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Quick Start Guide

Hardware Connection

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.