Sunday, February 8, 2015

A camera flash will make the Raspberry Pi 2 freeze and reboot


Unfortunately for Raspberry Pi 2 owners who are trying to photograph their devices, however, the Raspberry Pi 2 has been found to be Xenon flash sensitive. Or as the initial person who reported it on the Raspberry Pi forums called it: 'camera shy.' Any camera with a Xenon flash aimed at the device is causing the device to freeze for a few seconds before rebooting. It's worth mentioning that an LED flash would not cause this phenomenon to happen - it has to be a Xenon flash.

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