StereoPi v2 Camera Kit Guide

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Basic assembly

Following this section of the guide, you can assemble the basic camera setup without a screen and a button. This assembly is useful for the OpenCV experiments.

StereoPi v2 Camera Kit Basic Assembly

Camera mounting plate preparation

1. Prepare the camera mount plate, four nuts, and four 10mm spacers

Front plate, 10mm spacers and nuts


2. Install the spacer to the hole in each corner and fix it with the nut

10mm spacers installation


3. You should get this assembly as a result:

10mm spacers installed

Installation of the cameras

Please prepare two cameras, eight nuts, and eight bolts. You will also need the front camera plate assembled in the previous step.

Cameras, nuts and bolts


Each camera has two metal nuts on the backside of the PCB. Put the camera onto the mounting plate keeping these bolts inside the hole:

Camera installation step 1

Fix the camera using 4 nuts and 4 bolts:

Camera installation step 2

Install the second camera the same way. You should get this assembly as a result:


Both cameras are installed

CM4 installation

CM4 installation
  1. Disconnect all external equipment and power.
  2. Put the board upside down so that the USB C port is facing to the left.
  3. Take the CM4 module so that the triangle PCB antenna and the power circuit (a group of 5 black components) are faced to the left.
  4. Put the CM4 module on the connectors and gently press the bottom until you hear a click. After that, do the same with the top part of the CM4.

After this step you should get this result:

CM4 installation result

StereoPi v2 power jumper installation

Power switch pins

Install a jumper to the pins near the USB C connector.

Connecting cameras to StereoPi v2

For the next step you'll need all items you've just assembled, and also four 20mm spacers.

StereoPi v2 installation

While connecting camera ribbons, the first step is gently PULLING black the fixator up 4-5 mm. After that insert camera ribbon by BLUE side to BLACK fixator. Check that the cable is fully inserted at a 90-degree angle. After that push the black fixator down to secure the ribbon.

Camera ribbon installation

After this step you should get this result:

Camera ribbon cables connection

StereoPi v2 installation

You can use camera ribbon cables of different lengths, so this step may vary.

Choose the most appropriate ribbon cables' position for your assembly, and put StereoPi v2 board to the spacers, attached to the camera mount plate. Here is how we did it for the 10cm cables:

Camera mounting plate installation

After that, fix the board using four 20mm stand-offs. Here is the result of this step:

Camera mounting plate installed

Back plate installation

Please prepare the assembly from the previous step, backplate, and four nylon bolts:

Backplate installation

Attach the backplate to the stand-offs using four bolts. The result should look like this:

Backplate installed

Tripod mount installation

Prepare the GoPro mount add-on and the black acrylic circle from the kit.

Tripod mount installation

Install the acrylic circle near the metal part of the GoPro mount first:

Tripod mount installation, step 2

Install the StereoPi assembly keeping the cameras facing the metal part of the GoPro mount, and fix the assembly using the metal screw included.

Tripod mount installed

Advanced assembly

In this section, we'll review a few cameras installation options, as well as 2" IPS screen installation and a shot button. This assembly is suitable for the SLP2 image and stereoscopic photo/video capture.

In the first section of the assembly guide, we considered the simple approach of the camera mounting:

Simple assembly

If you are planning to experiment with different cameras and want to be able to replace them without the full disassembly, it is better to use the "elevated" camera installation.


Cameras' installation options

Screen and shot button installation

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