ArduCAM Mini 2MP Quick Start Manual

SPI Camera On
Raspberry Pi Pico
(Arducam Mini 2MP)
QUICK START GUIDE

FEATURES

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M12 mount or CS mount lens holder with changeable
lens options
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I2C interface for the sensor configuration
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SPI interface for camera commands and data stream
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All IO ports are 5V/3.3V tolerant
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Support JPEG compression mode, single and multiple
shoot mode, one time capture multiple read operation,
burst read operation, low power mode and etc.

PINOUT

Pin No. Pin Name Description
1 CS SPI slave chip select input
2 MOSI SPI master output slave input
3 MISO SPI master input slave output
4 SCLK SPI serial clock input
5 GND Power ground
6 VCC 3.3V ~ 5V Power supply
7 SDA Two-Wire Serial Interface Data I/O
8 SCL Two-Wire Serial Interface Clock

INTRODUCTION

As an alternative to Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico lacks pro-
cessing power, memory, and a CSI interface, which makes
it impossible for Pico to work with the official or any MIPI
CSI-2 camera modules. Thankfully, Pico has a wide range of
flexible I/O options includes SPI, which enables the Ar-
ducam SPI camera to work with Pico.
Now, the Arducam team has solved the compatibility of
our SPI camera with Raspberry Pi Pico. Get the camera
working for the Person Detection demo!

KEY SPECS

Image sensor OV2640
Active array size 1600x 1200
Resolution support UXGA, SVGA,VGA,QVGA,CIF,QCIF
Format support RAW, YUV, RGB, JPEG
Lens 1/4 inch
SPI speed 8MHz
Frame buffer Size 8MByte
Working temp. -10°C-+55°C
Power Consumption Normal: 5V/70mA,
Low power Mode: 5V/20mA

TYPICAL WIRING

NOTE: Arducam Mini 2MP camera module is a general-
purpose solution compatible with multiple platforms, include
Arduino, ESP32, Micro:bit and the Raspberry Pi Pico we're
using. For the wring and software on other platforms, please
refer to the product page: https://www.arducam.com/
product/arducam-2mp-spi-camera-b0067-arduino/
If you need our help or want to customize other models of
Pico cameras, feel free to contact us at sup-
port@arducam.com