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Board to Board cable exender for RaspberryPi Camera V2

thanasispap

I want to make two raspberrypi cameras V2 come as close as they could for an optics setup for my experiments. I notice that the camera connector cable is attached on camera (cannot disconnect) but its second tail is attachable to the camera's board (easily disconnectable).

I want to extend the camera from the camera board for about 2.5cm.

Is there any cable extender or any other solution on the market?

 

I 've already found the pin type but unfortunately I cannot find the cable.

 

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=67465

 

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  • Hi Thanasis,

     

    I've not seen such an adapter cable, it would have very limited use. The URL you refer to already points to an alternative camera which uses a more narrow flat flex connector, it may be easier to just buy that. But I guess you've ruled that out for a reason although you didn't specify the reason.

    You could try to design your own flat flex adapter cable with the correct connectors, but it will easily cost several hundred $$ for material/prototyping, and tool cost if you don't already have those, and your design time to develop such a thing. If you're at a university maybe you can get someone to develop it for you if this is an option.

    Or (I'm no expert) is there no optical way to do this?

  • in reply to shabaz

    Shabaz thanks for your answer.

    The link I post was for V1 camera. The new connector (V2 picamera) has 30 pin configuration.  The thing is that I want the sensors close in order to minimize my system setup (that uses two cameras). There is optical way to bypass this cable need but its a bulky, unwanted solution.

    I can also design a new connector board and cable (or use two ffc's same as cameras) but this solution can cost a lot (also the size of the custom solution seems bulky). My main interest is if there is a market solution for this with or without little customization.

  • in reply to thanasispap

    I think the market is small for this unfortunately and so any adapter may cost a lot due to low volume of sales even if it was created. It might explain why Adafruit doesn't have a v2 version. There is also the small covert camera market (e.g. Axis P12) but it wouldn't be suitable for scientific work.

     

    I think your only option if you want v2 is to build your own adapter cable or a single PCB with connectors for both cameras to be mounted close-by. It's not a lot of work but requires time and of course ordering the bits/pcb/assembly.

  • Usually you need to pay very close attention to the cable length and spacing between the wires.

     

    One of the reasons the cable is short is due to the frequencies involved.

    If you lengthen the cable, you might change the transmission line effects and either get lots of noise or you could compromise the data integrity.

     

    I am curious as to why you need such close positioning.  You might find a simple 3D printed mirror arrangement might provide you better performance with less risk.

     

    DAB