NileCAM81_CUOAGX is a multi-camera solution for the NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Orin™ / AGX Xavier™ development kit. This camera kit houses NileCAM81 - a 4K HDR GMSL2 camera based on the AR0821 sensor from onsemi. It comes with a high-performance Image Signal Processor (ISP), a GMSL2 deserializer board with 8 camera connectors, and a 15 meters coaxial cable with FAKRA connector. NileCAM81_CUOAGX allows to connect up to eight NileCAM81 camera modules and enables 4K streaming simultaneously.
NileCAM81_CUOAGX is an AGX Orin™ / AGX Xavier™ camera that comes with the HDR capability. This helps to produce exceptionally clear and sharp images in challenging lighting conditions. Also, this high-resolution camera streams video data of 8 MP @ 16 fps and Full HD @60 fps.
Refer Datasheet for complete frame rate details.
- Key features:
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- Frame Rate:
- HDR mode: Streams 8MP @ 16 fps & Full HD @ 30 fps
- Linear mode: Streams 8MP @ 16 fps & Full HD @ 60 fps
- Output format: Uncompressed UYVY format
- High-speed MIPI CSI-2 interface to connect with the CPU
- Control for individual cameras
- Lightweight, versatile, and portable design
- Frame Rate:
- Interface:
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- Interface: GMSL2
- Connector: FAKRA connector
- Cable Length: 15m
- Module features:
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- Sensor: AR0821 from onsemi®
- Focus Type: Fixed focus
- Sensor Resolution: 8MP
- Chroma: Color
- Shutter Type: Electronic Rolling Shutter
- Optical Format: 1/1.7"
- Output Format: Uncompressed UYVY
- Pixel Size: 2.1μm x 2.1μm
- Sensor Active Area: 3848H x 2168V
- Array Size: 3848H x 2168V
- Responsivity: 15.4 ke-/lux-sec
- SNR: 41.8 dB
- Dynamic Range: Max upto 100 dB
- Holder: M12 (S-Mount)
- FOV: 120°(D), 104.8°(H), 58.7°(V) (with the lens provided by e-con)
- Electrical & Mechanical:
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- Operating Voltage: 12V+/- 250mV with +/- 5% tolerance
- Operating Temperature Range: - 30°C to 70°C
- Deser Board Typical Power Consumption : 1.13W
- NileCAM81 Module Typical Power Consumption : 2.496W (For each camera)
- Size in mm (l x b):
- serializer board - 30 x 30 mm
- deserializer board - 75.03 mm x 40.69 mm x 1.6 mm
- Miscellaneous:
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- Compliance: RoHS
- Launched on:
Linux camera driver:
Full-fledged Linux camera driver for NileCAM81_CUOAGX with NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Orin™ / AGX Xavier™ developer kit. The camera driver source code can be ported to any NVIDIA AGX Orin platform.
- Supported Jetpack & L4T Version
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- NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Orin™ - Jetpack 6.0 L4T 36.3.0
- NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Xavier™ - Jetpack 5.1.2 L4T 35.4.1
- V4L2 Linux driver for MIPI CSI-2 camera module:
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- Video preview
- Still Image capture
- Camera controls via IOCTLs
- Sample application with source Code for Linux:
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- Video Preview
- Still Image capture
- Camera Controls:
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- Brightness
- Contrast
- Saturation
- White Balance (both manual and automatic modes)
- Gamma
- Gain
- Horizontal Flip
- Vertical Flip
- Sharpness
- Exposure (manual, full Field of View (FOV) auto and region of interest (ROI) based auto modes)
- ROI Window Size
- Cam Mode
- Denoise
- Exposure Compensation
- Powerline frequency selection
- Frame Rate Control
- Special Effects
- Camera Health Monitor(i.e Error Detection and Recovery in GMSL2 camera products):
- Ensures resilient camera streaming by monitoring sensor, MCU, and GMSL link health
- Please contact camerasolutions@e-consystems.com for any customization or porting of camera driver to your requirements.
NileCAM81_CUOAGX - Customization for other Application Processor platforms:
e-con Systems™ provides camera driver development, customization and porting services for NileCAM81_CUOAGX on any application platform as per customer requirements.
NileCAM81_CUOAGX - Customization
e-con provides customization, development and porting services for the following requirements:
- IP rated (IP67) enclosure and IP rated (IP67) cables for rugged applications
- Length of the co-axial cable
- Change of lens to meet your FOV and other requirements
- Support for other NVIDIA® Jetson™ platforms as well as carrier boards from other vendors built using NVIDIA platforms
- Support for other processor platforms
- Camera and features customization based on specific requirements. Please contact camerasolutions@e-consystems.com for customization requirements.