Quick Start Guide for Multi-Camera Adapter Board
Hardware
Abstract
Arducam offers multi-camera adapters to accommodate up to 4 camera modules on a single Raspberry Pi and switch between them quickly. The HAT-style quadruple adapter fits well with the Raspberry Pi A&B series, and the double adapter is perfect for the Pi Zero. You will read more about it in the following chapters.
- Hardware Structure(Example as B012201)
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- Connect and Insert the Multi-Camera Adapter Board into Raspberry Pi
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- Connect the cameras to Multi-Camera Adapter Board
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Software
Warning
We currently only guarantee that the Camera Adaptation is supported on Raspberry Pi Bullseye systems
Update Kernel Version
Note: Please make sure your kernel version is up to date (at least 5.15.63 or later)
How to update the Kernel bersion:
Download the Camera Driver
The following cameras will need the corresponding driver to be accessed:
| Sensor | Resolution |
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| IMX519 | 16MP |
| 64MP Camera | 64MP |
Please refer to the following link to install the camera driver:
Install the Camera driver for IMX519 Camera and Arducam 64MP Camera
Modify the Config.txt
For Quad-Camera Adapter Board(B012001):
add:
dtoverlay=camera-mux-4port,cam0-<you camera sensor>,cam1-<you camera sensor>,cam2-<you camera sensor>,cam3-<you camera sensor>
Note
Please manually add the number of cam according to the number of cameras you have connected. Example: if you have three IMX219 cameras connected, enter:
dtoverlay=camera-mux-4port,cam0-imx219,cam1-imx219,cam2-imx219
Demo(64mp)
dmesg
For Dual-Camera Adapter Board(B016601):
Note
Please manually add the number of cam according to the number of cameras you have connected. Example: if you only have one IMX219 cameras connected, enter:
dtoverlay=camera-mux-2port,cam0-imx219
Run the Multi-Camera
Use libcamera apps to access the Multi-Camera
Example:
Attention
For another libcamera apps like libcamera-raw, libcamera-vide, etc. You will need to manually add --camera <choose camera num> behind the command