Installing the hardware
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Alvium CSI-2 Cameras User Guide V2.6.2
Touching hot cameras
Scope of instructions
Software installation
Hardware installation
This chapter instructs on using Alvium CSI-2 cameras safely and effectively.
However, we cannot provide complete information. The MIPI CSI-2 standard does
not specify electrical connections as extensively as USB or GigE standard.
Therefore, instructions on camera connections can be general only.
Bare board cameras
If you intend to design an application using bare board cameras, please consider:
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Aligning the sensor to the lens is extremely difficult and expensive. Therefore,
we recommend you to do evaluation with housed cameras first.
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Bare board cameras are specialized components. We cannot give all data
needed for any application in advance.
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Please let us partner with you for bare board camera applications to ensure a
successful design.
CAUTION
Risk of burns
A camera in operation can reach temperature levels which could cause burns.
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Wear protective gloves when you touch a camera that is heated up.
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Ensure proper cooling of the camera.
Software downloads and documentation
This chapter describes hardware installation only. For information on supported
Linux distributions and embedded boards, drivers, libraries, and programming
examples, see
www.alliedvision.com/en/products/software/
embedded-software-and-drivers.
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