Introduction

This hardware guid helps for interfacing the Arducam MT9N001 camera module. There are hardware USB2 or USB3 camera shield develop boards which can well mate this camera module without designing any customize board, they can be used for fast evaluation for this camera module.

Pin Definition

The camera module using Molex 5051103091-SD or similar 30pin 0.5mm pitch FPC connector.

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

Mechanical Dimension

Lens Option

There are M12 or CS/C mount lenses can be used together with is camera module. This is 1/2.3″ optical format sensor, so make sure the lens optical format is bigger than 1/2.3″ or else there will be dark corner. More lens options can be found from lens product page.