ArduCAM V3Link User manual

Arducam V3Link Camera Solution
Quick Start Guide
October 20, 2023
By ARDUCAM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

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Table of Contents
Catalog
Table of Contents ..........................................................................................................2
1. Preparation ............................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Hardware Requirements ...................................................................................3
1.2 Software Requirements .................................................................................... 3
2. Physical Connect .......................................................................................................4
3. Environment Configuration .................................................................................... 5
3.1 Flashing the Image onto Memory Card ........................................................... 5
3. Completion ................................................................................................................ 6
3.2 Add relevant drivers and change configuration ............................................... 8
3.3 Configure the system ..................................................................................... 10

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1. Preparation
1.1 Hardware Requirements
TI SK-AM62A-LP Development Board x 1
Arducam V3Link d-ch adapter board x 1
Arducam V3Link camera adapter board x 4
Fakra Z Female to Female RF Coaxial Cable x 4
Arducam IMX219 Camera x 4
MicroSD/TF card (≥ 16GB)
SD card reader
Ethernet Cable or Micro USB (USB A-MicroB) Cable
HDMI Cable
1.2 Software Requirements
Windows 10 operating system
Balena Etcher
tisdk-edgeai-image-am62axx-evm.wic.xz
dtb files, modules and configuration files

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2. Physical Connect
Figure 2.1 Hardware Connection
5-1 is camera imx219 connected to Arducam V3Link camera adapter board.
1-2 is the Arducam V3Link d-ch adapter board connected to the Arducam
V3Link camera adapter board.
3is Arducam V3Link d-ch adapter board csi0 connected to SK-AM62A-LP
CSI.
4Requirements Power supply Mini Fusion EVM with 12V.

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6Connect to the LAN using an Ethernet cable.
7Connect the monitor using HDMI cable.
8USB-C Power Delivery.
9Serial port connected to host via microUSB
3. Environment Configuration
3.1 Flashing the Image onto Memory Card
1. Download the latest EDGE AI SDK.WIC.XZ image from the link above.
https://dr-download.ti.com/software-development/software-development-kit-s
dk/MD-D37Ls3JjkT/08.06.00.45/tisdk-edgeai-image-am62axx-evm.wic.xz
2. Flash the image to SD card using Balena Etcher.
a. Select the image you want to flash
Figure 3.1 Select the flash image

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b. Insert your microSD-Card into the Card Reader that is connected to your
computer.
Figure 3.2 Download Memory Image
c. Click the Flash! button and wait for the programming to complete.
3. Completion
Wait for flashing to complete,Insert the programmed microSD card into
SK-AM62A-LP, first power the V3Link d-ch adapter board, and then power the
SK-AM62A-LP.
This is very important and the order cannot be changed! ! !
After waiting for a while you can see the following screen on the display.

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Figure 3.3 Finish the Image Installation

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3.2 Add relevant drivers and change configuration
Log in to the system through the serial port
a. Download PUTTY according to the link provided
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
b. Right-click the start button on the taskbar, select Device Manager, and
you can see several new serial ports in Ports (COM&LPT).
c. Open PUTTY, select Serial, enter the newly added COM port, change the
baud rate to 115200, click to open, there is no exact text description, the serial
port terminal is fixed at the smallest port, I recommend opening all four ports and
powering on again to view the output information.
Figure 3.4 Configure the USB Serial Port

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d. The output information is as shown in the figure below. COM7 is a serial
port terminal. Enter the user name root and there is no need to enter a password to
log in to the system.
Figure 3.5 Output Information
e. Download AM62ASK-V3Link.zip
AM62ASK-V3Lin
k.zip
https://www.arducam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AM62ASK-V3Link.
zip

