ArduCam B0389 Mini 16MP IMX519 Camera Module

INTRODUCTION

About Arducam

• Arducam has been a professional designer and manufacturer of SPI, MIPI, DVP, and USB cameras since 2012.
• We also offer customized turnkey design and manufacturing solution services for customers who want their products to be unique.

About this Mini Camera

The B0389 is an add-on Mini camera module for Raspberry Pi series boards that is fully compatible with social ones. The board is tiny, at around 300mm x 16mm. The neck width of the camera module is 6mm, this highlight making it perfect for endoscope, spy surveillance, or other applications The camera is connected to the BCM2835/BCM2836 processor on the Pi via the CSI bus, a higher bandwidth link that carries pixel data from the camera back to the processor.

About Customer Service

• We have many solutions for kinds of requests. If you need our help or want to customize other models of IMX519 cameras, feel free to contact us at support@arducam.com

SPECS

Camera
Sensor	Sony IMX519 stacked, back-illuminated sensor 16 megapixels 1.22 µm × 1.22 µm pixel size7.103 mm diagonal
Optical Size	1/2.534 inch
Resolution	16MP 4656 x 3496
Output	RAW10/8, COMP8
Pixel Size	1.22µm*1.22µm
Video Modes	1080p@30fps,720p@60fps.
Lens
Field of View (FOV)	80°(H)
Lens	f/1.75; EFL: 4.28
IR cut Filter	Without IR Filter, IR Sensitive
Application
Application	Cellular phones, PDAs, Toys, Other battery-powered products, RPI Zero
Linux integration
Linux integration	V4L2 driver available
Ribbon Cable Length
Ribbon Cable Length	300mm

BEFORE YOU START

Please make sure you are running the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS. (January 28th 2022 or later releases, Debian version:11(Bullseye)

For Bullseye users running on Pi 0~3, please also:

1. Open a terminal
2. Run Sudo raspi-config
3. Navigate to Advanced Options
4. Enable Glamor graphic acceleration
5. Reboot your Pi

For Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3/4

• The latest software only supports one camera at this time, CM4 uses CAM1 by default.

DRIVER INSTALLATION

1. Connect the camera directly to your Raspberry Pi.
2. Download the shell scripts
3. Update your Pi

• sudo apt update

1. Install libcamra-dev

• install-variety-pkgs.sh -p libcameradev

1. Install libcamera-apps

• install pivariety_pkgs.sh -p libcamera_apps

1. Install the kernel driver

• install-variety-pkgs.sh -p imx519_kernel_driverlow_speed

1. Reboot

OPERATING THE CAMERA

Test

• libcamera-still -t 3000 -o test.jpg

Command Line

1. Record Video

For example, record an H.264 10s video with a frame size of 1920W x 1080H.

• libcamera-vid-t 10000 –width 1920 — height 1080 -o test.h264

See the camera in live preview

• libcamera-still t

For more troubleshooting. please refer to:https:www.arducam.com/docs/cameras-for-raspberry-pi-raspberry-pl-libcamera-guide/l6mp-autoto-Cus-camera-common-issues-fixes/

Documents / Resources

ArduCam B0389 Mini 16MP IMX519 Camera Module [pdf] User Guide B0389, Mini 16MP IMX519 Camera Module, B0389 Mini 16MP IMX519 Camera Module

References

• User Manual