Firmware Update
Introduction
Abstract
This page is mainly to inform the description of Raspberry Pi camera firmware update and some operation modifications.
Firmware Update Records
IMX230/IMX298 Firmware Update
Update Schedule
2023/2/27
Update Contents
Update the Arducam-PiVariety camera firmware that supports autofocus to adapt to the new version of libcamera(libcamera v0.0.12)
On the v0.0.12 libcamera, using a autofocus piVariety camera, the following error occurs:
You can solve this issue by updating firmware remotely:
Download the Firmware Update Package
Tip
For all the steps below, the default firmware update package is downloaded in the /home/pi
directory of raspberrypi. If download file is in another directory, please change the
directory structure by yourself.
- Check your Raspberrypi system version
- Download the package
For 32 bit system:
IMX298:
IMX298_lanes2_firmware_armv7l.tar.gz
IMX230:
IMX230_lanes2_firmware_armv7l.tar.gz
For 64 bit system:
IMX298:
IMX298_lanes2_firmware_aarch64.tar.gz
IMX230:
IMX230_lanes2_firmware_aarch64.tar.gz
Instruction
- Release the package
Example:
- Check the using help(example as IMX230)
- Paraments Description
-m, --module: Specifies the camera module that needs to be updated
-i, --i2c-bus: Specifies the I2C channel of the camera
- Update Commands Example
Tip
If you get the green tip: Firmware update successful, please reboot. It indicates that you have updated the firmware successfully. Please reboot your Pi.
If you get the red tip. It indicates that you failed to update the firmware, please reconnect the camera(including adapter board) and run the update program again.