activities show how to use this project, step by step. [activities:raspberry-pi-infragram] ...
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| LaPa | "ok, THANKS all of you for the answers. I like that my research note elicits answers that can also affect other. I am interested to make experiences..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "It would be great to have a few paints that: had reflectance spectra for 400 nm to 1000 nm, were exterior paint, were matte finish paint, were av..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I haven't played around with it, but I'd assume a neutral gray "TV White" and "TV black" paint like these for TV camera calibration would be the be..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I don't know of any commercially available inexpensive calibration targets. A good calibration target will have the same reflectance for all wavele..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "Hi, 1) unluckily I don't have access to a spectrometer 2) wich are the companies where I can buy a cheap Calibration targets? 3) may it be fine to ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "Thank you Chris, I'm going to read with the attention the Ned Horning's note that you link! Have a good day! LaPa " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Sorry I missed some questions. Calibration targets work outside or in a greenhouse. Calibration targets are hard to find and very expensive. But ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "Hi, could it be a good idea to choose as calibration target the bare soil area that is in each (thousands) photos? Best regards LaPa " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "1) Could be a good idea put the calibration targets of known spectral reflectivity in Greenhouse to include in the photos ? 2) Where can I get the..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "NDVI is based solely on color (near infrared is one of the colors). If a camera records different colors for two leaves, the NDVI computed for tho..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "Thank a lot all of you for the consideration and the suggestions! Chris, sincerely I didn't understand from your reply if you consider my directio..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| liz | "Hi @LaPa, great to see your note! I'm tagging some other raspberry pi developers @rjstatic and @seankmcginnis " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Hi LaPa, Your time-lapse videos are impressive. These are excellent teaching videos. You can clearly see that the NDVI values for the foliage of t..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "other areas (not foliage) showed values between 0.2 and 0.9 and I don't know why, since there is no photosynthesis occuring there. Getting high ND..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "I'm happy for this my first step in NIR and NDVI photograph! Maybe you know but ..... 1) I use not a real camera but a computer board (Raspberry Pi..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That looks pretty good. With the defaults in the photo monitoring plugin, the plant leaves have an NDVI value around 0.3. We don't know what the ND..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "HI, What do you think about my last test? NoIR modulo cam+blue filter, WBgain red = 0.88 and WBgain blue = 0.57 " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "I'll try to get blue > 30 and red < 200 changing the gain. At the moment I do not know how change the exposure. May be I have to read better ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Here is the range of NIR:VIS ratios for NDVI values between 0.2 and 0.8. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That looks promising. I guess that PiCamera module is a useful tool. I think that photo is a little too yellow. The blue values for foliage are ver..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "Hi, I'm here again! I shoot a set of pictures by NoIR modulo cam and blue filter. I tryed finally different white balance. The photo that I post i..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "The Bayer filters determine how wavelengths are separated into the three color channels. This is how the camera can sense the balance between the t..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| poo | "this green photo don't Relevance to Bayer pattern Mr. @cfastie ? " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Black surfaces do not reflect much light, but they do reflect some. Some black surfaces might reflect more green than other colors, and other black..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago |