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With a software-controlled focus motor in the lens assembly, Arducam uses OpenCV to automate the focus process on a 12MP IMX477 High Quality Camera on the Raspberry Pi. This is how that looks like. …
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How many camera modules can you connect to one Xavier NX dev kit? The official NX dev kit comes out with two MIPI CSI connectors(J1 & J9) plus four USB ports, offering multiple choices for …
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How to use this Arducam Stereo Camera Package for ROS? In the video: https://youtu.be/wvMkZqv_gnw In the documentations: Table Of ContentsHow to use this Arducam Stereo Camera Packag…
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Preface As one of the leading companies that pioneers in multiple cameras for popular embedded systems, Arducam now releases the new multi-camera solutions – named Camarray – which allows you to co…
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Arducam IMX477 on Raspberry Pi: the need for lighter weight and smaller size We have released two different products to meet the diverse needs of our customers. However, as more people got their ha…
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You are now only one step away from using OV7251 and OV9281 global shutter cameras on the Raspberry Pi – Enabling the overlay from the recently updated device tree. Many people perform computer a…
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https://youtu.be/b78TIIlA3WI Arducam IMX477 on Jetson: the need for lighter weight and smaller size. After the release of the Raspberry Pi HQ camera and the breakthrough in the IMX477 Jetson dr…
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Why a mini tripod is necessary for The Rpi High Quality Camera Let’s face it, when you leave aside all the glorious specifications of this Sony IMX477 sensor the Raspberry Pi High Quality Cam…
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https://youtu.be/TYYeOuB-BMQ The HQ camera with C/CS-Mount is a big step forward Lens is a crucial part in a camera system that needs flexibility. A single lens cannot meet all needs because th…
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Before we startAlthough prevailing in embedded cameras, M12 lenses have never been made official to the Raspberry Pi. However, Arducam offers solutions to use M12 lenses on V1 OV5647 cameras, V2 IMX21…
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Table Of ContentsHQ cam is not the new V3 – it’s not a full camera module6mm Wide Angle and 16mm telephoto lens for Raspberry Pi HQ CameraFocal length – The shorter, the widerHow to Keep your image …
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In this blog, Arducam addresses 5 of the most concerning issues of Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera. It will give you a full description and help you make better buying decisions. Table Of Cont…
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The latest Jetson Nano revision offers several hardware modifications, including an extra camera slot, as we’ve mentioned in our breakdown of the B01 carrier board changes. This change may imply tha…
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It was impossible to use a non-IMX219 cam like RPI V1.3 on Jetson Nano, but not anymore. Introducing Project Jetvariety – Increase the Jetson Nano Camera Variety Today we are proud to introduce …
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Table Of ContentsNvidia Jetson Nano Has Updated Its HardwareWhy the Update?Specifications of The New Dev Kit Module & Carrier BoardMain specification for new Jetson Nano Kit (PN: P3450)Jetson Nano…
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After proving the feasibility to use Arducam Stereo Camera HAT for depth mapping on the Raspberry Pi, we’ve moved on to the Jetson Nano platform. This blog mainly discusses the application on the Je…
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The Difference Between A Compute Module and A Raspberry Pi Most of us are familiar with the standard Raspberry Pi models, such as the Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 3B+, 4. Aside from these models for the cons…
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Cameras on the Windows Platform If you click the start menu on Windows 10, you will probably find an app called “Camera.” On a laptop, the app shows the built-in front-facing camera with some s…
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When it comes to developing a camera-related project on embedded systems like the Raspberry Pi (RPi) or NVIDIA Jetson Nano (NJN), we will take many factors into consideration. To help you better selec…
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About UCTRONICS :This post is from the UCTRONICS team. UCTRONCIS is a major Arduino and Raspberry Pi components supplier and STEM products manufacturer. Inspired by Arducam IoTai, an ESP32-based board…
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Update: The Two MIPI-CSI Connectors on The New Jetson Nano Carrier Board (Rev B01 Kit) Are not Technically Synchronized Although recently NVIDIA has released a new revision of Jetson Nano board B02…
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Stereo vision for Raspberry Pi Most creatures have evolved to see the world with two eyes, but most of the Rasberry Pi models have not – the standard Raspberry Pi only comes with a single camera …
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The idea of the Enhanced Vision Goggles “Do we really see the world as it is?” Our Physics teacher, Mr. Hunt, asked our class this question, and then asked if anyone could think of an example o…
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Before we startArducam offers lens solution to all Pi camera modules. This blog is about using alternative lenses on the RPi Cam V2. If you are interested in how to use the M12 lens on the latest 12MP…
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Things to know about using multiple cameras on Jetson Nano The Nvidia Jetson series is known for its extraordinary performance in artificial intelligence with a small form factor. Since the Jetson …
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Preface Standard Raspberry Pi, like the Pi 4, only offers a single CSI camera connector, but people would love multiple cameras for 3D applications. Arducam has figured out a way to connect the syn…
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IoT Platform with ESP32 If you are interested in maker boards and IoT projects, you must have heard of ESP platforms such as the ESP-32 series. Considering the Wifi and Bluetooth features integrate…
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stero_adapter_board_pi_zeroB0120-arducam-multi-camera-adapter-raspberry-pi Introduction – What stops you from using dual cameras on the Raspberry Pi? Many of the Raspberry Pi users may notice …
