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USB3.0 Camera Shield Datasheet

Introduction

Arducam series USB camera shield is a general purpose USB camera control board for PC and embedded signal board computer. It hides the complex nature of the camera and provides the plug and play camera control interface as well as the ready to use SDK library and demo software source code. The Arducam supports variety camera modules from 0.3MP to 21MP or even higher.

Arducam USB3 camera shield is the latest USB3.0 camera shields, it offers the improved performance and enhanced functions than the previous USB2.0 camera shield. It not only supports high resolution and high frame rate image sensors, but also supports stereoscopy camera and IRCUT control feature. With the given camera configuration files, user can switch between different cameras without any effort. It is the ideal solution for camera evaluation/testing, robot/drone, IoT, machine vision and scientific applications.

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Figure 1 Arducam USB3 Camera Shield

Application

  • IoT cameras
  • Robot cameras
  • Wildlife cameras
  • Machine vision
  • Scientific cameras

Features

  • Support any parallel image sensors (need proper register settings)
  • Support 8/10/12/14/16 bit pixel color depth
  • Support Stereoscopy mode for dual camera system
  • Build-in IRCUT control
  • Need extra MIPI to parallel adapter board for supporting MIPI interface sensors (see Table1)
  • Provide free binary SDK library and demo software source code, please visit github.com/Arducam
  • Fully customizable and can be ported to any hardware platform and software OS
Resolution Frame Rate Camera Module Sensor Vendor
0.3MP 100fps OV7251 (MIPI) Omnivision
0.3MP 60fps MT9V022/MT9V034 Aptina
1MP 120fps OV9281(MIPI) Omnivision
2MP 60fps OV2311/OG02B10(MIPI) Omnivision
1.2MP 50fps AR0134/AR0135 Aptina
5MP 15fps OV5647 (MIPI) Omnivision
5MP 30fps AR0521 ONSemi
9MP 7fps MT9N001 Aptina
10MP 6fps MT9J001/MT9J003 Aptina
14MP 5fps MT9F002 Aptina
13MP 5fps OV13850 (MIPI) Omnivision
13MP 12fps IMX135(MIPI) Sony
16MP 10fps IMX298(MIIPI) Sony
18MP 8fps AR1820HS(MIPI) ONSemi
21MP 5fps IMX230(MIPI) Sony

Key Specifications

  • Bandwidth: 5-Gbps USB3.0 PHY
  • Camera Databus: 16bit@100MHz
  • I/O Voltage Standard: 3.3V
  • Connector: Micro-USB3.0
  • Size: 40 x 40 mm
  • Weight: 10g
  • Power Consumption: 5V/300mA
  • Operation Temperature: -10℃～+55℃

Pin Definition

Figure 2 shows the connectors of the USB3 camera shield. There are one Micro-USB3.0 connector which can be connected to USB3.0 host controller, and one connector for motorized IR-Cut filter for both daylight and night vision. There are two camera interface on the bottom of the board, one for 8bit camera data bus and the other for 16bit camera data bus. The pin out definition see Table 2 and Table 3.

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Figure2 USB3 camera shield connectors

The 8bit camera interface is the primary camera interface which is used for Arducam standard camera breakout board with 30pin ribbon cable. Although the camera breakout board might has more than 8bit data bus, only the upper 8bit connected to the USB camera shield through this FPC connector.

Table 2 8-bit Camera Interface Pin Definition

(Connector Part Number: Hirose FH28D-30S-0.5SH(05))

Pin No. PIN NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
1 GND Ground Power ground
2 Reserved NC
3 Reserved NC
4 VSYNC Input Active High: Frame Valid; indicates active frame
5 HREF Input Active High: Line/Data Valid; indicates active pixels
6 DOUT11 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 11 (MSB)
7 DOUT10 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 10
8 DOUT9 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 9
9 DOUT8 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 8
10 DOUT7 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 7
11 DOUT6 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 6
12 DOUT5 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 5
13 GND Ground Power ground
14 DOUT4 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 4 (LSB)
15 DOUT3 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 3 (Unconnected)
16 DOUT2 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 2 (Unconnected)
17 DOUT1 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 1 (Unconnected)
18 DOUT0 Input Camera Pixel Data Input 0 (Unconnected)
19 Reserved NC
20 PCLK Input Pixel Clock output from Camera
21 SCL Output Two-Wire Serial Interface Clock
22 SDATA Bi-directional Two-Wire Serial Interface Data I/O
23 RST Output Sensor reset signal, active low
24 GND Ground Power ground
25 GND Ground Power ground
26 STANDBY Output Standby-mode enable pin (active HIGH)
27~30 VCC POWER 3.3v Power supply

The 16-bit camera interface is the secondary camera interface which is used for MIPI camera adapter board, stereo-camera or customized camera adapter boards which support up to 16bit data bus.

