Camera sensors hardware components

1 Article purpose[edit]

The purpose of this article is to:

  • List the camera sensors hardware components that might be integrated in the different boards.
  • Link these components to the corresponding software framework(s).
  • Point to the appropriate component datasheets.
  • Explain, when necessary, how to configure these components.

2 Software frameworks[edit]

Domain Peripheral Software frameworks Comment
Cortex-A7
secure
(OP-TEE)
Cortex-A7
non-secure
(Linux)
Cortex-M4

(STM32Cube)
Visual OmniVision OV5640 V4L2 camera framework Camera sensor

3 OmniVision OV5640[edit]

The OmniVision OV5640 camera sensor supports both parallel and MIPI® CSI interfaces.

For details and the datasheet please contact the OV5640 provider.

3.1 Linux driver[edit]

Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/ov5640.txt

Sources: drivers/media/i2c/ov5640.c