Cannot get Arducam IMX477 HQ USB camera to work on Jetson Nano

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Hi, I’m trying to get an Arducam IMX477 HQ camera working on my Jetson Nano. I’ve got it connected via USB but I just can’t seem to get any image out of it. Has anyone run into this before?

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Could you share a bit more about your environment first? Please run uname -a and cat /etc/nv_tegra_release and paste the output here so I can see your kernel and L4T/JetPack version.

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Sure, here you go:

uname -a:
Linux dron-desktop 4.9.253-tegra #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 14 02:19:21 UTC 2022 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/nv_tegra_release:
# R32 (release), REVISION: 7.4, GCID: 33514132, BOARD: t210ref, EABI: aarch64, DATE: Fri Jun 9 04:25:08 UTC 2023

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Thanks. Next, can you check whether the system actually sees the camera? Run v4l2-ctl --list-devices and paste what comes back.

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I ran v4l2-ctl --list-devices and the camera does show up:

Arducam IMX477 HQ Camera (usb-70090000.xusb-2.1):
/dev/video0

So it’s detected as /dev/video0, but even though it’s listed I can’t preview or capture anything from it.

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I also generated a bug report from the Arducam tool in case it helps:

arducam-bug-report.txt

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I’ve gone through the bug report and the outputs you posted. First, a quick clarification about Arducam cameras for Jetson, because there are two types:

  1. MIPI camera - this requires installing the camera driver before it will enable and preview.
  2. USB camera - this generally does not need an extra camera driver to preview.

The IMX477 HQ is normally a MIPI camera, but you’re saying you connected it via USB, and v4l2-ctl lists it as Arducam IMX477 HQ Camera (usb-70090000.xusb-2.1) on /dev/video0. I need to confirm which type you actually have before we go any further. Could you share the product page or exact model number of the camera you bought?

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Just to summarize where we are from your logs: your kernel is 4.9.253-tegra and L4T is R32.7.4 on a t210ref board, and the camera is being enumerated over USB as /dev/video0. The root cause isn’t determined yet though - the IMX477 HQ is typically a MIPI camera that needs a driver installed, while a true USB camera wouldn’t need one. Once we confirm the exact camera model (MIPI vs USB), we can continue with the correct steps for your setup.