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SPI Camera On
Raspberry Pi Pico
(Arducam Mini 2MP)
INTRODUCTION
As an alternative to Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico lacks pro-
cessing power, memory, and a CSI interface, which makes
it impossible for Pico to work with the official or any MIPI
CSI
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2 camera modules. Thankfully, Pico has a wide range of
flexible I/O options includes SPI, which enables the Ar-
ducam SPI camera to work with Pico.
Now, the Arducam team has solved the compatibility of
our SPI camera with Raspberry Pi Pico. Get the camera
working for the Person Detection demo!
KEY SPECS
Image sensor
OV2640
Active array size
1600x 1200
Resolution support
UXGA, SVGA,VGA,QVGA,CIF,QCIF
Format support
RAW, YUV, RGB, JPEG
Lens
1/4 inch
SPI speed
8MHz
Frame buffer Size
8MByte
Working temp.
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10°C
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+55°C
Power Consumption
Normal: 5V/70mA,
Low power Mode: 5V/20mA
FEATURES
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M12 mount or CS mount lens holder with changeable
lens options
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I2C interface for the sensor configuration
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SPI interface for camera commands and data stream
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All IO ports are 5V/3.3V tolerant
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Support JPEG compression mode, single and multiple
shoot mode, one time capture multiple read operation,
burst read operation, low power mode and etc.
PINOUT
Pin No.
Pin Name
Description
1
CS
SPI slave chip select input
2
MOSI
SPI master output slave input
3
MISO
SPI master input slave output
4
SCLK
SPI serial clock input
5
GND
Power ground
6
VCC
3.3V ~ 5V Power supply
7
SDA
Two
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Wire Serial Interface Data I/O
8
SCL
Two
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Wire Serial Interface Clock
TYPICAL WIRING
NOTE:
Arducam Mini 2MP camera module is a general
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purpose solution compatible with multiple platforms, include
Arduino, ESP32, Micro:bit and the Raspberry Pi Pico we
’
re
using. For the wring and software on other platforms, please
refer to the product page:
https://www.arducam.com/
product/arducam
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2mp
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spi
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camera
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b0067
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arduino/
If you need our help or want to customize other models of
Pico cameras, feel free to contact us at sup-
[email protected]
