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MIPI CSI Interface

Interface differences​

  • The ROCK 5T is equipped with two four-channel MIPI CSI camera connectors connector.

Support List​

Camera NameSensor ModelResolution
OKDO 5MP CameraOV56475 megapixels
Radxa Camera 4KIMX4158.29 megapixels
Radxa Camera 8MIMX2198 megapixels
Raspberry Pi Camera V2IMX2198 megapixels
Raspberry Pi Camera v1.3OV56475 megapixels

Accessory usage​

tip

Only these two are given as examples. Apart from possible differences in wiring and overlay, the operational steps for other cameras are similar.

Radxa Camera 4K​

  • Connection

    Connect ROCK 5T through the FPC cable as shown:

    camera connection

  • Enable Overlay

    1. Open the Kconsole terminal via the Application Launcher in the lower left corner and run the rsetup command:
     radxa@rock-5t:~$ rsetup
    1. Enable Radxa 4K Camera Overlay by Device Tree Configuration .
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    Please enable [] Enable Radxa Camera 4K on CAM0 Overlay。
    Exit and reboot after enabling the successful display of [*] Enable Radxa Camera 4K on CAM0 for the configuration to take effect.

    1. 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;
    1. 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;
    1. 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 8M​

  • Connection

    Connect ROCK 5T through the FPC cable as shown:

    camera connection

  • Enable Overlay

    1. Open the Kconsole terminal via the Application Launcher in the lower left corner and run the rsetup command:
     radxa@rock-5t:~$ rsetup
    1. Enable Radxa 8M Camera Overlay by Device Tree Configuration .
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    Please enable [] Enable Radxa Camera 8M on CAM0 Overlay。
    Exit and reboot after enabling the successful display of [*] Enable Radxa Camera 8M on CAM0 for the configuration to take effect.

    1. 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;
    1. 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;
    1. 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