Raspberry Pi HQ Camera + HDMI Extender Mount for 16MM ball mount (Prusa Mount) by Lumute

Last crawled date: 3 years, 4 months ago

This is a remix of osunick's RaspBerry HQ Camera mount (Thanks!) to accommodate an Arducam CSI to HDMI Cable Extension Module, this allows you to use a regular HDMI cable vs the flimsy PITA flex cable that these raspberry camera's use.
You need to print all 3 parts, they snap together firmly and nicely.
This is the HDMI module I used (You get 2 of them in the box):
Arducam CSI to HDMI Cable Extension Module with 15pin 60mm FPC Cable for Raspberry Pi Camera
I originally used Amazon Basics HDMI angled cable but found it too thick and rigid so I later switched to a much more flexible HDMI cable with these angled adapters:
VCE 3 Combos Right Angle(90 Degree + 270 Degree) HDMI Male to Female Adapters Support 3D&4K
The Arducam HDMI extender can also be used to send 3 additional cables / signals through the HDMI cable using stereo audio jacks. The mount allows for this as shown in the picture although I'm not using it at the moment. I plan to eventually mount some LED lights on the front of the mount that can be controlled from the Raspberry Pi GPIO. So the connection would be like this:
Raspberry GPIO -> jack in HDMI module A next to the RaspBerry Pi -> HDMI Cable -> jack in HDMI Module B in the Camera mount -> NeoPixel bar attached to the Camera mount.
Notes:

I removed the metal mount from the HQ Camera, you just need to remove 2 small screws and it comes off.

I folded the flex cable that comes with the HDMI extender as shown in the picture, the mount was design with space for it and fits perfectly without getting it damaged.
Assembly:

Attach one of the provided small flex cables to the Camera board, make sure you attach
it in the right direction with the contacts touching the pins in the connector.


Put the Camera board in the front part (Camera Clip), you'll need to loosen the focus screw and remove the focus wheel completely, then put the camera board through the round opening and snap it in, then screw the wheel again. You can also install the camera lens to avoid getting dirt into the camera sensor.


Snap the mount middle part (Cam & HDMI base), if everything is inserted the right way it will fit together nicely.


Connect the flex cable to the HDMI module and put it inside the base, folding the flex cable below the module as shown in the picture.

Put the last part (Mount Base) and snap them all together.
Cheers.