1.Intoduction
Arducam Pivariety is a Raspberry Pi camera solution to take the advantage of using its hardware ISP functions. Using Arducam Pivariety camera modules, users can get better performance and a wider variety of camera, lens options. For a long time, Raspberry Pi users are limited to use the closed-source official supported camera driver and camera modules (V1/V2/HQ). Now Arducam made it possible to provide well-tuned ISP for Pivariety camera modules with Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance, Lens Shading Correction, etc.
Pivariety AR0234 Color Global Shutter Camera eliminates rolling shutter artifacts to better capture fast-moving objects. Pivariety AR0234 Camera uses the libcamera
framework and the way to access the camera is libcamera SDK
(for C++
)/libcamera-still
/libcamera-vid
/Gstreamer
. In addition, Pivariety AR0234 Global Shutter Camera having an external trigger function, which is used to capture the image and helps in synchronized streaming by connecting two or multiple cameras. In production applications (such as assembly line production), the external trigger mode can synchronize the camera with other devices.
Note: Although V4L2
interface is supported, only RAW format images can be obtained, without ISP support.
Cameras for Raspberry Pi , Pivariety Camera Modules
Arducam Full HD Color Global Shutter Camera for Raspberry Pi, 2.3MP AR0234 Wide Angle Pivariety Camera Module
Buy Now- This camera is a new member of Arducam Pivariety series, which adopts an AR0234 color global shutter and also supports hardware ISP functions. That is to say, this Pivariety can eliminate rolling shutter artifacts, performs much better …
- This camera is a new member of Arducam Pivariety series, which adopts an AR0234 color global shutter and also supports hardware ISP functions. That is to say, this Pivariety can eliminate rolling shutter artifacts, performs much better …
2.Specs
Image Sensor | 2.3MP AR0234 |
Max. Resolution | 1920Hx1200V |
Pixel Size | 3μm(H)×3μm(V) |
Optical Format | 1/2.6” |
Lens Spec(LN012) | Default Mount: M12 Focal length: 3.6mm F.NO: 3.0 FOV: 120°(D)/90°(H)/75°(V) |
IR Sensitivity | Integral 650nm IR filter, visible light only |
Maximum Frame Rate | 1920×[email protected], with [email protected] 1920×[email protected], with [email protected] 1280×[email protected], with [email protected] |
Sensor Output Format | RAW10 |
ISP Output Format | The output image format of JPG, YUV420, RAW, DNG The output video format of MJPEG, H.264 |
Interface Type | 2-Lane MIPI |
Camera Board Size(UC-846) | 38mm×38mm |
Pivariety Adapter Board Size(UC-667) | 40mm×40mm |
3.Mechanical drawing
4.Hardware
4.1 Assembly Instruction
4.2 Insert the ribbon cable

Generally speaking, the camera board and the Pivariety Adapter board have been connected. You only need to connect the camera to Raspberry Pi as the following figure.


5.Demo
6.What’s Next
How to install Kernel Driver for Pivariety Camera
How to access and program the Pivariety Camera using Python, OpenCV, and GStreamer
How to access AR0234 2.3MP Color Global Shutter Camera Module using external trigger snapshot mode