Arducam Mini Cameras are HD SPI cameras a which reduce the complexity of the camera control interface. These cameras can be used in any platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Maple, Chipkit, Beaglebone black. Given below are the 10 best Arducam mini cameras that you can buy from Amazon,
10. Arducam Mini Module Camera ($25.99)
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This Arducam mini camera can be used in MCU, Raspberry Pi, ARM, DSP, FPGA platforms. It has a 2 megapixels image sensor OV2640. It comes with an M12 mount or CS mount lens holder with changeable lens options. It is an IR sensitive camera with a proper lens combination.
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9. Arducam 5 Megapixels 1080p Sensor OV5647 Mini Camera ($13.49)
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This is a high-definition video camera for Raspberry Pi Model A or B, B+, Model 2, Raspberry Pi 3, 3 B+, etc. It has a 5 MP sensor with an Omnivision OV5647 sensor in a fixed-focus lens. It comes with an integral IR filter. It gives you a still picture resolution of 2592 x 1944 and video resolution of 1080p.
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8. Arducam ESP8266 UNO Board and OV2640 Mini Module Camera ($39.99)
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This is an ESP8266 UNO based Arduino board for Arducam mini camera modules. It comes with a built-in ESP8266-12E Module. Its interface is specially designed for Arducam mini module camera shield. It comes with an OV2640 Arducam Mini Module Camera Shield.
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7. Arducam Mini Module Camera ($39.99)
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This Arducam mini camera is a general purpose HD 5 MP SPI camera which reduces the complexity of the camera control interface. It comes with a 5 MP CMOS image sensor OV5642 and provides not only small size but also an easy to use hardware interface and an open source code library. It can be used in any platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP8266, Maple, Chipkit, Beaglebone black, as long as they have SPI and I2C interface. It fully supports JPEG compression mode, single and multiple shoot mode. It also offers you short movie recording, one-time capture multiple read operation, burst read operation and low power mode.
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6. Arducam 5 Megapixels 1080p Sensor OV5647 Mini Camera ($16.99)
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This is a High-Definition video camera with two pieces of 15 cm FPC cable for Raspberry Pi Model A or B, B+, model 2, Raspberry Pi 3, 3b+ and Raspberry Pi ZERO. It comes with a 5 MP sensor with Omnivision OV5647 sensor in a fixed-focus lens. Its also equipped with an InfraRed filter.
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5. Arducam 5 Megapixels OV5642 1/4″ CMOS Sensor Camera ($26.39)
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This Arducam mini camera can be used in Arduino, Maple, ChipKit, STM32, ARM, DSP, FPGA platforms. It supports output formats like RAW RGB, RGB565/555/444, CCIR656, YUV422/420, YCbCr422, and compression. It also offers you second camera chip-sharing ISP and MIPI interface. It comes with features like video or snapshot operations.
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4. Arducam ESP8266 UNO Board for Arduino Mini Module Camera ($14.99)
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This is an ESP8266 UNO based Arduino board for Arducam mini camera modules. It comes with a built-in ESP8266-12E module. It has an interface specially designed for Arducam mini module camera shield with OV2640 2 MP lens and OV5642 5 MP lens. It comes with 11 digital input/output pins, and its IO ports are 3.3V tolerant.
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3. Arducam 2 Megapixels OV2640 1/4″ CMOS Sensor Camera ($10.49)
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This Arducam mini camera has a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 UXGA at 15 FPS. It offers you output support for Raw RGB, RGB (RGB565/555), GRB422, YUV (422/420) and YCbCr (4:2:2) formats. It can easily be integrated with STM32, FPGA, DSP, Arduino, etc. Thi camera can image sizes of UXGA, SXGA, SVGA, and any size scaling down from SXGA to 40×30. It also offers you real-time JPEG compression.
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2. Arducam 2MP Camera Shield Evaluation Kit with Mini Camera ($34.99)
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This Arducam mini camera comes with an M12 mount or CS mount lens holder with changeable lens options. It can take a 2 MP full resolution JPEG still image and a low resolution, low frame rate video. It can be USB powered or battery powered by the built-in charging circuits.
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1. Spinel Arducam Mini Camera ($49.00)
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This Arducam mini camera has a resolution of 2 MP and it can support image size of 1600×1200 (Default), 1280×960, 1024×768, 800×600, VGA, QVQAF, and 160×120. It is an Arduino compatible camera with a focal length of 3.6mm and an Angle of View (FOV) of 60°.
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