Quick start

Hardware

Connect the ribbon cable


Connect to the Camera Board	Connect to the Camarrary HAT	Connect to the Camarrary HAT


Open the Jetson Nano connector (any one) in the direction of the arrow	Insert the ribbon cable into the connector with the contact side facing inward	Close the connector

Plug Camarrary HAT into Jetson Nano GPIO Header

STEP1

STEP2

Plug Camarrary HAT into Jetson Nano USB Port

In addition to the above power supply mode, you can also choose to supply via USB

STEP1

STEP2

Final Effect

Software

Supported Platforms and JetPack L4T versions

Please refer to the following doc for specific supported Platforms and JetPack versions:

Supported Platforms and JetPack Version - Arducam Camera for NVIDIA Jetson

For Native camera

There is two types of native camera, respectively are imx219 and imx477

SKU	Sensor	Resolution	Pin/Connect Type	Features	Lens Type	Field of View（HxV）	Focus Type	IR Sensitivity
B0347N	IMX477	12MP	15/Bottom	Stereo Camera	M12	75°(H) x 56°(V)	Manual Focus	650nm IR-cut Filter
B0396	IMX219	8MP	15/Bottom	Quad Camera	Stock Lens	62.2° (H) x 48.8° (V)	Fixed Focus	650nm IR-cut Filter
B0265N	IMX477	12MP	15/Bottom	Stereo Camera	CS	65°(H) x 48.7°(V)	Manual Focus	650nm IR-cut filter
B0397	IMX477	12MP	15/Bottom	Quad Camera	M12	75°(H) x 56°(V)	Manual Focus	650nm IR-cut filter
B0217J8	IMX219	8MP	15/Bottom	Stereo Camera	Stock Lens	62.2° (H) x 48.8° (V)	Fixed Focus	650nm IR-cut filter
B0388	IMX519	16MP	15/Bottom	Quad-Camera Kit	Stock Lens	66°(H) x 49.5°(V)	Motorized Focus	650nm IR-cut filter

Note

If you do not find your camera please contact us.(support@arducam.com)

IMX219

Step 1. Check whether the camera is detected

ls /dev/video0

Step 2. Preview the camera feed in real time

3280x2464@21fps

FRAMERATE=21 
gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc sensor-id=0 ! "video/x-raw(memory:NVMM),width=3280,height=2464,framerate=$FRAMERATE/1" ! nvvidconv ! "video/x-raw(memory:NVMM),width=1432,height=1080,framerate=$FRAMERATE/1" ! nvoverlaysink

1280x720@60fps

FRAMERATE=60 
gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc sensor-id=0 ! "video/x-raw(memory:NVMM),width=1280,height=720,framerate=$FRAMERATE/1" ! nvvidconv ! nvoverlaysink

IMX477

Step1. Download automatic installation script

cd ~
wget https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/releases/download/v0.0.3/install_full.sh

Step2. Install the driver

chmod +x install_full.sh
./install_full.sh -m imx477_stereo

Enter y to reboot your device.

Step3. Check whether the camera is detected

ls /dev/video0

Step4. Preview the camera feed in real time

4032x3040@20fps

Note

4032×3040 exceeds the system resolution and requires zooming to display.

FRAMERATE=20
gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc sensor-id=0 ! "video/x-raw(memory:NVMM),width=4032,height=3040,framerate=$FRAMERATE/1" ! nvvidconv ! "video/x-raw(memory:NVMM),width=1432,height=1080,framerate=$FRAMERATE/1" ! nvoverlaysink

1920x1080@60fps

FRAMERATE=60 # Framerate can go from 2 to 60 for 1920x1080 mode
gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc sensor-id=0 ! "video/x-raw(memory:NVMM),width=1920,height=1080,framerate=$FRAMERATE/1" ! nvvidconv ! nvoverlaysink

IMX519

Sensor	Optical Size	Resolution
IMX519	1/2.53''	16MP

Step1. Download the bash script

cd ~
wget https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/releases/download/v0.0.3/install_full.sh

