Raspberry camera error

Support Raspberry Pi
1

I have a Raspberry Pi Camera V2.1 and am receiving the following error when trying to use;

No data recevied from sensor. Check all connections, " picamera.exc.PiCameraRuntimeError: No data recevied from sensor. Check all connections, including the SUNNY chip on the camera board

Here’s what I’ve done to troubleshoot so far:

  • Double check that ribbon cable is seated properly at both the Pi board and camera
  • Reconnecting the cable a couple of times
  • Reseating the sunny connector
  • Checked the power supply is adequate (5.1V / 2.5A)
  • Trying the basic raspistill -v -o test.jpg command

It hasn’t worked at all. Any help or should I be ordering a replacement?

2

Hey Ross,

Do you get an image from the raspistill Command?
If that gives you an image then you could try updating the software on your Pi with
sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade

3

No, the raspistill command still gives the “No data recevied from sensor.” error.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ raspistill -v -o test.jpg

raspistill Camera App v1.3.11

Width 3280, Height 2464, quality 85, filename test.jpg
Time delay 5000, Raw no
Thumbnail enabled Yes, width 64, height 48, quality 35
Link to latest frame enabled no
Full resolution preview No
Capture method : Single capture

Preview Yes, Full screen Yes
Preview window 0,0,1024,768
Opacity 255
Sharpness 0, Contrast 0, Brightness 50
Saturation 0, ISO 0, Video Stabilisation No, Exposure compensation 0
Exposure Mode ‘auto’, AWB Mode ‘auto’, Image Effect ‘none’
Flicker Avoid Mode ‘off’
Metering Mode ‘average’, Colour Effect Enabled No with U = 128, V = 128
Rotation 0, hflip No, vflip No
ROI x 0.000000, y 0.000000, w 1.000000 h 1.000000
Camera component done
Encoder component done
Starting component connection stage
Connecting camera preview port to video render.
Connecting camera stills port to encoder input port
Opening output file test.jpg
Enabling encoder output port
Starting capture -1
mmal: No data received from sensor. Check all connections, including the Sunny one on the camera board

When I try the same test with the SUNNY disconnected I get a different error:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ raspistill -v -o test.jpg
mmal: Cannot read camera info, keeping the defaults for OV5647

raspistill Camera App v1.3.11

Width 2592, Height 1944, quality 85, filename test.jpg
Time delay 5000, Raw no
Thumbnail enabled Yes, width 64, height 48, quality 35
Link to latest frame enabled no
Full resolution preview No
Capture method : Single capture

Preview Yes, Full screen Yes
Preview window 0,0,1024,768
Opacity 255
Sharpness 0, Contrast 0, Brightness 50
Saturation 0, ISO 0, Video Stabilisation No, Exposure compensation 0
Exposure Mode ‘auto’, AWB Mode ‘auto’, Image Effect ‘none’
Flicker Avoid Mode ‘off’
Metering Mode ‘average’, Colour Effect Enabled No with U = 128, V = 128
Rotation 0, hflip No, vflip No
ROI x 0.000000, y 0.000000, w 1.000000 h 1.000000
mmal: mmal_vc_component_create: failed to create component ‘vc.ril.camera’ (1:ENOMEM)
mmal: mmal_component_create_core: could not create component ‘vc.ril.camera’ (1)
mmal: Failed to create camera component
mmal: main: Failed to create camera component
mmal: Camera is not detected. Please check carefully the camera module is installed correctly

So the raspberry can reach the camera, it just can’t take a photo.

I’ve updated the software too and am still getting the same error afterwards…

1 Like