Table 3 16-bit Camera Interface Pin Definition

(Connector Part Number: Harwin M50-4302045)

Pin No. PIN NAME TYPE Pin No. PIN NAME TYPE
1 VCC3.3 POWER 2 VCC3.3 POWER
3 GND Ground 4 GND Ground
5 SDATA Bi-directional 6 SCL Input
7 Data10 Input 8 Data12 Input
9 Data11 Input 10 Data13 Input
11 Data8 Input 12 Data6 Input
13 Data3 Input 14 Data0 Input
15 RST Output 16 Data4 Input
17 Data7 Input 18 Data9 Input
19 Reserved NC 20 STANDBY Output
21 Reserved NC 22 Reserved NC
23 Data14 Input 24 HREF Input
25 Reserved NC 26 VSYNC Input
27 Reserved NC 28 GND Ground
29 PCLK Input 30 GND Ground
31 Data1 Input 32 Data5 Input
33 Reserved NC 34 Data15 Input
35 Data2 Input 36 Reserved NC
37 Reserved NC 38 Reserved NC
39 Reserved NC 40 USB_RST Input

Register Table

register address register type UC-425 Rev.C+UC-628 Rev.B (USB 3.0 16b)
0x00 read-only bit[7:0]：CPLD version number UC-628 Rev.B：0x31
0x01 read-write bit[1]：MIPI Camera PowerOn 0：PowerOn；1：PowerOff
0x02 read-write bit[1]：External Trigger Enable 0：Enable；1：DisEnable
0x03 read-write bit[7]：cpld reset 0：normal；1：reset Set it to 1 and then set it back to 0. bit[6]：Pause Camera Data Input 0：normal；1：pause
0x05 read-only bit[7:0]，CPLD version year For example: decimal 19, the upper machine readable register value will be added 2000, indicating 2019.
0x06 read-only bit[7:0]，CPLD version month For example: decimal 08, for August
0x07 read-only bit[7:0]，CPLD version date For example: decimal 03, for 3
0x0C read-write bit[5:4]：MIPI RAW format 0：raw8；1：raw10；2：raw12. bit[1:0]：MIPI channel 0:1Lane；1:2Lane；2:4Lane.
0x0D read-write MIPI，Image resolution，column，High 8 bits
0x0E read-write MIPI，Image resolution，column，Low 8 bits
0x0F read-write MIPI，Image resolution，row，High 8 bits
0x10 read-write MIPI，Image resolution，row，Low 8 bits
0x11 read-write bit[5：4]，ECC check mode 3：{DI, WC_I, WC_H} 2：{DI, WC_H, WC_I} 1：{WC_I, WC_H, DI} 0：{WC_H, WC_I, DI} bit[2]，WC Check of MIPI HREF 0：No check；1：check bit[1]，data_type check （Is it raw8 or raw10 or raw12?） 0：No check；1：check
0x1E read-only Read MIPI parsed information bit[7:0]: MIPI DATA ID
0x1F read-only Read MIPI parsed information bit[4:0]: MIPI，Image resolution，column，High 5 bits
0x20 read-only Read MIPI parsed information bit[7:0]: MIPI，Image resolution，column，Low 7 bits
0x21 read-only Read MIPI parsed information bit[4:0]: MIPI，Image resolution，row，High 5 bits
0x22 read-only Read MIPI parsed information bit[7:0]: MIPI，Image resolution，row，Low 7 bits
0x27 read-only Read MIPI parsed information bit[7:0]: MIPI，Frequency of byte clock per lane

Mechanical Dimension

Mechanical Dimension usb3 shield revE

Figure 3 Mechanical Dimension