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CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color

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Side View with Lens

Front View Connected to Toradex Board

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Getting Started

This page contains basic information related to the CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color.

First Steps

To help with the first steps with the CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 here follows two articles with guides on cable connections and camera usage on embedded Linux and TorizonCore.

First Steps with CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color (Torizon)

First Steps with CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color (Linux)

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Please contact our technical support. Various options for technical support are mentioned in the article below.

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Features

Main Features

CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color

Camera Module Features:

• Sensor: AR0521 from onsemi®
• Sensor Resolution and Optical Format:5MP CMOS Image Sensor. 1/2.5" Optical format
• Sensor Type:5MP CMOS Electronic Rolling Shutter Sensor with Bayer RGB Color Filter Array
• Image Signal Processor:On-board high performance ISP
• Output Format:Uncompressed UYVY format

Sensor Features:

• Pixel size:2.2μm x 2.2μm
• Sensor Active Area:2592(H) x 1944(V)
• Responsivity:18.8 ke-/luxsec
• SNR:40 dB
• Dynamic Range:74.3 dB
• Shutter type:Electronic Rolling Shutter
• Focus Type:Fixed focus
• DFOV:5MP - 140.5° (with the lens provided by e-con)

Datasheets

Datasheet

CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color datasheet

CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color Lens datasheet

Compatible Products

Hardware

The camera module e-CAM55_CUMI0521_MOD from e-con Systems is sold together with an adapter board and cables as the evaluation kit e-CAM50_CUiMX8.

The kit works out-of-the-box with the following configuration:

• Apalis iMX8:
  • Using TorizonCore 5: First Steps with CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color (Torizon)
  • Using BSP 5: First Steps with CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color (Linux)

The kit works by compiling and adding a device tree overlay on the following configuration:

• Verdin iMX8M Plus:
  • Using TorizonCore 5: First Steps with CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color (Torizon)
  • Using BSP 5: First Steps with CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color (Linux)

Toradex and e-con Systems are working to also support the camera kit with the following configurations:

• Apalis iMX8:
  • TorizonCore 6
  • BSP 6
• Verdin iMX8M Plus:
  • TorizonCore 6
  • BSP 6
• Verdin iMX8M Mini:
  • TorizonCore 6
  • BSP 6

Any Toradex carrier board that supports the MIPI CSI-2 interface connects to the camera kit out-of-the-box, hardware-wise:

• Ixora Carrier Board
• Verdin Development Board
• Dahlia Carrier Board
• Mallow Carrier Board

Revision History

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Product Number (PID8) Format

The format of the 8-digits Product Number (PID8) is the following:

The below table describes the structure of the Product Number (PID8):

Field	Description
PPPP	4-digits number, indicating the Product Configuration (PID4) that describes the key properties of the product (e.g. Product Group, RAM capacity, etc.)
VV	2-digits number, indicating the Major and Minor Version (in that order)
AA	2-digits number, indicating the Assembly Variant

See the complete list of available combinations on the Revision History table of the corresponding product page.

Example

Product number (PID8): 00291100:

0029: Apalis iMX6D 512MB
11: Major Version 1, Minor Version 1, Version V1.1 in short
00: Assembly Variant A

A specific product revision has a lifecycle defined by the product state. Learn more about it on the Product Change Notifications.

Product #	Product Description	Changes from Previous Version	Release Date	PCN Document
01641000	CSI Camera Set 5MP AR0521 Color V1.0A	Initial Release	Q2, 2022

Errata

None