A20 CSI Camera

[willfj]

This link indicates that the Olimex team was able to get the camera on the A20-SOM to work. I've searched far and wide for the code from this example, and I can't seem to find it. Does anybody have it? It will save me from a lot of headache. Thanks!

[Insomniac10102]

What are you trying to use it on? It's wired up to work in Android as the default camera; as far as I know, there is no code for it.

[willfj]

So I should be able to use the camera in Android without adding any drivers? I'd like to use the camera in an OCR application that runs on Android. Does every Olinuxino/SOM with a CSI interface work directly in Android once a camera is wired up to it? Or is it just the A20 SOM that works because its Android image has been configured for this? In addition, does the camera work in Debian?

[Insomniac10102]

I'm still unsure of where/if you can find code for their camera interface at the moment, but their wiki claims this debian image: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-bAEPML8fwlT1FCd1RwZzMxVGs/edit has camera support.

[NK]

Can anyone confirm if this works?

[JessePinkman]

I am currently having the same problem.. I am trying to find a way to get a CSI camera working with linux. I know that the camera shoudl work with the android images right out of the box. But linux...

Does anyone have any information on how to get a csi camera working on linux?

[Freire]

Maybe you can help:

http://www.bananapi.com/index.php/forum/camera-board
http://www.pcduino.com/capture-video-playback-pcduino3/
http://learn.linksprite.com/pcduino/linux-applications/how-to-switch-between-usb-camera-and-csi-camera-on-pcduino3/

[NK]

Check this out - this has lots of good stuff to get started
http://dl.linux-sunxi.org/A10/A10%20Camera%20Sensor%20equipment%20drive%20development%20(2012-01-30).pdf

I wish someone comes up with a cheap commercial camera module for Aptina AR0330 sensor

[arieedzig]

I found the way to enable the csi camera support on linux.
You only need to change one parameter in script.bin and add module parameter in /etc/modules.
Just check the detail on my blog. http://taqlim.blogspot.de/2014/10/enable-csi-camera-on-a20-som-evb.html