NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano - Camera Sensors Support - IMX708

NVIDIA®Jetson Orin Nano™
Introduction
SoM Overview Carrier Boards NVIDIA developer kit Software Development Support
Jetpack 5.X
Getting Started Flashing the board using GUI Installer JetPack Components Kernel Compile CMD flash Performance Tuning Evaluating Performance Set Values Manually Tuning Power Maximizing Performance Software Encoders For Jetson Orin Nano
Development in the Board
Getting into the Board Using Serial Console Using SSH Using Ubuntu Login Installing Packages
Camera Sensors Support
IMX219 IMX708
Reference Documentation
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This wiki provides information about the IMX708 camera sensor driver developed by RidgeRun. The information provided was tested on:

* JetPack: 5.1.1
* Jetson Linux: 35.3.1
* One IMX708 Rapsberry Pi Camera Module V3

The Raspberry Pi Camera V3 camera module (IMX708) is compatible with the Jetson Orin Nano developer kit from NVIDIA. RidgeRun developed a driver to fulfill the needs of the market, The driver has the next characteristics:

Figure 1: Raspberry Pi 3 Camera Module 3 connected to a NVIDIA® Jetson Orin Nano™

Element	Description
Image sensor	IMX708
Optical Size	1/2.43(7.4mm sensor diagonal)
Number of effective pixels	Height = 4608, Width = 2592
Pixel Size	1.4μm × 1.4μm
Interface	MIPI CSI-2 Interface
Shutter Type	Rolling Shutter
Color Filter	Color
Common Video Mode	1080p50*, 720p100*, 480p120*
Output Format	RAW10
Binning Support	Yes*
HDR Support	Yes*
Auto-Focus (PDAF)	Yes*
Minimun Focus Distance	5 cm
Controls	Exposure, gain, HDR, etc *
Compatible hardware	MIPI CSI-2 Interface
Interface	Raspberry Pi, Orin Nano**

*These values come from common sensor documentation, but they are not currently supported by Ridgerun IMX708 Orin Nano driver. Contact us to start working with you in your driver specifications needs.
**The compatibility is restricted to 4608x2592@14.35 fps. To have access to more resolution modes or controls, contact us.

RidgeRun has been working intensively to port the IMX708 image sensor to the Jetson Orin Nano, as fast as possible due to the market needs. Right now, we are offering to the embedded software developer community a functional driver. The driver has the specification detailed below.

Resolution: 4608x2592@14.35fps
Output Format: RAW10
Binning Support: No*
HDR Support: No*
Auto-Focus (PDAF): No*
Controls: Exposure and gain*
Number of cameras streaming at the same time: 1**

*Contact us to develop this features according to your needs
**Contact us to work with you and extend the functionality to more attached cameras.