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CSI-2 Drivers for ARM boards

Here you can find CSI-2 drivers for Alvium cameras on some NXP-based ARM boards.

To find all CSI-2 drivers, visit GitHub.

Toradex Apalis iMX8

Precompiled kernel

The precompiled kernel for Toradex Apalis iMX8 includes the driver for Alvium MIPI CSI-2 cameras.

Precompiled kernel for Toradex Apalis iMX8

 

Installation instructions:

https://github.com/alliedvision/linux_imx8_apalis

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Nitrogen6_MAX

Precompiled kernel

The precompiled kernel for Nitrogen6_Max includes the driver for Alvium MIPI CSI-2 cameras.

Installation in a nutshell:

  1. Install the supported operating system of the ARM board manufacturer.
  2. Copy the AlliedVision*.tar.gz archive to your ARM board.
  3. Unpack the AlliedVision*tar.gz file, which contains install.sh.
  4. Run install.sh and follow its instructions.

Precompiled kernel for Nitrogen6_MAX

Application Note

Read the application note to set up your ARM board and optimize settings:

Setting up i.MX6 Boards for Alvium MIPI CSI-2 Cameras

Wandboard

Precompiled kernel

The precompiled kernel includes the driver for Alvium MIPI CSI-2 cameras.

Installation in a nutshell:

  1. Install the supported operating system of the ARM board manufacturer.
  2. Copy the AlliedVision*.tar.gz archive to your ARM board.
  3. Unpack the AlliedVision*tar.gz file, which contains install.sh.
  4. Run install.sh and follow its instructions.

Precompiled kernel for Wandboard

 

SD card image

 Our ready-to-use SD card image for Wandboard contains everything you need to explore your Alvium MIPI CSI-2 camera:

  •    Preconfigured operating system including driver for Alvium MIPI CSI-2 cameras
  •     qv4l2 viewer application
  •     OpenCV
  •     Code examples

The size of the SD card image is approximately 7 GB.

SD card image for Wandboard

 
Application Note

Read the application note to set up your ARM board and optimize settings:

Setting up i.MX6 Boards for Alvium MIPI CSI-2 Cameras