
CAM-IMX296Mono-GS
CAM-IMX296彩色GS
Raspberry PI Global Shutter Camera
Support Hardware Trigger and Strobe
With Sony IMX296 Mono/Color Sensor
IMX296 Sensor Module User Manual

IMX296传感器模块
| 日期 | 修订 | 变更详情 |
| 9 年 8 月 2025 日 | V2.0 | 首次发布 |
| 10 年 30 月 2025 日 | V2.0.1 | Add external trigger mode, add eeprom |
文档目的
This Document is for inn maker imx296 mono version camera module and imx296 color version camera module.
| 产品名称 | 传感器名称 | 传感器说明 |
| CAM-IMX296Mono-GS (Old Name: CAM- IMX296RAW) | IMX296LLR | Mono Sensor Sony Official Description |
| CAM-IMX296彩色GS | IMX296LQR | Color Sensor Sony Official Description |
通常我们会在这里更新我们的开发手册
https://github.com/INNO-MAKER/cam-imx296raw-trigger
https://www.inno-maker.com/product/cam-mipi296raw-trigger/
模块结束view
InnoMaker IMX296 Sensor Module is a Global Shutter Camera with IMX296LLR-C CMOS Sensor Module for raspberry pi, compatible with raspberry pi build in driver. It supports up to 60fps at 1456×1088 Pixels operate with shorter exposure times down to 30µs, given enough light than a rolling shutter camera, which makes it useful for high-speed photography.
1.1 模块特点
- Support up to 60fps@1456×1088, totally Compatible with raspberry pi GS camera;
- Support M12 Len/ CS Len, comes with 1xM12 Wide angle lens/Cs Lens Seat.
- Support output format YUV with Resolution 1456*1088 up to 60fps.
- Support Hardware External Trigger.
- Support Strobe Function.
1.2 传感器结束view:
This chip operates with analog 3.3V, digital 1.2V, and interface 1.8V triple power supply:
- 低功耗。
- High sensitivity, low dark current and low PLS characteristics are achieved.
(Applications: Sensing
IMX296LLR / IMX296LQR-C
| FPS (Sensors): | 60.3 帧/秒 |
| Pixel Size (Sensors): | 3.4 微米 x 3.4 微米 |
| Resolution (Sensors): | 1.58米 |
| Scan/Series: | Pregius |
| Shutter (Sensors): | 全局快门 |
| Signal (Sensors): | IMX296LLR Mono IMX296LQR Color |
| 传感器尺寸 | 1/2.9 Diagonal 6.3 mm |
硬件描述
2.1 Pins Out Table(J1)

| 2 | CAM_D0_N | MIPI 数据通道 0 阴性 |
| 3 | CAM_D0_P | MIPI 数据通道 0 阳性 |
| 4 | 地线 | 地面 |
| 5 | CAM_D1_N | MIPI 数据通道 1 阴性 |
| 6 | CAM_D1_P | MIPI 数据通道 1 阳性 |
| 7 | 地线 | 地面 |
| 8 | CAM_CK_N | MIPI时钟通道负极 |
| 9 | CAM_CK_P | MIPI时钟通道正极 |
| 10 | 地线 | 地面 |
| 11 | CAM_IO0 | 电源启用 |
| 12 | CAM_IO1 | LED 指示灯 |
| 13 | CAM_SCL | I2C SCL |
| 14 | CAM_SDA | I2C 数据采集卡 |
| 15 | CAM_3V3 | 3.3V电源输入 |
2.2 相机尺寸

2.3 相机镜头
M12 Len

- 接口:M12
- 领域 view Fov(D) = wide angle
- 焦距 2.8 毫米
- 焦距可调
- 电视失真 <-17%
- F(N)/光圈2.2
- 红外线滤镜
- Yes for Color Version
- No for Mono Version
M12 LEN Seat

