1. Where did you get the camera module(s)?
- Amazon
2. Model number of the product(s)?
- B0483
3. What hardware/platform were you working on?
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Raspberry Pi 5
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Raspberry Pi 4
4. Instructions you have followed. (link/manual/etc.)
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Initially I was only reading from This Official Documentation and raspi-5-not-finding-hawkeye-64mp/6462/41 until I realized that it was the wrong camera.
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Once I figured out the correct module I was able to get things running with this Official Documentation
5. Problems you were having?
- Couldnāt connect to camera because I thought it was the Hawkeye, but it was instead the OwlSight
6. The dmesg log from your hardware?
arducam_64mp 4-001a: chip id mismatch: 4136!=7388
[ 5.282059] rp1-cfe 1f00128000.csi: found subdevice /axi/pcie@120000/rp1/i2c@80000/arducam_64mp@1a
[ 5.282364] arducam_64mp: probe of 4-001a failed with error -5
7. Troubleshooting attempts youāve made?
Raspberry Pi 5 using provided 22 to 15 pin cable in both Cam0, and Cam1 spots:
Cable in every combination of orientations on the latest Raspberry Pi OS
Cable in every combination of orientation on older image kernel 6.1.21
Both of these in the Raspberry pi Os Lite version
Rasberry Pi 4 using 22 pin cable:
Cable in every combination of orientations on the latest Raspberry Pi OS
Cable in every combination of orientation on older image kernel 6.1.21
Both of these in the Raspberry pi Os Lite version
Finally looked at amazon store listing and found Camera Sku in a picture. Looked up the sku and it brought me to the OwlSight (not the Hawkeye that I thought it was)
8. What help do you need?
This is a combination of a PSA and possibly a request. I spent quite a long time looking at forum posts and instructions for the wrong camera module. I bought the incorrect camera module thinking it was a different one. These are all things that I now blame on myself, but can see other people making the same mistake soā¦
The PSA is:
Make sure that you know which camera module youāre using!
The request is:
Can Arducam update their documentation to give some sort of warning to users stating that the Hawkeye and OwlSight are very similar, and instructions on how to identify them without a receipt? I didnāt see any sort of model number on the modules so Iām guessing youāre going to have to look for a specific component on them to differentiate.
Another request is:
What is the actual difference between these two cameras? They look very similar. Iām assuming that the OwlSight has better quality in dark enviornments. But how is that achieved? Why do they need separate drivers if theyāre the same sensor etc. Iām trying to figure out if my project can work with the OwlSight instead of the Hawkeye so that I donāt have to return my purchase.
Finally: Once I got it working it was great and Iām super pumped to work with this on my project. Thanks for making such a nice camera sensor and please donāt take my criticism of how things are displayed on your site as anything but constructive. I know that maintaining manuals/how-tos is difficult.
