IMX219-160 Camera

Introduction

IMX219 Camera, 800 megapixels and 160 FOV. Compatible with Jetson nano. You can also use it with CM3/CM3+ expansion boards like Raspberry Pi Compute Module IO board, Compute Module IO Board Plus, Compute Module POE Board board.

Specifications

• Sensor: Sony IMX219
  • Resolution: 3280x2464
  • 8 Megapixels
• Lens specifications:
  • CMOS size: 1/4inch
  • Aperture (F): 2.35
  • Focal Length: 3.15mm
  • Angle of View (diagonal): 160 degree
  • Distortion: <14.3%
• 4 screw holes
  • Used for attachment
  • Provides 3.3V power output

User Guide

Hardware connection

• Connect the camera to CSI interface of Jetson Nano.Set the metal side of FFC into Heat-sink

  If you have B01 version Jetson Nano Developer Kit, connect one of the CSI interfaces.

• Power on Jetson Nano

  Note that jetson Nano cannot support hot-plug, you need to restart it after connecting camera.

Test

• Open a terminal and run the following command for testing

  Note: you need to connect a HDMI display to Jetson Nano Developer Kit, otherwise the image of camera cannot be previewed.

DISPLAY=:0.0 gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=3280, height=2464, format=(string)NV12, framerate=(fraction)20/1' ! nvoverlaysink -e

• If you find that the image captured is red. You can try to download .isp file and installed:

wget http://47.107.148.244/w/images/e/eb/Camera_overrides.tar.gz
tar zxvf Camera_overrides.tar.gz 
sudo cp camera_overrides.isp /var/nvidia/nvcam/settings/
sudo chmod 664 /var/nvidia/nvcam/settings/camera_overrides.isp
sudo chown root:root /var/nvidia/nvcam/settings/camera_overrides.isp

【Note】The 12 in NV12 is number but not string.

Drive two cameras

If you want to use two camera at the same time（for B01）, you can add parameter sensor-id=x to change the camera

• Test video0

DISPLAY=:0.0 gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc sensor-id=0 ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=3280, height=2464, format=(string)NV12, framerate=(fraction)20/1' ! nvoverlaysink -e

• Test video1

DISPLAY=:0.0 gst-launch-1.0 nvarguscamerasrc sensor-id=1 ! 'video/x-raw(memory:NVMM), width=3280, height=2464, format=(string)NV12, framerate=(fraction)20/1' ! nvoverlaysink -e

Related link

• Jetson Download center
• Use Opencv