ArduCam 5 MP Mini Camera OV5647 1080p for Raspberry Pi

• 5 MP Mini Camera OV5647 1080p
• Angle of View: 54 x 41 degrees
• Field of View: 2 x 1.33 m at 2 m
• Full-frame SLR lens equivalent: 35 mm
• 15 cm flat ribbon cable to 15-pin MIPI Camera Serial Interface (CSI) connector
• Note: Raspberry Pi not included

The 5 MP Mini Camera OV5647 1080p for Raspberry Pi is tiny, at around 25mm x 24mm, which makes it perfect for mobile or other applications where size and image quality are important. It connects to Raspberry Pi by way of a short ribbon cable.

The camera is connected to the BCM2835/BCM2836 processor on the Pi via the CSI bus, a higher bandwidth link which carries pixel data from the camera back to the processor. This bus travels along the ribbon cable that attaches the camera board to the Pi.

The sensor itself has a native resolution of 5 megapixels and has a fixed focus lens onboard. In terms of still images, the camera is capable of 2592 x 1944 pixel static images, and also supports 1080p30, 720p60 and 640x480p60/90 video.

It attaches to Raspberry Pi by way of one of the two small sockets on the board upper surface. This interface uses the dedicated CSI interface, which was designed especially for interfacing with cameras.