The Raspberry Pi is a small embedded computer used for education and hobby projects.

Schimera has developed software for Raspberry Pi which is free and available to download now.

Raspberry Pi Camera Module Python Library

• A Python extension based largely on a stripped down version of Raspistill and Raspivid that allows taking still photos and video from Python without launching an external process.

• Includes access to exposure, image effects and lighting settings.

• Take a full resolution JPG image.

• Take a specific resolution and quality JPG image

• Take a specific resolution image and return as an RGB array

• Return the difference between two RGB image arrays for motion detection

• Turn the Camera LED On/Off (requires the config.txt file to turn LED off on boot)

• Record video for a set length of time and dimension