User Guide

ArduCAM-Mini-5MP-Plus Camera User Guide
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1 Introduction
ArduCAM-Mini-5MP-Plus(OV5642) is performance improved version compared to its
predecessor ArduCAM-M-5MP. It is a general purpose high definition 5MP SPI camera, which
reduce the complexity of the camera control interface. It integrates 5MP CMOS image sensor
OV5642, and provides miniature size, as well as the easy to use hardware interface and open
source code library. The ArduCAM mini can be used in any platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi,
ESP8266, Maple, Chipkit, Beaglebone black, as long as they have SPI and I2C interface and can
be well mated with standard Arduino boards. ArduCAM mini not only offers the capability to add
a camera interface which doesn’t have in some low cost microcontrollers, but also provides the
capability to add multiple cameras to a single microcontroller.
ArduCAM-Mini-5MP-Plus is the second generation of ArduCAM module, it offers the
improved performance and enhanced functions than the previous revisions. It can not only capture
decent 5MP JPEG images, but also can do 5MP full resolution RAW image capture, which makes
it to be the ideal solution for IoT and scientific image processing applications. Even more it can
record short movie clips as well.
Figure 1 ArduCAM Mini 5MP Plus
2 Application
 IoT cameras
 Robot cameras
 Wildlife cameras
 HDR camera
 Other battery-powered products
 Can be used in MCU, Raspberry Pi, ARM, DSP, FPGA platforms