MIPI CSI Interface

Support List

Camera Name	Sensor Type	Resolution
OKDO 5MP Camera	OV5647	5 megapixels
Radxa Camera 4K	IMX415	8.29 megapixels
Raspberry Pi Camera V2	IMX219	8 megapixels
Raspberry Pi Camera v1.3	OV5647	5 megapixels

Accessory usage

OKDO 5MP Camera

• Connection

  Connect ROCK 5A through the FPC cable as shown:

• Enable Overlay

  1. Open the Kconsole terminal via the Application Launcher in the lower left corner and run the rsetup command:

   radxa@rock-5a:~$ rsetup 

  2. Enable OKDO 5MP Camera Overlay by Device Tree Configuration .
  tip

  Please enable [] Enable OKDO 5MP Camera Overlay。
  Exit and reboot after enabling the successful display of [*] Enable OKDO 5MP Camera for the configuration to take effect.

  3. Reboot

• Test

  1. Preview

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to open the camera preview:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1920,height=1080 ! xvimagesink;

  2. Take a picture

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to turn on the camera to take a picture:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1920,height=1080 ! jpegenc ! multifilesink location=file.name.jpg;

  3. Shooting videos

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to turn the camera on to capture video:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=512 device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw, format=NV12, width=1920, height=1080, framerate=30/1 ! tee name=t ! queue ! mpph264enc ! queue ! h264parse ! mpegtsmux ! filesink location=/home/radxa/file.name.mp4

Radxa Camera 4K

• Connection

  Connect ROCK 5A through the FPC cable as shown:

• Enable Overlay

  1. Open the Kconsole terminal via the Application Launcher in the lower left corner and run the rsetup command:

   radxa@rock-5a:~$ rsetup 

  2. Enable Radxa 4K Camera Overlay by Device Tree Configuration .
  tip

  Please enable [] Enable Radxa Camera 4K Overlay。
  Exit and reboot after enabling the successful display of [*] Enable Radxa Camera 4K for the configuration to take effect.

  3. Reboot

• Test

  1. Preview

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to open the camera preview:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1920,height=1080 ! xvimagesink;

  2. Take a picture

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to turn on the camera to take a picture:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1920,height=1080 ! jpegenc ! multifilesink location=file.name.jpg;

  3. Shooting videos

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to turn the camera on to capture video:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=512 device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw, format=NV12, width=1920, height=1080, framerate=30/1 ! tee name=t ! queue ! mpph264enc ! queue ! h264parse ! mpegtsmux ! filesink location=/home/radxa/file.name.mp4

Raspberry Pi Camera V2

• Connection

  Connect ROCK 5A through the FPC cable as shown:

• Enable Overlay

  1. Open the Kconsole terminal via the Application Launcher in the lower left corner and run the rsetup command:

   radxa@rock-5a:~$ rsetup 

  2. Enable Raspberry Pi Camera V2 Overlay by Device Tree Configuration .
  tip

  Please enable [] Enable Raspberry Pi Camera V2 Overlay。
  Exit and reboot after enabling the successful display of [*] Enable Raspberry Pi Camera V2 for the configuration to take effect.

  3. Reboot

• Test

  1. Preview

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to open the camera preview:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1920,height=1080 ! xvimagesink;

  2. Take a picture

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to turn on the camera to take a picture:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1920,height=1080 ! jpegenc ! multifilesink location=file.name.jpg;

  3. Shooting videos

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to turn the camera on to capture video:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=512 device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw, format=NV12, width=1920, height=1080, framerate=30/1 ! tee name=t ! queue ! mpph264enc ! queue ! h264parse ! mpegtsmux ! filesink location=/home/radxa/file.name.mp4

Raspberry Pi Camera v1.3

• Connection

  Connect ROCK 5A through the FPC cable as shown:

• Enable Overlay

  1. Open the Kconsole terminal via the Application Launcher in the lower left corner and run the rsetup command:

   radxa@rock-5a:~$ rsetup 

  2. Enable Raspberry Pi Camera v1.3 Overlay by Device Tree Configuration .
  tip

  Please enable [] Enable Raspberry Pi Camera v1.3 Overlay。
  Exit and reboot after enabling the successful display of [*] Enable Raspberry Pi Camera v1.3 for the configuration to take effect.

  3. Reboot

• Test

  1. Preview

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to open the camera preview:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1920,height=1080 ! xvimagesink;

  2. Take a picture

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to turn on the camera to take a picture:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=NV12,width=1920,height=1080 ! jpegenc ! multifilesink location=file.name.jpg;

  3. Shooting videos

  Open a terminal and enter the following command to turn the camera on to capture video:

  gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src num-buffers=512 device=/dev/video11 io-mode=4 ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw, format=NV12, width=1920, height=1080, framerate=30/1 ! tee name=t ! queue ! mpph264enc ! queue ! h264parse ! mpegtsmux ! filesink location=/home/radxa/file.name.mp4