E-con's e-CAM130_CURB Is a High-Performance 4K Camera for the Raspberry Pi 4
$99 high-quality camera for Raspberry Pi 4 that can stream 4K at 15fps and Full HD at 60fps unlike previous first-party module.
When it comes to Raspberry Pi cameras, we all know that the $50 Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera has 12.3 megapixels with a Sony IMX477 sensor. E-con Systems has now launched e-CAM130_CURB, a high-performance, 13MP fixed focus 4K camera solution for the Raspberry Pi 4.
The product is a multi-board solution that has two parts: The camera module and the adaptor board. The camera module comes with a 13-megapixel ON Semiconductor AR1335 CMOS image sensor with a 1/3.2″ optical format. It offers almost the same pixels as the official products from the Raspberry Pi Foundation in 2016 Camera Module v2 but less than the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera. It supports a maximum resolution of 4192x3120 (13MP) at 9fps.
"This high-resolution 13MP Raspberry Pi camera has the ability to extract more information to create a content-rich image," the company says. "Its built-in image signal processor (ISP) helps to offload image processing tasks and reduces CPU usage. With the capability to stream 4K at 15fps and Full HD at 60fps.” This video mode is better than all the official camera modules from Raspberry Pi products.
Since the Raspberry Pi 4 features a two-lane MIPI CSI-2 camera connection, the e-CAM130_CURB camera can be directly connected to the 2-lane MIPI CSI for attaching 13MP camera modules. It is supported by embedded Linux and Android operating systems.
To use the e-CAM130_CURB High Quality Camera, you will need to have a cross compiler toolchain and prebuild RaspiOS or E-con Raspberry Pi 4 SD card image. The getting started guide can be found on the official page.
The kit is available for $99, which includes the camera module, baseboard, adapter board, FFC cable, and software with prebuilt images for out of the box evaluation and V4L2 Linux driver source code.