Allied Vision Alvium CSI driver for Jetpack 6

Compatibility

SoMs + Carrier Boards

• Jetson AGX Orin DevKit
• Jetson Orin Nano DevKit
• Jetson Orin NX + Jetson Orin Nano DevKit carrier

Cameras

• All Alvium C cameras with Firmware 13 or newer

Installation

1. Download the two debian packages from the releases section to our target board
2. Install the packages by running:

   sudo apt install ./alvium-csi2-driver-<version>.deb ./avt-nvidia-l4t-kernel-oot-modules-<version>.deb

3. Configure the device tree
   1. Start the jetson-io tool

      sudo /opt/nvidia/jetson-io/jetson-io.py

   2. Select the CSI connector configuration
      • For AGX Orin: "Jetson AGX CSI Connector"
      • For Orin Nano / NX: "Jetson 24pin CSI Connector"
   3. Select "Configure for compatible hardware"
   4. Select the "Allied Vision Alvium Dual" configuration
   5. Select "Save pin changes"
   6. Select "Save and reboot to reconfigure pins"
4. After the board has reboot the camera can be access with V4L2 and Vimba X

Building

1. Clone this repository including all submodules
2. Download the Jetson Linux driver package and cross compiler from: Jetson Linux Downloads
3. Extract the driver package:

       tar -xf jetson_linux_r36*.bz2

4. Extract the kernel headers from the driver package:

       cd Linux_for_Tegra/kernel/
       tar -xf kernel_headers.tbz2

5. Extract the cross compiler
6. Build the modules:

       export ARCH=arm64
       export CROSS_COMPILE=<path to cross compiler>/bin/aarch64-buildroot-linux-gnu-
       export KERNEL_SRC=Linux_for_Tegra/kernel/linux-headers-*-linux_x86_64/3rdparty/canonical/linux-jammy/kernel-source/
       make all 

7. Install the driver modules

       export INSTALL_MOD_PATH=<path to install directory>
       make install

Beta Disclaimer

Please be aware that all code revisions not explicitly listed in the Github Release section are considered a Beta Version.

For Beta Versions, the following applies in addition to the GPLv2 License:

THE SOFTWARE IS PRELIMINARY AND STILL IN TESTING AND VERIFICATION PHASE AND IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND IS BELIEVED TO CONTAIN DEFECTS. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS EARLY ACCESS IS TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK ON PERFORMANCE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE, HARDWARE AND DOCUMENTATION.