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Quick Start Guide

Hardware

Package List

Connection of Camera Module

Connection of camera and adapter board

Final Steps


Software

Preparation

Firstly, you should confirm the sensor of your camera module and execute the corresponding steps to access it.

You can check your cameras and find the corresponding instructions below to use the Camera Extension Kit:

Raspberry Pi Native Camera

Sensor Optical Size Resolution
IMX219 1/4'' 8MP
IMX477 1/2.3'' 12MP

Software Configuration

Please refer to the following link to execute the relative driver/config steps:

Software Configuration for Raspberry Pi Native Camera


Access the Camera Kit

Please refer to the following link to execute the relative accessing steps:

Raspberry Pi Native Camera - libcamera/rpicam User Guide


Demonstrations

Demos on Raspberry Pi 4

Arducam GMSL2 camera extension kit supports switching channels manually, if you need to switch camera channel when you're connecting multiple cameras, you can refer to the following content to operate:

  • Channel 1
sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 10 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x01

libcamera-still -t 0

  • Channel 2
sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 10 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x02

libcamera-still -t 0

  • Check out the version
sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 10 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x01 r1

Demos on Raspberry Pi 5

CSI 0 prot


  • Channel 1
sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 6 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x01

libcamera-still -t 0

  • Channel 2
sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 6 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x02

libcamera-still -t 0


CSI 1 prot

  • Channel 1
sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 4 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x01

  • Channel 2
sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 4 w3@0x0c 0xff 0x55 0x02

  • Check out the version

CSI 0 PORT

sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 6 w2@0x0c 0x01 0x01 r1

CSI 1 PORT

sudo i2ctransfer -f -y 4 w2@0x0c 0x01 0x01 r1