Step2. Install the Driver

chmod +x install_full.sh
./install_full.sh -m imx519

For Arducam Jetvariety camera

SKU	Sensor	Resolution	Pin/Connect Type	Features	Lens Type	Field of View（HxV）	Focus Type	IR Sensitivity
B0331	OV9782	1MP	15/Bottom	Color Global Shutter Quad Camera	M12	75°(H) x 46.8°(V)	Manual Focus	without IR-cut filter
B0267	OV9281	1MP	15/Bottom	Mono Global Shutter Quad Camera	M12	75°(H) x 46.8°(V)	Manual Focus	without IR-cut filter
B0266	OV9281	1MP	15/Bottom	Mono Global Shutter Stereo Camera	M12	70°(H) x 43.75°(V)	Manual Focus	without IR-cut filter
B0263	OV9281	1MP	15/Bottom	Mono Global Shutter Stereo Camera	M12	70°(H) x 43.75°(V)	Manual Focus	without IR-cut filter
B0264	OV2311	2MP	15/Bottom	Mono Global Shutter Stereo Camera	M12	83°(H) x 67.5°(V)	Manual Focus	without IR-cut filter
B0492N	AR0234	2MP	22/Bottom	Color Global Shutter	M12	120°(D)×90°(H)×75°(V)	Manual Focus	Integrate IR-cut filter
B0217J5	OV5647	5MP	15/Bottom	Stereo Camera	Stock Lens	54° (H) x 41° (V)	Fixed Focus	650nm IR-cut filter

Note

If you do not find your camera please contact us.(support@arducam.com)

Arducam Jetvariety Cameras

Sensor	Optical Size	Resolution
OV9782	1/4''	1MP
OV9281	1/4''	1MP
OV2311	1/2.9''	2MP
AR0234	1/2.6''	2MP
OV5647	1/4''	5MP

Step1. Download automatic installation script

wget https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/releases/download/v0.0.3/install_full.sh

Step2. Install the driver

chmod +x install_full.sh
./install_full.sh -m arducam

Enter y to reboot your device.

How to access the camera

1. install the v4l2 python module

for python 3.x:

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

After you type the following command and press【Enter】, it will take several minutes to finish downloading.

sudo python3 get-pip.py

sudo pip3 install v4l2-fix

Note

The V4L2 of Python3.x has a known bug that requires a manual fix, and the following error occurs when you import the v4l2 module into Python3.x:

You can refer to this link to fix this bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-v4l2/+bug/1664158

2. Download the demo code

git clone https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera.git

3. Check whether the camera is detected

ls /dev/video0

4. Check the video format supported

v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext

5. Display images in real time

If accessing Jetson via remote software (e.g., MobaXterm), the following command (executed only once) is required to display the image.

export DISPLAY=:0.0

Enter program directory:

cd MIPI_Camera/Jetson/Jetvariety/example/

Example as OV2311 Stereo Camera:

#RAW8

python3 arducam_displayer.py -f GREY --width 3200 --height 1300 -d 0 --fps

#RAW10

python3 arducam_displayer.py -f Y16 --width 3200 --height 1300 -d 0 --fps

GREY for RAW8 and Y16 for RAW10.

-width and -height indicate the width and height of the input image.

–fps means to display the current frames. If you don’t want to display frames, you can remove this command parameter.

For example, execute the following command:

python3 arducam_displayer.py -f GREY --width 3200 --height 1300 -d 0 --fps

The command line will refresh the display of frames in real time.

Press Ctrl+C to exit image display.

Note

Display resolution settings may affect the frames displayed.

Switch Composition Mode

Arducam Team has released the channel-switch function on specific Quad-Camera kits. You can refer to the following guide to switch the Composition Mode.

Check I2C node

You can input the following command to check if your camera kit supports switching the composition mode.

user:~ $ i2cdetect -l
i2c-1   i2c         bcm2835 (i2c@7e804000)              I2C adapter
i2c-22  i2c         bcm2835 (i2c@7e205000)              I2C adapter
i2c-0   i2c         i2c-22-mux (chan_id 0)              I2C adapter
i2c-10  i2c         i2c-22-mux (chan_id 1)              I2C adapter

If you get some messages as above, then you can continue the following steps:

Detect I2C signal

Take i2c 10 node as an example

Select the Channel:

Example:

# Set to single channel 0
i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x02
# Set to single channel 1
i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x12
# Set to single channel 2
i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x22
# Set to single channel 3
i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x32
# Set to double channel (single channel 0 and single channel 1)
i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x01
# Set to double channel (single channel 2 and single channel 3)
i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x11
# Set to four in one mode (Default)
i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x00

Function Test

Single-channel test:

#Single channel test
user:~ $ i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x02

After setting the channel, you can directly use the gst-launch-1.0 command to capture images.

Dual-channel test:

#Dual channels test
user:~ $ i2cset -y 10 0x24 0x24 0x01

Note

By default, the quad-camera kit works in synchronized 4-channel mode, and NVIDIA Jetson recognizes the whole kit as one camera Any manual focus or camera control adjustments (exposure/gain/white balance/etc.) will also be applied to 4 cameras at the same time.

If you encounter any problems when using the camera kit, please directly contact support@arducam.com for help.