First-Ever Series of Color Global Shutter Cameras w/ Native ISP-Tuning for Raspberry Pi
RPi V1, V2 and HQ Cameras Are All Rolling Shutter

All three official Pi cameras from the foundation, the V1, V2, and HQ camera modules, have rolling shutters. If you ever used one of them to build projects to capture fast-moving objects, you’d have more or less noticed that the image or video captured unavoidably have distortion/warping to some extension, this is called the “jello effect” and it’s caused by how a rolling shutter typically works: capturing each frame line-by-line.

“Jello effect” doesn’t just make a photo/video look strange, for any RPI-based machine vision projects that involve detection or recognition on speedy targets, these artifacts of a rolling shutter camera can seriously mess up the results.
Rolling shutter’s disadvantages had put Raspberry Pi away from many high-speed imaging applications, you had no choice but to use those industrial global shutter cameras.
But we need better solutions.
Arducam’s Exclusive Monochrome Global Shutter Cameras for Pi Users

As an embedded vision system pioneer, we completed the missing piece for the foundation. We developed a plethora of camera solutions with the most popular, inexpensive global shutter image sensors, from single-camera sets with customizable M12 lens options featured in a good deal of FoVs (field of view), to stereoscopic & quad-camera systems with frame-level synchronization, and the best thing is, they are and will be compatible with current or upcoming Raspberry Pi models.
Single-Sensor Global Shutter Cameras
Cameras for RaspberryPi , MIPI Camera Modules
Arducam 1MP OV9281 Monochrome Global Shutter Camera Module for Raspberry Pi 4/3B+/3
Buy Now- Monochrome global shutter Camera Module with M12 Mount lens directly inserts to CSI slot on Raspberry Pi. Support Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 3/3B+/3A+, CM3/3+, Pi Zero and more.
- Supported By The Lastest Official Firmware: The Raspberry Pi has recently updated its …
Cameras for RaspberryPi , Global Shutter Sensors
Arducam OV9281 1MP Mono Global Shutter Camera with 130deg 850nm Only M12 Mount for Raspberry Pi
Buy Now- Monochrome global shutter Camera Module with M12 Mount lens directly inserts to CSI slot on Raspberry Pi. Support Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 3/3B+/3A+, CM3/3+, Pi Zero and more.
- Supported By The Lastest Official Firmware: The Raspberry Pi has recently updated its …
Cameras for RaspberryPi , IR Sensitive Cameras
Arducam OV9281 1MP Monochrome Global Shutter Camera Module with M12 Mount lens for Raspberry Pi 4/3B+/3
Buy Now- USB 3.0 quick development and evaluation board for sensors like OV9281.
- For ReV.A, check Arducam driver; For Rev.B, check Raspberry Pi driver .
- Monochrome global shutter Camera Module with M12 Mount lens directly inserts to CSI slot on …
Cameras for RaspberryPi , Global Shutter Sensors
Arducam OV7251 0.31MP Monochrome Global Shutter Camera Module for Raspberry Pi NoIR
Buy Now- Supported By The Lastest Official Firmware: The Raspberry Pi has recently updated its firmware with V4L2 camera drivers, which adds support including for OV7251. Thus this OV7251 camera module is compatible with the official V4L2 camera driver, and …
- Supported By The Lastest Official Firmware: The Raspberry Pi has recently updated its firmware with V4L2 camera drivers, which adds support including for OV7251. Thus this OV7251 camera module is compatible with the official V4L2 camera driver, and …
Cameras for RaspberryPi , MIPI Camera Modules
Arducam OV7251 0.31MP Monochrome Global Shutter Camera Module for Raspberry Pi 4/3B+/3
Buy Now- USB 3.0 quick development and evaluation board for sensors like OV7251.
- Check Jetson Nano Version SKU: B0212
- Supported By The Lastest Official Firmware: The Raspberry Pi has recently updated its firmware with V4L2 camera drivers, which …
Cameras for RaspberryPi , Global Shutter Sensors
Arducam 2MP OV2311 Global Shutter NoIR Mono Camera Modules for Raspberry Pi
Buy NowNote: Discontinued, please check the upgraded version with ISP support: SKU: B0318
Stereo Global Shutter Cameras with Fixed/Variable Baselines
Camarray Solution Prototypes , Global Shutter Sensors
Arducam 1MP*2 Stereoscopic Camera Bundle Kit for Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, Two OV9281 Global Shutter Monochrome Camera Modules and Camarray Stereo Camera HAT
Buy Now- Supports Multiple Platforms: This bundle runs two synchronous OV9281 cameras through a single connection with MIPI CSI-2 port, compatible with Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, also can be extended to other platforms that have MIPI CSI-2 interface and standard Video4Linux2(V4L2) …
- Supports Multiple Platforms: This bundle runs two synchronous OV9281 cameras through a single connection with MIPI CSI-2 port, compatible with Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, also can be extended to other platforms that have MIPI CSI-2 interface and standard Video4Linux2(V4L2) …
Camarray Solution Prototypes , Cameras for RaspberryPi
Arducam 2MP*2 Stereo Camera for Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, Dual OV2311 Monochrome Global Shutter Camera Module
Buy Now- Supports Multiple Platforms: Compatible with Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, also can be extended to other platforms that have MIPI CSI-2 interface and standard Video4Linux2(V4L2) driver, hence it can be used for different platforms without changing the hardware and the …
- Supports Multiple Platforms: Compatible with Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, also can be extended to other platforms that have MIPI CSI-2 interface and standard Video4Linux2(V4L2) driver, hence it can be used for different platforms without changing the hardware and the …
Synchronized Global Shutter Quad-Camera Bundles
Camarray Solution Prototypes , Global Shutter Sensors
Arducam 1MP*4 Quadrascopic Monochrome Camera Bundle Kit for Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, Four OV9281 Global Shutter Camera Modules and Camarray Camera HAT
Buy Now- Supports Multiple Platforms: This bundle runs four synchronous OV9281 cameras through a single connection with MIPI CSI-2 port, compatible with Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, also can be extended to other platforms that have MIPI CSI-2 interface and standard Video4Linux2(V4L2) …
- Supports Multiple Platforms: This bundle runs four synchronous OV9281 cameras through a single connection with MIPI CSI-2 port, compatible with Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano/Xavier NX, also can be extended to other platforms that have MIPI CSI-2 interface and standard Video4Linux2(V4L2) …
Since Raspberry Pi has secretly added support for the OV9281 and OV7251 sensors, we are now taking global shutter to its next phase.
Fine-Tuned Color Global Shutter Camera Modules for RPI & Beyond

Based on the Pivariety project, we took some colored global shutter image sensors and turned them into MIPI-CSI 2 cameras that utilize Raspberry Pi’s exceptional ISP (image signal processor) tuning to boost performance and video/image quality, which you’ll normally have with the original pi cameras. Those early ones we made are getting this upgrade too.
And a colored global shutter CMOS sensor can:
1. Expose all pixels at the same time to capture a scene with moving objects,
2. Prevent motion blur, warping, and distortion from happening.
3. Provide higher frame rates at higher resolutions with color information.
These cameras can also work with Nvidia Jetson Nano and NX , and to expand its compatibility we also have it in USB 3.0 interface with proprietary SDKs and industrial-level features.
Cameras for RaspberryPi , 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 …
1 Comment
Diego Franco · April 19, 2022 at 10:42 am
When will be available global shutters for cameras with more resolution, like the 16Mpix or the new 64Mpix?