Modules have become an essential part of the Raspberry ecosystem, as they allow expanding the functionality of the computer, which has become the leader in sales of the single-board minicomputer, or SBC, category, covering a multitude of projects.

The latest version is the Raspberry Pi camera module. It’s not the first British Foundation photography module, but this one Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera offers a new assembly and global shutter, which is usually reserved for expensive cameras. These types of specialized sensors capture images differently than regular sensors.

To say that the shutter in photography is an element that allows you to control the time for which the sensor will be exposed to light. The most used, economical, with which the highest resolutions and the simplest design can be achieved are rolling doors. These don’t expose all the pixels at the same time, but do it for each row with a different time frame, which eventually causes distortion when the object (think an airplane propeller) is moving faster than the shutter.

In front of them, the global shutters of global shutter, captures all pixels at the same exposure time. Its main advantage is that it can be acquired images of moving objects without blurring. The foundation has published a video where you can see the differences between each sensor:

The Raspberry Pi global shutter camera module is sensor based Sony IMX296 6.3mm, has a resolution of 1.6 megapixels and supports exposure times of up to 30 µs. It can be retrofitted to any Raspberry Pi with a C/CS lens mount. It is also compatible with existing CGL CGL lenses for the Pi.

Its price is 50 dollars, as well as everything the foundation produces. This module is not for all users due to its specialization and certainly the need for rooms with a lot of light, such as studios or exteriors, but it is an ideal choice for artificial vision, autonomous navigation or industrial production applications. We are sure to see an impressive number of Raspberry projects rise soon.