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.
