Raspberry Pi 5 Driver for VC MIPI

This driver package is supporting the offical Raspberry Pi 5. Downloads are available under

Releases

For raspberrypi 3 and 4 modules and compute modules, please use this driver installation

Raspi3 and 4 Driver

Installation

The driver is tested on booksworm with 64 bit Run installation with the installation of the needed packages

sudo apt install ./vc-mipi-driver-bcm2712_0.3.1_arm64.deb

or Run the installation with manual packages

sudo apt install dkms, linux-headers-generic, v4l-utils, whiptail 
sudo dpkg -i ./vc-mipi-driver-bcm2712_0.3.1_arm64.deb

After a reboot the connected sensor(s) should be detected and visible as v4l2 capture devices Under the current raspberry pi OS with booksworm, the sensors are:

Camera	Device	Subdevice
Cam0	/dev/video0	/dev/v4l-subdev2
Cam1	/dev/video8	/dev/v4l-subdev5

Building debian package

Running dpkg-buildpackage by script creates debian package

Requirements

sudo apt-get install debhelper-compat  dkms dh-dkms debhelper  linux-headers-generic

Script

bash createDebianPackage.sh

Configuration on Raspberry Pi 5

1. The configuration for the VC Mipi Sensors is in the boot file /boot/firmware/config_vc-mipi-driver-bcm2712.txt. The right lanes configuration for the sensors has to be made. For some sensors, 2 modes are available. If no specific configuration is needed, the "more lanes" configuration is the first choice (i.e. 4 instead 2 lanes)
2. Additionaly the configuration tool vc-config is installed. By calling vc-config Here, there are also the possibilities to change the values of the controls and also the Region of Interests (ROI)
3. The formats can be adjusted. All formats are displayed, although not all are available which depends on the sensor model

Support Tool

The official support tool for the v4l2 driver is V4L2-Test

Please refer to the installation there. For starting, you have to add the subdevice properly in order to set the controls by tool

./v4l2-test stream -e <exposure> -g <gain> -f <pixelformat> -p 1 -d <device> -sd <subdevice>
# Camera 0
./v4l2-test stream -e <exposure> -g <gain> -f <pixelformat> -p 1 -d /dev/video0 -sd /dev/v4l-subdev2
# Camera 1
./v4l2-test stream -e <exposure> -g <gain> -f <pixelformat> -p 1 -d /dev/video8 -sd /dev/v4l-subdev5

Controls

1. Black level
2. IO Mode
3. Trigger mode
4. Binning mode

Known issues

The driver offers the basic features of the VC MIPI sensors. This has the advantage that the same functions are available with all sensors. If special functions are required, please contact the support team or your contact at Vision Components GmbH

1. The flipping controls are not supported by standard driver

FAQ