Before we startCameras are complex devices that require drivers to work, which usually leads us to vendor-specific closed-source solutions or no option at all. Arducam aims to address that problem for Arduino (Arducam SPI Cameras), Raspberry Pi (Arducam Pivareity),...
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New Arrival: Arducam’s New Low Distortion Lenses
In our last post of the new M12 Lens Kit, we introduced a variety of lenses that will cover most of the use case scenarios. However, “most” is not enough, and we want to take a step forward to face bigger challenges. Today we are glad to add several new low distortion...
Arducam M12 Mount Lens Kit for Raspberry Pi and Arduino Cameras
Over the past few years, Arducam has launched many camera boards for Raspberry Pi with M12 or CS-mount lens holders. One of the many features that outperformed the official ones was the interchangeable lenses, a feature also on our SPI cameras for Arduino. We are...
Solving the Raspberry Pi Camera V2 Focus Issue with An Auto-Focus Camera Module
The Focus Distance of a V2 Camera Module The viewing distance of the offical Raspberry Pi cameras is 1m to infinity, which means that you will extra works if you need to shoot closer than 1m. Introduction Problems with Fixed Focus In some simple applications, it’s...
Arducam V2.1 Multi-Camera Adapter Board for Raspberry Pi 8MP Camera IMX219
Introduction Since the old multi-camera adapter board doesn't work with Raspberry Pi 8MP IMX219 pi camera due to the camera driver issue. Now Arducam team designed upgrade V2.1 multi-camera adapter board for both 5MP and 8MP pi cameras. Consider that the high speed...
Second Generation ArduCAM USB2.0 Camera Shield
The second generation of Arducam USB2.0 shield is designed to replace the old one released on March 2017 while keeping the same form of factor and software compatible. The highlight of the new USB2.0 camera shield is that it has onboard 8MByte hardware frame buffer,...
Arducam USB3.0 Camera Shield
Introduction 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...
ArduCAM NOIR Raspberry Pi camera with Motorized IR Cut Filter
Background Raspberry pi camera has both color version pi camera board and NoIR version pi camera board. So let’s take a look at the difference between these two types of cameras. The color version pi camera has 650nm IR cut filter on top of the sensor, so it can only...
Manual Exposure for OV2640
Overview ArduCAM all given examples are using auto exposure for easy use of the camera. But somethings users want to control the exposure more precisely. This article will cover how to do manually exposure to OV2640 camera. How does Rolling Shutter Sensor Exposure All...
