Arducam Pivariety is a Raspberry Pi camera solution to take the advantage of using its hardware ISP functions. Using Arducam Pivariety camera modules, users can get better performance and a wider variety of camera, and lens options. For a long time, Raspberry Pi users are limited to using the closed-source official supported camera driver and camera modules (V1/V2/HQ). Now Arducam made it possible to provide a well-tuned ISP for Pivariety camera modules with Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance, Lens Shading Correction, etc.

Download Link:

1. First you need to do Hardware setup. You need to make the connections as shown in the link .
2. After hardware setup, it is time for Software setup. you need to install the kernel driver.  You need to follow the commands given in this link .
3. After installation of kernel driver, you need access  and program the pivariety  camera.  You need to follow the commands given in this link .

Applications

1. UAV/Drones/FPV camera
2. Machine Vision
3. Robotics
4. IoT
5. Face Recognition
6. Defect Detection

Note: Raspberry pi is not included in this kit you have to buy it separately.

Features:

1. 16MP Sony IMX298 Exmor RS color sensor, up to 4640×3472@10.000 fps.
2. Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance.
3. Programmable focus control.
4. Gstreamer support.
5. Upcoming V4L2 support(Although the V4L2 interface is supported, only RAW format images can be obtained, without ISP support).
6. Compatible with all libcamera-based apps maintained by the RPi foundation.

Package Includes:

1 x Arducam 16MP IMX298 ISP Camera Module

1 x 150mm 22pin 1.0mm FPC cable

1 x 150mm 15pin 1.0mm to 22pin 0.5mm pitch FPC cable

1 x acrylic case kit with assembly accessories

This Arducam module uses the same 12MP IMX477 image sensor as the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera, but offers a mechanical IR cut-off filter switched automatically based on light condition. The official RPi HQ camera is not sensitive to infrared, and there won’t be a NoIR version. On the contrary, this Arducam camera module not only offers sensitivity to infrared but also keeps the natural feeling during daylight. It’s fully compatible with Jetson Nano/Xavier NX with a camera connector.

Useful link:

To use this camera, please follow this tutorial for hardware setup, driver installation and software setup.

Specifications:

• Camera

1. Sensor: IMX477
2. Optical Format: 1/2.3″ (diagonal 7.857mm)
3. Resolution: 4056(H) x 3040(V) 12.3MP
4. Pixel Size: 1.55um x 1.55um
5. IR Sensitivity: Onboard motorized IR cut filter, support both day and night vision
6. Interface: 4-lane MIPI CSI-2
7. Default Lens Mount: CS-Mount
8. Frame Rate: Due to Jetson Xavier NX/Nano hardware only supports 4K@30fps h.264/h.265 encoding, you cannot use it for 4K@60fps.

• Lens

1. Format: 1/2.3 inch
2. Focal Length: 6mm
3. Aperture (F): Max. F1.2
4. Field of View (FOV): 65° (H)
5. Mount: CS-Mount
6. Back Focal Length: 7.53mm
7. MOD: 0.2m Dimension: Φ30×31mm
8. Weight: 53g

• Camera board

1. Board Size: 38mm×38mm
2. Hole Pitch: Compatible with 29mm, 30mm, 34mm

Package Includes:

1. 1 x pcs 12.3MP IMX477 IR-CUT camera module
2. 1 x pcs 6mm focal length CS-mount camera lens
3. 1 x pcs 300mm/12inch 15pin to 22pin camera cable for pi A&B series

This is a M5StickV K210 AI Camera (Without Wifi).The new AIoT(AI+IoT) Camera powered by Kendryte K210 -an edge computing system-on-chip(SoC) with dual-core 64bit RISC-V CPU and advanced neural network processor.M5StickV AI Camera possesses machine vision capabilities, equips OmniVision OV7740 image sensor, adopts OmniPixel®3-HS technology, provides optimum low light sensitivity, supports various vision identification capabilities. In addition to an OV7740 sensor, M5StickV features more hardware resources such as a speaker with built-in I2S Class-D DAC, IPS screen, 6-axis IMU, 200mAh Li-po battery, and more.

It is able to perform convolutional neural network calculations at low power consumption, so M5StickV will be a good zero-threshold machine vision embedded solution. It is in support of MicroPython, which makes your code to be more concise when you use M5stick-V for programming.

Power switch operation：

Power on： Long press power button for 2 seconds

Power off： Short press power button for 6 seconds

Application:

1. Face recognition/detection
2. Object detection/classification
3. Obtaining the size and coordinates of the target in real-time
4. Obtaining the type of detected target in real-time
5. Shape recognition
6. Video/Display
7. Game simulator

Useful Link:

Features:

1. Dual-Core 64-bit RISC-V RV64IMAFDC (RV64GC) CPU / 400Mhz(Normal)
2. Dual Independent Double Precision FPU
3. Neural Network Processor(KPU) / 0.8Tops
4. Field-Programmable IO Array (FPIOA)
5. Dual hardware 512-point 16bit Complex FFT
6. SPI, I2C, UART, I2S, RTC, PWM, Timer Support
7. AES, SHA256 Accelerator
8. Direct Memory Access Controller (DMAC)
9. Micropython Support
10. Firmware encryption support
11. Case Material: PC + ABS

Package Includes:

1 x M5StickV K210 AI Camera (Without Wifi)

This Arducam IMX477 High Quality motorized focus camera module integrates a motor that could be controlled by software for a smarter focus, and you will no longer focus the camera by screwing the lens with your bare hands. Instead, keyboard keys or OpenCV can be used to remotely control the focusing process of your HQ camera. Other than its motorized focus, it offers the same picture quality and camera controls as the Raspberry Pi High Quality camera. However, the Arducam High Quality Camera Modules do not require any hardware modifications to work with the and Jetson Nano/Xavier NX Platform.

