Make sure that your Pi Zero has a 40 way male header attached. I hope you enjoy this project as much as I have.Step 1 – Unpack your Raspberry Pi. You have to choose what option you prefer for your time-lapse project. You can change that value by replacing the number one for the number of minutes you prefer. That crontab executes your script every one minute. */1 * * * * /home/pi/fotos/yourscriptname.sh Open a terminal window and write the following:Īt the end of the file write the following: Now you need to configure a task to execute your script every certain time. After that, you should set execute permission to that script. Raspistill -w 1280 -h 960 -o /home/pi/fotos/$FECHA.jpg Open an empty file and write the following: You could write a shell script and save it in the same folder that you create for the pictures. You can use this way instead write a Python code and configure the autostart execution. I will show you how do it using a shell script and the crontab tool. There is another way to take pictures every certain time. Reboot the Raspberry and when it is up, open a terminal and write the following command: To save the changes use ctrl + o and ctrl + x to exit. Now you should write the following inside that file:Įxec=/usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/yournamescript.pyĬhange yournamescript with the name that you put to your script. Open a terminal a write the following commands: For that activity, we will create a file with that instruction. We need our script to start when the Raspberry turns on. You can change that time if you want.Īfter that paste the code and save it. You should wait for 60 seconds after that time checks the folder where you store the pictures. You can test the code click on the play bottom. You should replace the path where your pictures will be saved. If it asks for the language you should choose Python.

Open the MU application locate it in the programming section in the main menu.

Pi zero setup