Arducam HM01B0 is a camera module featuring ultra-low power consumption, up to QVGA resolution, 1-bit video data interface and line sync, all these, along with other specs make it a perfect camera for building machine vision projects and Always on Service applications with energy-efficient MCUs. It’s designed specifically for Raspberry Pi Pico and other third party RP2040 dev boards. It’s also the built-in camera of the Arducam Pico4ML.

Applications:

Machine Vision
Robotics
IoT
Gestures, intelligent ambient light and proximity sensing, tracking and object identification

Features:

Ultra Low Power Image Sensor designed for Always-on vision devices and applications
High sensitivity 3.6μ BrightSenseTM pixel technology
324 x 324 active pixel resolution with support for QVGA window, vertical flip and horizontal mirror readout
<1.1mW QQVGA resolution at 30FPS, < 2mW QVGA resolution at 30FPS
Programmable black level calibration target, frame size, frame rate, exposure, analog gain (up to 8x) and digital gain (up to 4x)
Automatic exposure and gain control loop with support for 50 / 60Hz flicker avoidance
Flexible 1-bit, 4-bit and 8-bit video data interface with video frame and line sync
Motion Detection circuit with programmable ROI and detection threshold with digital output to serve as an interrupt
On-chip self oscillator
I2C 2-wire serial interface for register access
CSP and Bare Die sensor package option
High CRA for low profile module design

Specifications:

Active Pixel Array: 320 x 320
Pixel Size: 3.6 µm x 3.6 µm
Full Image Area: 1152 µm x 1152 µm
Diagonal (Optical Format): 1.63 mm (1/11″)
Color Filter Array: Monochrome and Bayer
Scan Mode: Progressive
Shutter Type: Electronic Rolling Shutter
Frame Rate: 51 fps @ 320 x 320, 60 fps @ 320 x 240 (QVGA)
CRA (maximum): 30º
Supply Voltage : Analog 2.8 V, Digital 1.5V (Internal LDO: 1.5V – 2.8V), I/O 1.5 – 2.8V
Input Reference Clock: 3 – 50 MHz
Serial Interface (I2C): 2-wire, 400 KHz max.
Video Data Interface: 1b, 4b, with frame / line SYNC, 8b is not supported.
Output Clock Rate MAX: 50 MHz for 1bit, 12.5 MHz for 4bit
Est. Power Consumption (include IO with 5pF load): QVGA 60FPS (Typical) <4 mW, QVGA 30FPS (Typical) <2 mW, QQVGA 30FPS (Typical) 670 µW