Arducam Pivariety 16MP IMX298 Colour Camera Module for Raspberry Pi

Arducam Pivariety is a camera solution for the Raspberry Pi which takes advantage of the Raspberry Pi hardware Image Signal Processor (ISP) functions. Using Arducam Pivariety camera modules, users can experience better performance and a wider variety of camera and lens options.

For a long time, Raspberry Pi users have been limited to closed-source official supported camera drivers. Now Arducam has made it possible to provide well-tuned ISP for Pivariety camera modules with Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance, Auto Gain Control, Lens Shading Correction and more!

This Pivariety module uses a Sony 16MP IMX298 sensor offering up to 4640×3472@10.000 FPS. The module comes with an adapter board, 200mm 15-pin FPC cable (1mm pitch), 73mm 15-pin to 22-pin FPC cable (0.5mm pitch) and an acrylic case with fixings.

NOTE: Pivariety camera modules can only work with libcamera instead of the traditional raspistill application! These modules are intended for experienced users.

Features

• 16MP Sony IMX298 Exmor RS™ colour sensor
• Up to 4640×3472@10.000 FPS
• AEC, AWB
• Programmable focus control
• Gstreamer support
• Upcoming V4L2 support
• Compatible w/ all libcamera-based apps maintained by the Raspberry Pi Foundation

Specifications

• Sensor Type: 16MP IMX298
• Pixel Size: 1.12um x 1.12um
• Optical Size: 1/2.8”
• Active Pixels: 4656 H × 3496 V
• Lens Spec: Focal length: 4.04mm, F.NO: 2.0±5%, FOV: horizontal 62deg
• IR Sensitivity: Integral IR filter, visible light only
• Focus Type: Motorized focus, programmable focus control
• Frame Rate: 4640×3472@10 fps, 2320×1732@20 fps, 3264×2464@15 fps, 3840×2160@15 fps, 2592×1944@20 fps, 1920×1080@30 fps,
• 1280×800@45 fps, 1280×720@50 fps
• Sensor Output Format: RAW10
• ISP Output Format: Output image format of JPG, YUV420, RAW, DNG; output video format of MJPEG, H.264
• Interface Type: 2-Lane MIPI
• Board Size: 40x40mm

Applications

• UAV/Drones/FPV camera
• Machine Vision
• Robotics
• IoT
• Face Recognition
• Defect Detection

Package Contents

• 1 x Arducam 16MP IMX298 ISP Camera Module
• 1 x Arducam Adapter Board
• 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

Raspberry Pi not included

Resources

• Getting started with Arducam IMX298 camera
• How to build the Raspberry Pi Kernal Driver
• 3D drawing
• Comparing Pivariety Camera and Raspberry Pi Camera
• User Guide