Features:

1. IMX477 motorized focus camera
2. It is a Rolling shutter type
3. Frame Rate: Due to Jetson Nano/Xavier NX hardware only supports 4K at 30fps h.264/h.265 encoding, you cannot use it for 4K at 60fps.
4. Field of View (FOV): 75° (H) on Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera, 50°(H) on Raspberry Pi V1/V2 Camera
5. Focus Distance 80mm to infinity

Specifications:

1. Sensor Model: IMX477
2. Shutter Type: Rolling shutter
3. Sensor resolution: 4056 x 3040 pixels, 12.3MP
4. Image Sensor Format: Type 1/2.3″
5. Pixel Size: 1.55 µm x 1.55 µm
6. Optical Format: 1/2.3”
7. Focal Length: 3.9mm
8. Aperture: F2.8
9. Mount: M12 mount

Package Include:

1 X Arducam 12MP IMX477 Motorized Focus High Quality Camera for Jetson Nano/Xavier NX  with lens

1 X 300mm 15pin-22pin flex ribbon cable

The MINI OV5647 Wide angle camera is a custom-designed add-on for Raspberry Pi. It attaches to Raspberry Pi by way of one of the two small sockets on the board’s upper surface. This interface uses the dedicated CSI interface, which was designed especially for interfacing with cameras.

The CSI bus is capable of extremely high data rates, and it exclusively carries pixel data. The camera is connected to the BCM2835 processor on the Pi via the CSI bus, a higher bandwidth link that carries pixel data from the camera back to the processor. This bus travels along the ribbon cable that attaches the camera board to the Pi.
The camera is supported in the latest version of Raspbian, Raspberry Pi’s preferred operating system.

Applications:

• Cellular phones, PDAs, Toys
• Other battery-powered products
• Where the official module fails in terms of focusing and Field of View,etc.

Features:

1. Lens holder: M12x0.5
2. 5MPixel sensor
3. Integral IR filter
4. Max frame rate: 30fps
5. Connection by flat ribbon cable to 15-pin MIPI Camera Serial Interface (CSI) connector S5 on Raspberry Pi computer board
6. The Camera Lens for Raspberry Pi Camera Board is LN060
7. OmniVision 5647 sensor in a fixed-focus module with replaceable Lense

Specifications:

• Sensor
  – Sensor size: 1/4” (OV5647)
  – Resolution: 5MP 2592×1944
  – Video: 1080p 30 fps, 720p 60fps, 480p 90fps
• Lens
  – Focal Length: 1.3mm (You can screw the lens for focusing)
  – Horizontal Field of View (HFOV): 155°
  – Thread Size: M12×P0.5
• Camera Board
  – 3V3,GND,FREX,STROBE,VSYNC
  – Dimension: 25×24 mm, 4 mounting holes

• Peak Current: 300mA

Package Includes:

1 x 5 Megapixels OV5647 Sensor Camera Module

1 x 15cm 15pin FPC cable

Arducam Pivariety is a Raspberry Pi camera solution to take the advantage of using its hardware ISP functions. Using Arducam Pivariety camera modules, users can get better performance and a wider variety of camera, and lens options. For a long time, Raspberry Pi users are limited to using the closed-source official supported camera driver and camera modules (V1/V2/HQ). Now Arducam made it possible to provide a well-tuned ISP for Pivariety camera modules with Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance, Lens Shading Correction, etc.

What is Pivariety? 

Download Link:

1. First you need to do Hardware setup. You need to make the connections as shown in the link . For  Software setup, you can go to the same link.
2. If you want to access and program the pivariety camera through the Command Line, Python, OpenCV and GStreamer, please follow the link .

Note: If you face any problem while installing the driver then there are few ways to install it. To do that follow the                                  procedure given  in the link .

Applications

1. Digital video cameras
2. Digital still cameras
3. Industrial camera
4. Medical camera
5. Microscopy camera
6. UAV camera

Features:

1. 18MP AR1820HS color sensor, up to 4986 x 3684@6fps.
2. Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance.
3. Gstreamer support.
4. Upcoming V4L2 support(Although the V4L2 interface is supported, only RAW format images can be obtained, without ISP support).
5. Compatible with all libcamera-based apps maintained by the RPi foundation.

Specifications:

1. Sensor Type: 18MP AR1820HS
2. Pixel Size: 1.25um x 1.25um
3. Optical Size: 1/2.3”
4. Active Pixels: 4912 H x 3684 V
5. Lens Spec: Focal length: 3.9mm, F.NO: 2.8, FOV: 75° (H)
6. IR Sensitivity: Integral IR filter, visible light only
7. Video Frame Rate: H.264 Max. 30fps@1920 x 1080
8. Sensor Frame Rate: 4986 x 3684@6fps 2432 x 1840@20fps 1920 x 1080@50fps 1216 x 920@60fps
9. ISP Frame Rate: 4986 x 3684@6fps 2432 x 1840@30fps 1920 x 1080@50fps 1216 x 920@60fps
10. Sensor Output Format: RAW10
11. ISP Output  Format: Output image format of JPG, YUV420, RAW, DNG; output video format of MJPEG, H.264
12. Interface Type: 2-Lane MIPI
13. Board Size: 40x40mm

Package Includes:

1 x Arducam 18MP AR1820HS ISP Camera Module

1 x 200mm 15pin 1.0mm FPC cable

1 x 73mm 15pin 1.0mm to 22pin 0.5mm pitch FPC cable

1 x acrylic case kit with assembly accessories