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3.3 Configure the system
● Check local ip
```shell
# AM62A
root@am62axx-evm:/opt/edgeai-gst-apps# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default
qlen 1000
link/ether 1c:63:49:17:20:b0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.137.206/24 brd 192.168.137.255 scope global dynamic eth0
valid_lft 604792sec preferred_lft 604792sec
inet6 fe80::1e63:49ff:fe17:20b0/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN
group default
link/ether 02:42:b2:42:d6:22 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 172.17.0.1/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global docker0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
```
● Copy to AM62A
```shell

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# PC
PS \$USER_PATH\> scp .\AM62ASK-V3Link.zip root@192.168.137.206:
root@192.168.137.206's password:
AM62ASK-V3Link.zip 100% 411KB 4.6MB/s 00:
00
```
●Configure System Environment
```shell
# AM62A
root@am62axx-evm:~# unzip AM62ASK-V3Link.zip
Archive: AM62ASK-V3Link.zip
creating: AM62ASK-V3Link/
creating: AM62ASK-V3Link/dtbs/
inflating: AM62ASK-V3Link/dtbs/k3-am62a7-sk-v3link-fusion-0.dtbo
inflating: AM62ASK-V3Link/dtbs/k3-am62a7-sk.dtb
inflating: AM62ASK-V3Link/dtbs/k3-v3link-imx219-0-0.dtbo
...
# Copy modules/ds90ub960.ko and modules/im219.ko to/
root@am62axx-evm:~# cp
~/AM62ASK-V3Link/modules/ds90ub960.ko /lib/modules/5.10.168-g2c23e6c538/kernel
/drivers/media/i2c/
root@am62axx-evm:~# cp
~/AM62ASK-V3Link/modules/imx219.ko /lib/modules/5.10.168-g2c23e6c538/kernel/dr
ivers/media/i
2c/
# Copy dtbs/*.dtbo to /boot
root@am62axx-evm:~# cp ~/AM62ASK-V3Link/dtbs/*.dtbo /boot/
root@am62axx-evm:~# cp ~/AM62ASK-V3Link/dtbs/*.dtb /boot/
# Copy dtbs/uEnv.txt to /run/media/mmcblk1p1/

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root@am62axx-evm:~# cp ~/AM62ASK-V3Link/dtbs/uEnv.txt
/run/media/mmcblk1p1/uEnv.txt
Reboot
```
● Preview
You need to set the camera format setup-imx219.sh first, and then use stream
-4ximx219.sh to preview the picture, followed by the four camera parameters
video_index subdev_index, as shown below:
```shell
root@am62axx-evm:~# chmod +x ~/AM62ASK-V3Link/scripts/*
root@am62axx-evm:/opt/edgeai-gst-apps#
~/AM62ASK-V3Link/scripts/setup-imx219-640x480.sh
IMX219 Camera 0detected
device = /dev/video3
name = IMX219 7-0010
format =[fmt:SRGGB8_1X8/640x480 field: none]
subdev_id = /dev/v4l-subdev5
isp_required = yes
ldc_required = yes
IMX219 Camera 1detected
device = /dev/video4
name = IMX219 8-0010
format =[fmt:SRGGB8_1X8/640x480 field: none]
subdev_id = /dev/v4l-subdev7
isp_required = yes
ldc_required = yes
IMX219 Camera 2detected
device = /dev/video2
name = IMX219 6-0010

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format =[fmt:SRGGB8_1X8/640x480 field: none]
subdev_id = /dev/v4l-subdev9
isp_required = yes
ldc_required = yes
IMX219 Camera 3detected
device = /dev/video5
name = IMX219 9-0010
format =[fmt:SRGGB8_1X8/640x480 field: none]
subdev_id = /dev/v4l-subdev10
isp_required = yes
ldc_required = yes
root@am62axx-evm:/opt/edgeai-gst-apps#
~/AM62ASK-V3Link/scripts/stream-4ximx219-640x480.sh 354729510
# or
root@am62axx-evm:/opt/edgeai-gst-apps# ~/AM62ASK-V3Link/scripts/setup-imx219.sh
root@am62axx-evm:/opt/edgeai-gst-apps#
~/AM62ASK-V3Link/scripts/stream-4ximx219.sh 3 5 4 7 2 9 5 10
```