# Ribbon Cable to HDMI Cable Adapter

**URL:** <https://forum.farmbot.org/t/ribbon-cable-to-hdmi-cable-adapter/1490>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [March 13, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.farmbot.org/t/ribbon-cable-to-hdmi-cable-adapter/1490 "2017-03-13T14:57:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![hanno](https://forum.farmbot.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@hanno](https://forum.farmbot.org/u/hanno)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.farmbot.org/t/ribbon-cable-to-hdmi-cable-adapter/1490/1 "2017-03-13T14:57:22Z")

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Hey guys!

To have a more flexible cable from the Raspberry Pi Camera to the electronic box I’d like to use a Ribbon Cable to HDMI Cable Adapter [as described in the docs](https://genesis.farmbot.io/docs/camera). But I can’t find such a cable and the documentation doesn’t provide a product link or any other description. Any idea where to get one of these? Or where did the Farmbot guys got their cables from?

Best regards

Hanno

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**Author:** ![Gabriel](https://forum.farmbot.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@Gabriel](https://forum.farmbot.org/u/Gabriel)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.farmbot.org/t/ribbon-cable-to-hdmi-cable-adapter/1490/2 "2017-03-13T17:51:59Z")

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The adapter can be found [here](https://www.tindie.com/products/freto/pi-camera-hdmi-cable-extension/).

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**Author:** ![jan.janson](https://forum.farmbot.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@jan.janson](https://forum.farmbot.org/u/jan.janson)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.farmbot.org/t/ribbon-cable-to-hdmi-cable-adapter/1490/3 "2024-07-22T13:11:42Z")

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Hi consider the CSI camera carefully. Soil heigth (1) or weed detection (2) does not work for the rpi’s CSI camera. Unofficial cameras (3) does not have firmware in the farmbot OS image. Camera calibrates (4) it settings for each image which make it look like patchwork.

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**Author:** ![jan.janson](https://forum.farmbot.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@jan.janson](https://forum.farmbot.org/u/jan.janson)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.farmbot.org/t/ribbon-cable-to-hdmi-cable-adapter/1490/4 "2024-07-22T13:14:01Z")

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Plus for longer cables it suffers serious EMC problems (4) - rpi can not find the camera or camera is black until you power-off-on the rpi. Shielded cable with active HDMI extension as arducam’s one and ferrites on motor cables can help.