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Quick start

Hardware


  • Locate the camera connector (CSI). It’s on the side of the carrier board, opposite to the GPIO pins.

  • Pull up on the plastic edges of the camera port. Do it gently to avoid pulling it off.

plastic edges pulled up jetson nano camera connector csi

  • Push in the camera ribbon. Make sure the contacts are facing the heatsinks. Do not bend the flex cable, and make sure it’s firmly inserted into the bottom of the connector.

white camera ribbon cable contactsRibbon Cable Contacts – 15pin-15pin

white cable silver contacts facing heatsinksSilver Contacts facing inside to the heatsinks

white cable silver ribbon cable inserted into the bottom of the connectorRibbon cable fully inserted to the bottom of the CSI connector

  • Push the plastic connector down. Do it while holding the flex cable until the connector is back in place.

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 NVIDIA Jetson native camera:


The following sensor are natively supported by NVIDIA Jetson platfrom:

Resolution Sensor
8MP imx219
12MP imx477
16MP imx519

Note

Currently, IMX219 camera can only get the max resolution(3280x2464) on NVIDIA Orin NX/Orin Nano.

You can refer to the following link to install the driver and access the cameras:

Quick-Start-for-NVIDIA-Jetson-Native-Camera


For Arducam Jetvariety Camera:


The following sensor are natively supported by NVIDIA Jetson platfrom:

Resolution Sensor
2MP AR0234
1MP OV9281
2MP OV2311
18MP AR1820HS
21MP imx230

You can refer to the below link to install the Arducam MIPI driver and access these cameras:

Quick-Start-for-Nvidia-Jetson-Jetvariety-Camera

Latest Process


We have adapted some Arducam camera modules on NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano/Orin NX on JetPack 35.3.1 version.

Supported Cameras


Cameras Function
imx477 cam0.cam1 Allowed
imx477-stereo cam0.cam1 Allowed
imx219 cam0.cam1 Allowed
Jetvariety Currently only support cam0 port

Demo


Hardware/Software version:

  • IMX219 Cameras

v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext

1.cam0 port

with ISP parament:

without ISP parament:

2.cam1 port


  • IMX477 Cameras

v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext

1.cam0 port

with ISP parament:

without ISP parament:

2.cam1 port