Why the Raspberry Pi 2 Crashes When You Flash a Camera On It

The Raspberry Pi 2 is an awesome upgrade over previous models , but it also comes with a quirk. It turns out, if you try to take a picture of the Pi

February 13, 2015 · 1 min · 72 words · Travis Smith

TheRaspberry Pi 2 is an awesome upgrade over previous models, but it also comes with a quirk.

The folks over at Raspberry Pi explain exactly what’s going on.

Essentially, when you flash the Pi with axenon flash, thephotoelectric effecttakes over and knocks some electrons loose.

That causes the Pi to crash.

Head over to the Raspberry Pi site for all the science-y details.

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