Install the OS
Download the Latest Jetson Nano SD card Image for example according to the instruction Getting Started With Jetson Nano Developer Kit. You can skip this step if you have already made your SD card.
Driver Setup
Check the L4T version
Before installing, you can Check the L4T version and choose the correct installation steps.
cat /etc/nv_tegra_release
Automatic driver installation only for L4T32.4.3 version and after
1. Download automatic installation script
cd ~ wget https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/releases/download/v0.0.3/install_full.sh
2. Install the driver
chmod +x install_full.sh ./install_full.sh -m arducam
Enter y to reboot.
Uninstallation
If you want to roll back to the original Jetson Nano camera driver, just run the following command to uninstall the Arducam driver, a reboot is also required.
sudo dpkg -r arducam-nvidia-l4t-kernel
Manual driver installation for L4T32.4.3 version before
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1.Check system version
#Check the L4T version
cat /etc/nv_tegra_release
#Check the kernel version
uname -a
2.Download Arducam driver package
Open the link below:
NOTE
If you can’t find a driver package matching your kernel version, please contact Arducam to update that.
Depending on the hardware platform and system version currently in use, find the corresponding driver.
Download it and put it under the root directory.
3.Install Arducam driver package
Then type the following command to install the V4L-utils The driver package name (.deb) should be changed according to the actual download.
sudo dpkg -i arducam-nvidia-l4t-kernel_4.9.140-32.4.3-20200716095813_arm64.deb
4.Install V4L-utils package
sudo apt-get install v4l-utils
Don’t forget to reboot to take effect.
sudo reboot
