AR1820hs camera not working with raspberry pi 4 even with pivariety drivers

[Ali]

1. Where did you get the camera module(s)?

2. Model number of the product(s)?

3. What hardware/platform were you working on?

4. Instructions you have followed. (link/manual/etc.)

5. Problems you were having?

6. The dmesg log from your hardware?

7. Troubleshooting attempts you’ve made?

8. What help do you need?

I am new to this so please be patient. The camera is arducam ar1820hs with sku B0367. I am trying to use it with raspberry pi 4b with 8gb ram with bookworm os. I followed the instruction on the following link: Quick Start Guide - Arducam Wiki . When I run the rpi cam hello or anything from rpi cam i get error ‘no cameras available’ . Even after confirming the connections are right in terms of the pins. i have also confirmed that the driver in the link i gave is installed. i checked if the libcam libraries are installed. i have also done the overlay dtoverlay=arducam-pivariety…i still keep getting error that no camers available.

[Dion]

Hi,
Welcome to our community.

It’s just standard troubleshooting for us. Could you please send us pics of your hardware connection? Both the Raspberry Pi and the camera’s end.

Plus, could you post the output of the following commands?

cat /boot/firmware/config.txt
dmesg | grep arducam

[Ali]

cat /boot/firmware/config.txt
# For more options and information see
# http://rptl.io/configtxt
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented
# /boot/firmware/overlays/README

# Automatically load overlays for detected cameras
camera_auto_detect=1

# Automatically load overlays for detected DSI displays
display_auto_detect=1

# Automatically load initramfs files, if found
auto_initramfs=1

# Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
max_framebuffers=2

# Don't have the firmware create an initial video= setting in cmdline.txt.
# Use the kernel's default instead.
disable_fw_kms_setup=1

# Run in 64-bit mode
arm_64bit=1

# Disable compensation for displays with overscan
disable_overscan=1

# Run as fast as firmware / board allows
arm_boost=1

[cm4]
# Enable host mode on the 2711 built-in XHCI USB controller.
# This line should be removed if the legacy DWC2 controller is required
# (e.g. for USB device mode) or if USB support is not required.
otg_mode=1

[cm5]
dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=host

[all]
dtoverlay=arducam-pivariety

dmesg | grep arducam
[    0.030392] /soc/csi@7e801000: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with 
/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/arducam_pivariety@c
[    0.030475] /soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/arducam_pivariety@c: Fixed 
dependency cycle(s) with /soc/csi@7e801000
[    0.031427] /soc/csi@7e801000: Fixed dependency cycle(s) with 
/soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/arducam_pivariety@c
[    0.048696] /soc/i2c0mux/i2c@1/arducam_pivariety@c: Fixed 
dependency cycle(s) with /soc/csi@7e801000
[    4.385585] arducam-pivariety 10-000c: pivariety_read: Reading 
register 0x103 failed
[    4.385608] arducam-pivariety 10-000c: probe failed

[Ali]

[Dion]

Hi，
Thanks for getting back with pics and the output. You’ve provided the perfect clues to solve this.

It’s the FPC cable you’re using that keeps your Pi away from detecting the camera module. Could you please try the original FPC cable that comes with the camera?

Please let me know how that goes.