Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Arducam Stereo Camera HAT [B0195]

[Lee Jackson]

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[Arducam Support Team]

Q:

I have notice a micro USB port on the board, is it required to power the board, or is the board powered by just GPIO pins?

A:

For the usb port and GPIO pins, you have to choose one to power the board.
Usb port Applicable object: USB2.0 E version
GPIO pins Applicable: Raspberry Pi

[Arducam Support Team]

Q:

Can I use one of the binocular cameras and turn off the other when needed?How to supply power? Is it a microusb port?

A:

Yes, you can use one of the binocular cameras and turn off the other when needed.Power supply is 2*20 Raspberry Pi port. It is powered by the USB Port on the Pi.

[Arducam Support Team]

Q:

What is the temperature used to safely desolder and solder using heatgun and soldering iron for raspberry V2 camera boards.

A:

350 -400 Celsius.

[Arducam Support Team]

Q:

May I know the dimensions of the stereo camera board with 2 cameras?

A:

[Arducam Support Team]

Q:

Can this stereo camera hat work with two your 8MP spy cameras?

A:

No, Arducam spy camera cannot work with the synchronized camera HAT as it is hard for us to synchronize the clock of two single spy cameras.

[Arducam Support Team]

Q:

I am trying to use the AuduCam Stereo Camera HAT with OpenCV but it keeps giving me this error “Load libarducam_mipicamera fail.”

I think that I am missing this link. I fallowed the instructions here

Depth Mapping on Arducam Stereo Camera HAT with OpenCV

But with one difference I am using OpenCV 4.1.0 does that make a difference? How do I fix this issue？

A:

Please install Arducam library for MIPI cameras from Github:

https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/tree/master/RPI

[dcorr039]

Hello,

I have two questions:

1. Can I change the camera module on the stereo board? For example the IMX219 autofocus camera or the IMX219 Low distortion camera drop-in replacements. If so can the the autofocus cameras be synchronized?

2. Is it possible to use the multi camera adapter board along with the stereo camera HAT? For example Camera A may be connected to a separate camera and Camera B will be connected to stereo HAT and give access to synchronized stereo cameras?

 

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