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Last week, we finally received the package that contained the Raspberry Pi 4s we had ordered and started testing our camera modules on them. The Good news is that the Raspberry Pi 4 still keeps backwa…
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The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been released on Jun 29th, and now you have access to up to 4GB of memory and 2 USB 3.0 ports, and that means a lot for Raspberry Pi 4 projects, especially for camera ap…
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Before We StartThe Jetson Nano and Jetson Xavier NX comes out with support for the Raspberry Pi camera like IMX219, and Arducam builds all kinds of IMX219 variations for the Jetson Nano to meet differ…
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Raspberry Pi the most popular single board computer platform in the education, maker space, even industrial applications and millions of makers build their own project around the Raspberry pi boards. …
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We all know that there is a CSI connector on the Raspberry Pi to facilitate the connections of a small camera to the processor, but how should we facilitate the small camera itself? As a professio…
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Before we startCameras are complex devices that require driver to work, which usually leads us to vendor-specific closed-source solution or no option at all. Arducam aims to address that problem for A…
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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 fac…
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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 interchangeabl…
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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. In…
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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…
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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 …
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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 h…
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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 versio…
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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 …
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UpdateThis shield was upgraded to a new version. The limitation here doesn’t apply anymore. The ArduCAM USB camera shield is a universal camera control board designed for both PC…
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Introduction The GotchaCAM Portable Travel and Home Security and Surveillance System consists of the ArduCAM CC3200 Uno and the software from the book “Home Security System DIY PRO using Android …
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Introduction ArduCAM series camera shield is a universal camera control board for Arduino. It hides the complex nature of the camera and provides the plug and play camera control interface as well as …
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The author Robert Chin wrote a book for Home Security System DIY PRO using Android and TI CC3200 SimpleLink using ArduCAM CC3200 UNO DIY WIFI Start Kit. If you want to build home security system …
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ArduCAM now released a world smallest low cost ESP8266 WIFI IoT camera kit based on ArduCAM-Mini-2MP-V2 and ArduCAM-ESP8266-Nano module. User can implement a 2MP WIFI camera using HTTP or Websocket pr…
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ArduCAM team now is developing a coin size Raspberry Pi compatible compute module. The total size of the SOM is 24mm x 24mm, compared to the official Raspberry Pi compute module and new Pi ZERO, it wi…
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Introduction ArduCAM team just released a 8MP Raspberry Pi compatible camera based on the same Sony IMX219 image sensor. It’s capable of 3280 x 2464 pixel static images, and also supports 1080p30, 72…
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As ArduCAM is general purpose camera, it can be used on any micro controller platform not limited to Arduino, and now ArduCAM team port the code library to Raspberry Pi family. Thanks to the uniform …
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Introduction ArduCAM now released an ESP8266 based Arduino board for ArduCAM mini camera modules while keeping the same form of factors and pinout as the standard Arduino UNO R3 board. The high lig…
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The author Robert Chin wrote a book for Home Security Systems DIY using Android and Arduino using ArduCAM Mini camera module Arduino and Android. For Arduino and its camera fans, it is right for …
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Introduction ArduCAM team now announces to release a new CC3200 UNO board which is full featured development board almost like a combination of CC3200 Launchpad plus CC3200CAMBOOST pack from TI while …
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Panoramic photograph is a technique of photography, using specialized equipment or software, that captures images with elongated fields of view. It is sometimes known as wide format photography. In or…
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It is good news to hear that the Arduino IDE support was announced on the ESP8266 community forum, the source code can be found from . It is more than another Arduino board, but can be thoug…
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Introduction ArduCAM series camera shield is a universal camera control board for Arduino. It hides the complex nature of the camera and provides the easy to use camera control interface as well as…
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ArduCAM WIFI camera board is open-source WIFI camera develop board which is based on Texas Instruments CC3200 SimpleLink WIFI IoT solution and Aptina MT9D111 camera module. It offers high-quality live…
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Introduction Standard RPi boards (not Compute Module) accept a single MIPI camera, but Arducam offers solutions to take multiple. The following blog was originally for the release of the first revi…
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ArduCAM Mini is optimized version of ArduCAM shield Rev.C, and is a high definition SPI camera, which reduce the complexity of the camera control interface. It integrates 2MP or 5MP CMOS ima…
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ArduCAM team now are working on different famous open hardware platform, and successfully port the ArduCAM library to Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone Black and STM32 boards. Also we moved our library to gith…