CS Len Seat

2.4 Flash Strobe Pins(J2)


2.4.1 参考电路

板载TLP281光耦隔离,注意最大集电极电流为50mA。
输出规格
| 序号 | 范围 | 测试条件 | 价值 | 单元 | |||
| 分钟 | 类型 | 最大限度 | |||||
| 1 | 驱动程序卷tag电子 (VCC) | 12 | 24 | V | |||
| 2 | Drive amen( Qcc) | 10 | 50 go | mA V | |||
| Collector Emitter Breakdown 卷tage | |||||||
| 3 | |||||||
| 4 | Collector Emitter Saturation 卷tage | loc =1 .nA | 0.1 | 0.2 | V | ||
| 5 | 力量 耗散 | _ | 150 | mW | |||
| 集电极-发射极 饱和度tage |
VCE(周六) | IF 10mA, Ic = 1mA | 0.1 | 0.2 | V |
So, if the current required to drive the Flash LED is no more than 50mA
The value of series resistor: R1 = ( VCC- Vf – VCE ) / If
- VCC:系统卷tage
- Vf: Forward voltagFlash LED 的 e 电流 Icc
- VCE: Collection Emitter voltage、典型值:0.1V
If the current required to drive the flash exceeds 50mA,
- then it is required to drive it with the help of LED driver circuit, and LED driver circuit can be controlled by using the strobe output pin.
2.5 External TRIG Pins(J3)



2.5.1 参考电路

The calculations done here are based on 12VDC. Please do follow these calculations for other voltages like 24VDC.
Let’s take the current through IR LED I_{f} = 20mA
卷tage drop across the IR LED = 1.25V
The value of Resistor R1 = (Vcc-Vi)/If = (12-1.25)/0.02 = 537.5 Ω Wattage of resistor R 1 >l 2 ^ * R 1 =0.02^ 2* 537.5 = 0.215W
瓦tage of the resistor R1 selected should be greater than 0.215W.
And there is a resistor on board (R * 4 = 200Omega) So the R_add = R1-R4 = 537.5 – 200 = 337.50
快速入门指南
联系

3.1 Modify config.txt
须藤纳米 /boot/firmware/config.txt
older os it should be sudo nano /boot/ config.txt
3.2 Add dtoverlay
For CAM1 Interface
dtoverlay=imx296, cam1
For CAM0 Interface
dtoverlay=imx296, cam0
Change camera_auto_detect=1 to camera_auto_detect=0
节省 file 并重新启动。
3.2 预view
Reboot and check camera Status
$ls /dev/video*

$libcamera-vid –width 1456 –height 1088 -t 0
3.3 libcamera-apps
More about libcamera and libcamera-apps Please
参考:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/camera_software.html#libcamera-and-libcamera-apps
外部触发模式
4.1 描述
- The Global Shutter (GS) camera can be triggered externally by pulsing the external trigger (denoted on the board as XTR (Trig+),GND(Trig-)) connection on the board.
Multiple cameras can be connected to the same pulse, allowing for an alternative way to synchronize two cameras. - The exposure time is equal to the low pulse-width time plus an additional 14.26us. i.e. a low pulse of 10000us leads to an exposure time of 10014.26us. Framerate is directly controlled by how often you pulse the pin. A PWM frequency of 30Hz will lead to a framerate of 30 frames per second.


4.2 Download source from our GitHub
We use raspberry pi5 as example, showing dual Camera in free working: sudo git clone https://github.com/INNO-MAKER/cam-imx296raw-trigger.gitcd cam-imx296raw-trigger sudo chmod -R a+rwx *

4.3 Setting config.txt
须藤纳米 /boot/firmware/config.txt
Add below content to last line follow [all]
dtoverlay=imx296,always-on,cam0
dtoverlay=imx296,always-on,cam1
4.4 Timeout Setting
sudo cp /usr/share/libcamera/pipeline/rpi/pisp/example.yaml timeout.yaml
Edit timeout.yaml by sudo nano timeout.yaml
delete the # (comment) from the “camera_timeout_value_ms”: line, and change the number from 0 to 60000,

