Arducam 18MP AR1820HS camera module for Raspberry Pi Pivariety

Arducam Pivariety is a Raspberry Pi camera solution to take the advantage of using its hardware ISP functions. Using Arducam Pivariety camera modules, users can get better performance and a wider variety of camera, and lens options. For a long time, Raspberry Pi users are limited to using the closed-source official supported camera driver and camera modules (V1/V2/HQ). Now Arducam made it possible to provide a well-tuned ISP for Pivariety camera modules with Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance, Lens Shading Correction, etc.

What is Pivariety? 

Download Link:

1. First you need to do Hardware setup. You need to make the connections as shown in the link . For  Software setup, you can go to the same link.
2. If you want to access and program the pivariety camera through the Command Line, Python, OpenCV and GStreamer, please follow the link .

Note: If you face any problem while installing the driver then there are few ways to install it. To do that follow the procedure given  in the link .

Applications

1. Digital video cameras
2. Digital still cameras
3. Industrial camera
4. Medical camera
5. Microscopy camera
6. UAV camera

Features:

1. 18MP AR1820HS color sensor, up to 4986 x 3684@6fps.
2. Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance.
3. Gstreamer support.
4. Upcoming V4L2 support(Although the V4L2 interface is supported, only RAW format images can be obtained, without ISP support).
5. Compatible with all libcamera-based apps maintained by the RPi foundation.

Specifications:

1. Sensor Type: 18MP AR1820HS
2. Pixel Size: 1.25um x 1.25um
3. Optical Size: 1/2.3”
4. Active Pixels: 4912 H x 3684 V
5. Lens Spec: Focal length: 3.9mm, F.NO: 2.8, FOV: 75° (H)
6. IR Sensitivity: Integral IR filter, visible light only
7. Video Frame Rate: H.264 Max. 30fps@1920 x 1080
8. Sensor Frame Rate: 4986 x 3684@6fps 2432 x 1840@20fps 1920 x 1080@50fps 1216 x 920@60fps
9. ISP Frame Rate: 4986 x 3684@6fps 2432 x 1840@30fps 1920 x 1080@50fps 1216 x 920@60fps
10. Sensor Output Format: RAW10
11. ISP Output  Format: Output image format of JPG, YUV420, RAW, DNG; output video format of MJPEG, H.264
12. Interface Type: 2-Lane MIPI
13. Board Size: 40x40mm

Package Includes:

1 x Arducam 18MP AR1820HS ISP Camera Module

1 x 200mm 15pin 1.0mm FPC cable

1 x 73mm 15pin 1.0mm to 22pin 0.5mm pitch FPC cable

1 x acrylic case kit with assembly accessories