AR0234

ON Semiconductor’s AR0234 is a 2.3MP global shutter color image sensor.

Sensor specs

Parameter

Value

Optical format

1/2.6”

Resolution

1920x1200

Pixel size

3.0 µm

Shutter type

Global

Chroma

Color/Mono

Supported resolutions

Supported sensor resolution by depthai

Name

Resolution

Max FPS

MIPI lanes

Mode

THE_1200_P

1920x1200

60

2

Full resolution

FFC compatibility

With OAK FFC boards you can easily evaluate different sensors and optics, as you can connect FFC camera boards to any OAK FFC baseboard (OAK-FFC-4P, OAK-FFC-3P) via a flexible cable. FFC camera boards are carrier boards for the CCM (additional information below), so it can easily be connected to any OAK FFC baseboard. The following FFC camera boards contain this sensor:

  • OAK-FFC-AR0234-M12 (WIP)

Sensor CCMs

Compact camera modules (CCMs) can be integrated directly into a custom product. CCMs are used in the final camera product. CCMs vary in optics and FPC connector. The following CCMs have been built using this sensor:

  • Arducam longer FPC:

    • M12-Mount AF (PY056) - Motorized Focus

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Arducam longer FPC M12-Mount AF AR0234. From left to right: 1/2.5” M12 Mount, 1/2.3” M12 Mount, 1/2.8” M12 Mount

Sensor driver

Sensor driver adds support for that sensor to the Robotics Vision Core (RVC). Here are RVC2 driver specifications for this sensor:

  • Min exposure times:

    • Manual: 2 us (microseconds)

    • Auto-Exposure: 110 us

  • Min FPS: 1.1

  • Max exposure times:

    • Manual: 1 / CAM_FPS (eg. 33ms @ 30FPS)

    • Auto-Exposure:

      • AntiBanding OFF: 33ms

      • AntiBanding 50Hz: 30ms

      • AntiBanding 60Hz: 25ms

Max AE exposure time depends on the Anti-Banding (AB) mode, which helps to avoid flickering when using artificial lighting. We can configure the AB using the API:

cam = pipeline.create(dai.node.ColorCamera) # Or MonoCamera
# "OFF", "MAINS_50_HZ", or "MAINS_60_HZ"
cam.initialControl.setAntiBandingMode(dai.CameraControl.AntiBandingMode.OFF)

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