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Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide-Dual*AR0234 GMSL Camera Extension Kit

Hardware

Hardware Preparation

  • 2*Arducam AR0234 camera
  • 22-22pin opposite-side flex ribbon cable
  • FAKRA Jack to FAKRA Jack coaxial cable
  • 2*Arducam Serializer Board
  • Arducam GMSL Deserializer Board
  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX/Nano

Test environment:

Tested JetPack version: L4T version: 36.4.3, Jetpack 6.2

Hardware Setting

Make sure the both DIP switches to the ON position. (The default setting is off)

Hardware Connection

Connect the GMSL camera Kit and NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX/Nano using a 22-22pin opposite-side flex cable:

Tip

NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX connects to CAM0, NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano connects to CAM1

NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX - CAM0

NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano - CAM1

Insert the corresponding GPIO interface into 1 to 6 pins on NVIDIA Jetson:

Connect the AR0234 GMSL camera Kit to the GMSL deserializer board using the FAKRA coaxial cable,The GMSL deserializer board has two interfaces, RXA and RXB.

No camera Connected:

Camera connected to RXB:

Camera connected to RXA:

Software

Install driver

note

Only supports NVIDIA JetPack6.2/L4T36.4.3 and later versions

Step 1. Download the bash scripts

cd ~ && wget https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/releases/download/v0.0.3/install_full.sh

Step 2. Install the driver

chmod +x install_full.sh
./install_full.sh -m arducam_4lane

When the following prompt pops up, press y and press Enter to reboot the device

Step 3. Install v4l2

sudo apt-get install v4l-utils

Step 4. Install openCV

sudo apt install nvidia-opencv-dev

Step 4. Check Resolution

v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext

Run the camera

Download Demo

git clone https://github.com/ArduCAM/ArducamUVCPythonDemo.git

When two cameras are connected at the same time, RXA and RXB can be switched dynamically.

Run the demo

The default resolution is 3840x1200

cd ~/ArducamUVCPythonDemo && python3 arducam_demo.py -v 3

Switch Resolution to 2560x720

python3 arducam_demo.py -W 2560 -H 720 -v 3

Switch Resolution to 1280x480

python3 arducam_demo.py -W 1280 -H 480 -v 3

Save the Image

Open the preview interface and press the s key to save the image, and the q key to exit the screen interface

Quick Start Guide-IMX219 GMSL Camera Extension Kit

Hardware

Hardware Preparation

  • Arducam imx219 GMSL camera
  • 22-22pin opposite-side flex ribbon cable
  • FAKRA Jack to FAKRA Jack coaxial cable
  • Arducam Serializer Board
  • Arducam GMSL Deserializer Board
  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX/Nano

Hardware Setting

Make sure the both DIP switches to the OFF position. (The default setting is off)

Hardware Connection

Connect the GMSL camera Kit and NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX/Nano using a 22-22pin opposite-side flex cable:

Insert the corresponding GPIO interface into 1 to 6 pins on NVIDIA Jetson:

Connect the imx219 GMSL camera to the GMSL deserializer board using the FAKRA coaxial cable,The GMSL deserializer board has two interfaces, RXA and RXB.

When connecting a camera, the GMSL deserializer board will automatically identify whether it is connected to RXA or RXB.

No camera Connected:

Camera connected to RXB:

Camera connected to RXA:

Note

When two cameras are connected at the same time, the camera with the RXB interface will be selected by default. The host will only recognize one camera, which is the default RXB camera.

Connection Diagram

Software

Install driver

note

Only supports NVIDIA JetPack6.2/L4T36.4.3 and later versions

Step 1. Download the bash scripts

cd ~ && wget https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/releases/download/v0.0.3/install_full.sh

Step 2. Install the driver

chmod +x install_full.sh
./install_full.sh -m imx219_gmsl

Step 3. Check whether the camera is detected

ls /dev/video*

Step 4. Install v4l2

sudo apt-get install v4l-utils

Use the v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext command to check the resolution, frame rate, and image format of Arducam imx219 GMSL camera kit.

Run the camera

Preview

gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc sensor_id=0 ! "video/x-raw(memory:NVMM),width=1920,height=1080,framerate=30/1,format=NV12" ! nvvidconv flip-method=0 ! "video/x-raw,width=960,height=720" ! nvvidconv ! nvegltransform ! nveglglessink -e

When two cameras are connected at the same time, RXA and RXB can be switched dynamically.

Switch to RXA

sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 9 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x01

Switch to RXB

sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 9 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x02

Tip

Support hot-plug (at least one camera must be connected when Jetson Orin Nano/NX powered on)

"Hot-plug" means that after NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano/NX recognizes the camera, it can freely switch between the camera and RXA, RXB interfaces when the camera is not running.