Overview
In order to meet the increasing need of Raspberry Pi Zero compatible camera modules, the Arducam team now released another add-on spy camera module which is fully compatible with Raspberry Pi Zero and Pi compute module.
The board itself is tiny, at around 60mm x 11.5mm. The neck width of the camera module is 6mm, this highlight making it perfect for endoscope, spy surveillance or other applications where size and image quality are important. It connects to Raspberry Pi Zero by way of a short ribbon cable. The camera is connected to the BCM2835 processor on the Pi Zero via the CSI bus, a higher bandwidth link which carries pixel data from the camera back to the processor.
This bus travels along the ribbon cable that attaches the camera board to the Pi. The sensor itself has a native resolution of 5 megapixel, and has a fixed focus lens onboard. In terms of still images, the camera is capable of 2592 x 1944 pixel static images, and also supports 1080p30. 720p60 and 640x480p60/90 video. It attaches to Raspberry Pi Zero by way of the small sockets on the board upper surface. This interface uses the dedicated CSI interface, which was designed especially for interfacing to cameras. The CSI bus is capable of extremely high data rates, and it exclusively carries pixel data.
Applications
- Cellular phones,PDAs,Toys
- Spy camera
- Other battery-powered products
- PC multimedia
- Digital still cameras,etc.
Features
- Angle of View: 64 x 48 degrees
- Full-frame SLR lens equivalent: 35 mm
- Fixed Focus: 1 m to infinity
- Max frame rate: 30fps
- Size:60 x 11.5 mm flex cable, neck wide is 6mm
- Supports raspberry pi zero only. For other Raspberry Pi platform, please search “B0066”
- Sensor: 1/4 inch OV5647 sensor in a fixed-focus lens, angle of view: 72.4° diagonal
- Sensitive to IR light, without IR filter
- Still picture resolution: 2592 x 1944, Max video resolution: 1080p
Specifications
| Sensor | Omnivision OV5647 sensor |
| Optical Size | 1/4” (OV5647) |
| Resolution | 5MP 2592×1944 |
| Frame Rates | 1080p 30 fps, 720p 60fps, 480p 90fps |
| Focus Distance | 1 m to infinity |
| Field of View(FOV) | 64°(H), 48°(V) |
| Focus Type | Fixed Focus |
| Lens Type | M6 Lens |
| IR Sensitivity | without IR-cut filter, sensitive to IR light |
| Dimension | 60mm x 11.5 mm flex cable, neck wide is 6mm |
Package Including
- 1 x Spy Camera Module 1/4 Inch 5 Megapixel Module with flex cable for Raspberry Pi
Note
- Raspberry Pi Board is Not included in the package
Video
Arducam Camera Modules on Raspberry Pi 4
Documentation
5MP OV5647 datasheet
Compatibility
RASPBERRY PI MODEL COMPATIBILITY
ONLY support Pi Zero
OS COMPATIBILITY
- Raspbian,
- MotionEyeOS,
- OctoPi,
- Ubuntu,
- Arch Linux, etc.
EXTENSION CABLE COMPATIBILITY
- All 15pin Pi cam flex ribbon cables
- [B0107+B0087] Pi Zero cable set
- [B0177] Complete Pi camera cable set
MULTI-CAMERA ADAPTER COMPATIBILITY
- [B0166] Dual-camera multiplexer,
- [B0120] Quad-camera multiplexer,
- [B0195] Synchronized Stereo Camera HAT