Quick Start For Inno-Maker Driver

How to Set up

• Step1Download firmware

  • $git clone https://gitee.com/inno-maker/cam-mipi290mono.git

• Step2 Enable your Device

  • $sudo vim /boot/config.txt

  Add Below To the last line then save
  dtparam=i2c_vc=on
  dtoverlay=vc_mipi_imx290llr

  • $ sudo vim /boot/cmdline.txt

  Add Below To the last line then save
  cma=128M

• Step4 Choose Hardware And System

(We take PI4 and Kernel 4.19.57 (date19.7.10) for example)

$cd cam-mipi290mono

$sudo chmod -R a+rwx *

$uname -a                                 #check system kernal version

$cd Linux_4.19.75/pi4               #Must choose your hardware and kernal version, like pi3 and Linux_4.19.97, you should enter cd Linux_4.19.97/pi3

$make install                                #Intall Driver For CAM-MIPI290MONO

You will see below information that means successful

• $cd  cam-mipi290mono/Linux_4.19.75/pi4
• $make setmode1  #set this module work in mode1

You will see below information

Mode Instruction
This module support 3 work modes.
Mode0: 1920x1080 30fps, Y10 (option，with 37.125MHZ OSC)
Mode1: 1920x1080 60fps, Y10
Mode2: 1920x1080 50fps, Y12
Note : by default this module’s hardware with 74.25MHZ OSC so it can’t work at Mode0.
Make setmode1 to set this module work in mode1.

Test

• 1,Frame rate test

  • $cd cam-mipi290mono/tools
  • $v4l2-ctl --stream-mmap --stream-count=-1 -d /dev/video0 --stream-to=/dev/null

It will show you a frames-per-second information of your module

• 2,Sample programs1:vcmipidemo

  • ./vcmipidemo -s 3000 -g 0x88 -f >/dev/null

                Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 See the Demo, Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 quit demo,press ctrl+c to enter next test

It can setting the shutter and gain value of this module and capture the frame into frame buffer or PPM file.
It will setting the shutter to 3ms ,gain value to 0x88 and copy the capture frame into framebuffer.
More detail please use ./vcmipidemo --help
-s: setting the shutter : range: 29us to 1S ,unit us
-g: setting the sensor gain: range 0-----240d

• 3, Sample programs2:using the camera for capture frames into file

• ./v4l2_capture_y12 -s 3000 -g 0x88 -h 1 -v 1 -c 5

Capture y12 format output into file while module work in mode2
-s: setting the shutter : range: 29us to 1S ,unit us
-g: setting the sensor gain: range 0-----240
-h: horizon flip
-v:vertical flip
-c:capture count
More detail please use ./v4l2_capture_y12 --help

• ./v4l2_capture_y10 -s 3000 -g 0x88 -h 1 -v 1 -c 5

Capture y10 format output into file while module work in mode0 or mode1
-s: setting the shutter : range: 29us to 1S ,unit us
-g: setting the sensor gain: range 0-----240d
-h: horizon flip
-v:vertical flip
-c:capture count
More detail please use./v4l2_capture_y10 --help

• $./raw10p2raw8 <y10file name> <y8file name>

tools to handle y10 captured file into 8bit gray formate
./raw10p2raw8 <file_input> <file_output>

Quick Start For Raspberry PI OS

Step1 Download tools

• $git clone https://gitee.com/inno-maker/cam-mipi290mono.git

Step2,set up 

• $sudo nano /boot/config.txt

#Add Below To the last line then save
dtparam=i2c_vc=on
dtoverlay=imx290,clock-frequency=74250000,mono     

• $sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

#Add Below To the last line then save
cma=128M

• sudo reboot
• ls /dev/video*

#Then you'll see video0 

Test 

• 1,Frame rate test

  • $ v4l2-ctl --stream-mmap --stream-count=-1 -d /dev/video0 --stream-to=/dev/null

It will show you a frames-per-second information of your module,press ctrl+c to stop

• 2,Sample programs1:vcmipidemo

  • $cd cam-mipi290mono
  • $sudo chmod -R a+rwx *
  • $cd cam-mipi290mono/tools
  • $./vcmipidemo-1028 -s 10 -g 0x88 -f 

            Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 See the Demo, Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 quit demo,press ctrl+c to next test.

More detail please use ./vcmipidemo-1028 --help

Remark:

How to get the shutter range and sensor gain:

v4l2-ctl -l

• 3, Sample programs2:using the camera for capture frames into file

• $./v4l2_capture_y10 -s 3000 -g 0x88 -h 1 -v 1 -c 5

More detail please use./v4l2_capture_y10--help

Remark:

How to get the shutter range and sensor gain:

v4l2-ctl -l

• $./raw10p2raw8 <y10file name> <y8file name>

tools to handle y10 captured file into 8bit gray formate
./raw10p2raw8 <file_input> <file_output>