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Introduction In order to meet the increasing need of Raspberry Pi compatible camera modules. The ArduCAM team now released ultra low cost add-on mini camera module for Raspberry Pi series boards whic…
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Introduction In order to meet the increasing need of Raspberry Pi compatible camera modules. The ArduCAM team now released another add-on spy camera module for Raspberry Pi series boards which is ful…
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Introduction In order to meet the increasing need for Raspberry Pi compatible camera modules. The ArduCAM team now released a revision C add-on camera module for Raspberry Pi which is fully compati…
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In this demonstration, we introduce how to use the ArduCAM shield on the Arduino Yun board. And view captured photos remotely via WIFI connection. To complete this demonstration, you need the f…
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The image sensors supports kinds of output formats like Raw RGB Bayer, YUV, JPEG, RGB565, RGB555, RGB444 and etc. In preview mode RGB output is preferred and it can be changed to other format when cap…
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User frequently reported that the ArduCAM shield doesn’t work with DUE board, and it is now a known issue. We figured out that in the Due board the default SD library speed is much faster than ArduCA…
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This post introduces how to use ArduCAM host application to take high resolution time elapse image with ArduCAM shield. We need the following items to complete this demonstration: Arduino UNO board…
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Recently ArduCAM team designed a simple-point-and-shoot digital camera for Raspberry Pi B+ board, it integrates both LCD touch screen and 5MP Raspberry Pi camera board into a single shield. …
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The Pi NoIR is a Raspberry Pi camera module with no Infrared filter for night time and low light photography using an Infrared light. Useful for wildlife research, science projects, night ti…
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This Article is written by one of our customer, the original article can be found from here. AN ARDUINO TIME-LAPSE CAMERA USING ARDUCAM While experimenting with my pinhole cameras, I did a lot of …
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In order to meet the increasing need of Raspberry Pi compatible camera modules. The ArduCAM team now released a add-on camera module for Raspberry Pi which is fully compatible with official one. It at…
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Where to find the source code ArduCAM shield latest library and examples can be downloaded from download section. Please download the correct library for the the different shield version. For the Rev.…
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This section describe the hardware feature and user guide for ArduCAM shield Rev.B. If you use later version ArduCAM shield please read the latest hardware user guide. ArduCAM shield hardware integra…
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This camera shield is replaced by newer Rev.C+ shield and ArduCAM-Mini board. With the great success of ArduCAM shield Rev.B, we received hundreds of comments and feedbacks from ArduCAM users. The Ar…
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This section describe the ArduCAM shield Rev.C hardware feature and user guide. For information about Rev.B, please refer here. Introduction ArduCAM shield hardware integrates all the necessary …
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Arduino beginners often face compatibility problems between UNO and MEGA board. The truth is that the UNO and MEGA board are not compatible with each other in some ways, for example, UNO SPI port pins…
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Q: Where can I order camera modules and ArduCAM shield? A: Please order from our distributor www.uctronics.com Q: Where can I find the source code and schematic of ArduCAM shield? A: Please downloa…
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CMOS camera modules are widely used in mobile phones and web cameras, and the price is pretty low when in volume. Therefore it becomes the best choice for embedded applications. However there is…
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Improved Features: Provide two board options, ArduCAM-LF has both LCD and FIFO, ArduCAM-F only has FIFO ArduCAM-LF provide live video and real time snapshot Support both Arduino UNO and MEGA128…
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Introduction In this demonstration we will illustrate how to transfer image wireless over Bluetooth with Arduino boards. To complete this demo we need an ArduCAM shield, a OV2640 Camera module, an Ard…
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The ArduCAM shield has 6 general purpose IOs which can be set as input or output and greatly extend the power for the Arduino board which has limited IO resources. The structure of the IOs in the Ardu…
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This tutorial will demonstrate how to use the ArduCAM shield on Arduino UNO board, aim the point and press a snapshot button you will get a BMP picture saved on the SD/TF card. When you ge…
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Key specifications active array size: 2592 x 1944 power supply: core: 1.5VDC + 5% (internal regulator) analog: 2.6 ~ 3.0V I/O: 1.7 ~ 3.0V output formats : (8-bit): YUV(422/420) / YCbCr422, RGB5…
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Pin definition: Signals Description Signals Description +3.3V +3.3V from shield +5V +5V from Arduino D1 3.3V logic version of D1 D0 3.3V logic version of D0 D3 3.3V logic version of D3 D2 3.3…
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ArduChip is the core of the ArduCAM, which incoperates a Altera MAXII CPLD EPM240 as main processor. The main task of the ArduChip is do the real time DMA transfer between Camera module and the 3.2″ L…
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This camera shield is replaced by newer Rev.C+ shield and ArduCAM-Mini board ArduCAM is Arduino based open source camera platform which is well mated to Arduino boards. It now supports Arduino UNO …
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These demo pictures are captured from MT9D111(SOC2010) camera module with USB our develop board, it is a illustration for the image quality of the sensor. Note that they are captured under the lo…
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Welcome to ArduCam. This is a website for Arduino based open source camera! Coming Soon
