{"id":16364,"date":"2017-02-08T17:58:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16364"},"modified":"2017-02-08T17:59:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T16:59:24","slug":"thermal-printing-camera-with-a-raspberry-pi-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16364","title":{"rendered":"Thermal-printing camera with a Raspberry Pi Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?resize=560%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?resize=260%2C260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/polapi.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over on <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/19731-polapi-zero\" target=\"_blank\">Hackaday.io<\/a>, Pierre Muth has documented his build of a Raspberry Pi Zero-based camera that prints\u00a0photographs on an internal thermal printer. Called the\u00a0PolaPi-Zero, it uses an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/products\/2752\" target=\"_blank\">Adafruit Nano Thermal Printer<\/a>\u00a0and some other parts as well as a 3D-printed case. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pierre-muth\/polapi-zero\/blob\/master\/polapizero013.123dx\" target=\"_blank\">The case files can be found here<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pierre-muth\/polapi-zero\" target=\"_blank\">the code for the project is on GitHub<\/a>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.io\/project\/19731-polapi-zero\" target=\"_blank\">read all about the build, and see more photos over on Hackaday<\/a>. Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8D-sL3GoFZM\" target=\"_blank\">a video<\/a>\u00a0of the project here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PolaPi-Zero\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8D-sL3GoFZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over on Hackaday.io, Pierre Muth has documented his build of a Raspberry Pi Zero-based camera that prints\u00a0photographs on an internal thermal printer. Called the\u00a0PolaPi-Zero, it uses an Adafruit Nano Thermal Printer\u00a0and some other parts as well as a 3D-printed case.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16364\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,54,8,50,36],"tags":[210,211],"class_list":["post-16364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-accessories","category-camera-module","category-making","category-photography","tag-camera","tag-polaroid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thermal-printing camera with a Raspberry Pi Zero - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16364\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thermal-printing camera with a Raspberry Pi Zero - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over on Hackaday.io, Pierre Muth has documented his build of a Raspberry Pi Zero-based camera that prints\u00a0photographs on an internal thermal printer. 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