Then run below command
export LIBCAMERA_RPI_CONFIG_FILE=timeout.yaml
4.5 libcamera Tool
To make two cameras work in free running mode
例如amp乐:
libcamera-hello -t 0 –camera 0
libcamera-hello -t 0 –camera 1
4.6 Trigger Tool
This tool can enable imx296 trigger mode individually.
./imx296_trigger [i2c bus] [on/off]
Note: on pi5
camera1 i2c bus =4
camera0 i2c bus =6
on=1 off=0
Examp乐:
camera 1 trigger on:
./imx296_trigger 4 1
camera 1 trigger off:
./imx296_trigger 4 0
camera 0 trigger on:
./imx296_trigger 6 1
camera 0 trigger off:
./imx296_trigger 6 0
4.6 Trigger Pins Wire
Follow Chapter 2.5

4.7 Trigger Signal
We use Raspberry PI5 PIN23,GND GPIO as trigger signal and send signal by below script, Script code is as below, save it to .sh file.
while true;do
gpioset gpiochip0 23=1
睡眠 1.9999
gpioset gpiochip0 23=0
睡眠 0.0033
完毕
Open another terminal window to run the script
![]()
On Board EEPROM
InnoMaker provide on board EEPROM, TYPE: FT24C08A(1KBYTE)
5.1 Operation env:
Hardware type: rpi5 ARCH64 OS , I2c bus on CSI : 4
5.2: Detect EEPROM on i2c bus:
i2cdetect -y 4

There should be 4 devices with address 0x50 0x51 0x52 0x53 detected.
Each device have 256 byte content.
5.3: Read EEPROM content
Take device address 0x51 sub address 0x00 as a examp乐:
i2cget -y 4 0x51 0x00

5.4: Write EEPROM and read the content
i2cset -y 4 0x51 0x00 0xaa
i2cget -y 4 0x51 0x00

频闪模式
6.1 I2c tools download
i2c-tools-arch32.zip
i2c-tools-arch64.zip
6.2 描述
IMX296 official driver that provide by RPI default kernel not enable strobe by default.
Imx296 can output strobe while work in normal or fast trigger mode, We can enable strobe by i2c tools.
- Imx296 I2c address: 0x1a
- Pi5 csi1 i2c bus address : i2c-4
Note: strobe setting must be done while camera stream is off.
Regs and setting values
0x3026: 0x0F
0X3029:0x21
0x306D: 0X02(trigger mode strobe enable) /0x01(normal mode strobe enable)
Strobe start point 3byte:
0x3070 :0x00
0x3071 :0x00
0x3072 :0x00
Strobe end point 3byte:
0x3074:0x2c
0x3075:0x01
0x3076:0x00
0x3079: 0X0A(trigger mode strobe enable) /0x09(normal mode strobe enable)
Strobe start point 3byte:
0x307c :0x00
0x307d :0x00
0x307e :0x00
Strobe end point 3byte:
0x3080 :0x2c
0x3081 :0x01
0x3082 :0x00
I2c tools write register:
./i2c_write 4 0x1a <reg addr> <reg val>
I2c tools read register:
./i2c_read 4 0x1a <reg addr> <num of regs regs to read>
Official Software Manual
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/camera_software
- https://github.com/raspberrypi/documentation/tree/develop/documentation/asciidoc/accessories/camera
Preset System IMAGE
This is preset system IMG for raspberry pi 5.
https://www.jianguoyun.com/p/DY_2JXYQpdSrBxj-nf4FIAA
(Password : o1drfz)
支持: support@inno-maker.com
批量价格: sales@inno-maker.com
Web地点: www.inno-maker.com
Github: https://github.com/INNO-MAKER
文件/资源
![]() |
inno IMX296 Sensor Module [pdf] 用户手册 CAM-IMX296Mono-GS, CAM-IMX296Color-GS, IMX296 Sensor Module, IMX296, Sensor Module, Module |
