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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

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.

You can refer to the below 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