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Review on πŸ“Έ Arducam Pi Camera: Motorized Lens Webcam for Octoprint Octopi, Adjustable Focal Length & 100CM Extension Ribbon Cable for Raspberry Pi by Eric Williamson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Do not give up! the best computer components

Use with Rapberry Pi 3b+ and Octopi 0.18.0. I am using a long cable to run from my Ender 3 Pro's LCD to the X axis motor area (code 2d). I originally wanted to replace it as I thought it was broken, but it ended up working. I started with a clean install of Octopi and it worked straight away (I tried to get multiple cameras to work). Make sure you don't screw up before you call it trash. I installed it on my Ender 3 Pro's X-axis motor and have no complaints about the image quality. I can easily see the level lines on the parts closest to the camera. The autofocus works, but currently I have to boot the Pi and then restart Octoprint for the plugin to do the focus for me. I'm pretty sure it's my fault and the fact is the autofocus works fine. It's great to be able to tweak something without having to go back to the printer to make adjustments. I think that's a solid value. Besides that. The red light bothered me. It flashes once when downloading and then stays red solid when streaming. Don't think it's broken because the light isn't on.

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • Not bad, but...