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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| warren | "Awesome - any progress on this? I'd love to know your white balance settings too! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| elongo | "Thank you so much @LaPa for your insights and sharing the experience. Would be possible for you share with me how did you implemented, using the ra..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "Hi, Elongo, I didn't reach the goal to measure health of plants most because Red Horning wrote me, by private mail, the that technique wasn't prope..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| elongo | "Hi @LaPa, 1) just wondering which steps you followed to setup and run ImageJ and Fiji in your Raspberry Pi, and get the NDVI images. I am followin..." | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| aldrin | "sir, do you now the right values of white balance in pi noir in capturing ndvi? " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| jfd | "nice work! " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| thechapu | "@carolccarvalho mi nombre es Cristofer, soy de Chile. Llevo 2 años usando raspberry y mas de 1 año aprendiendo sobre NDVI, en la Universidad tuve u..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Most surfaces reflect both NIR and visible light. Ideally you would have some targets that reflect various amounts of both and you would know the p..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| carolccarvalho | "Hi Chris, thanks again! Which are the surfaces that reflect both blue and NIR light? Could you give me some examples? And about mobius camera, i ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "1) When you said shortcut, you meant I could for example use a blue led or a blue paint as target? Or do you have another suggestion? An LED or ot..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| carolccarvalho | "Hi Chris, thank you very much for the help! I'll choose better times and avoid shadows the next flight. And I'll try correcting the exposure too! ..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Those NDVI images look reasonable. Deep shadows are not being handled very well so they are assigned NDVI values of 1.0 (magenta) or apparently -1...." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "I removed, at the moment, the camera from the greenhouse. I took thousands of IR photos (every 10 minutes for more then a month) I got a movie ( h..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "A DIY spectrometer can be used to characterize the spectral reflectivity of a target if two things are true: The spectrometer must be sensitive i..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "Thank all of you for the suggestions Maybe it is the wrong strumentation but i don't know: 1) If I buy your http://store.publiclab.org/products/de..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| nedhorning | "Hi LaPa - You can contact me at horning@amnh.org and I will send you the spectra. You can also look at this research note for links to sites with ..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "Thank you Nedhorning, nice to see your answers in the my research note! I'm reading your notes about calibration trying to understand more about ND..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| nedhorning | "I have the reflectance spectral for these materials and can provide a PDF, Excel, or CSV file of the spectra if someone lets me know a good way to ..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| LaPa | "If anyone in PublicLab has a spectrometer and can get the proper calibration targets I could buy it. " | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "The paints are for making consistent whites and greys that will be the same perceptual color across a wide variety of lighting conditions. They are..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Mathew, I haven't seen any spectral data for Rosco paints. Is there any reason to think that they would be better than other paints for NDVI calibr..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "well, B&H will sell it to you by the gallon. pricey to try out. $42-95 a gallon, but it sure will make a lot of targets. I tried to get chip..." | Read more » | about 8 years ago | |||
| 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 » | about 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 » | about 8 years ago |