Hey everyone, I’m trying to get the Arducam 64MP OwlSight camera working on my NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, but I keep hitting a wall. When I connect it and try to use it, I just get a ‘No Drivers’ error — the system doesn’t seem to recognize the camera at all. I haven’t been able to get it to work even once. Has anyone else run into this? Is Arducam working on Jetson drivers for this module, or am I missing something obvious?
Thanks for reaching out. The Arducam 64MP OwlSight (Owleye) camera module is designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi platform — that’s its only supported target. Unfortunately, there is currently no driver available for the Jetson Orin Nano platform, and that’s why you’re seeing the ‘No Drivers’ error. The camera uses a platform-specific interface that Jetson simply doesn’t have a driver stack for. I don’t have a timeline for Jetson driver development at this stage, but if that changes in the future we’ll make sure to announce it. For now, Jetson Orin Nano is not a supported platform for this module.
That’s frustrating, but I appreciate the straight answer. I’m trying to think of ways around this — what about using some kind of hardware adapter? For example, could I route the camera through an HDMI adapter or some kind of Ethernet-based camera bridge to get it talking to the Jetson? I’d really like to avoid buying a whole new camera if there’s a workaround.
I totally understand the instinct to find a workaround, but unfortunately an HDMI or Ethernet adapter wouldn’t help here. The core problem isn’t a physical connectivity issue — it’s that there’s no driver on the Jetson side that knows how to speak to this camera module’s protocol. An HDMI adapter deals with video signals, and an Ethernet bridge would just encapsulate data; neither one solves the fundamental problem that the Jetson OS has no software layer to initialize the sensor, configure it, or pull frames from it.
That said, if you need a 64MP-capable camera that does work on Jetson Orin Nano, I’d recommend looking at the Arducam B0475. It’s a UVC-compliant (USB Video Class) camera module, so it’s true plug-and-play — no special drivers or scripts needed. It uses the standard UVC drivers already built into the operating system, so you should get a working video stream right out of the box. Here’s the product page: Arducam 64MP Motorized Focus USB 3.0 Camera Module
In general, UVC-compliant cameras are the recommended path for Jetson Orin Nano compatibility. They leverage the built-in OS drivers and let you skip all the platform-specific headaches.
Thanks for the explanation and the link. The thing is, I already spent money on the OwlSight and I’d really rather not buy a whole new camera if I can avoid it. Is there any kind of adapter kit or conversion board available that would let me take the existing 64MP OwlSight sensor module I already own and make it work as a UVC camera with the Jetson? Like, just the interface board part, without having to repurchase the entire camera?
I hear you — it’s never fun feeling like you’ve bought the wrong thing. Unfortunately, there’s no conversion kit or adapter that can make the existing 64MP OwlSight camera module work as a UVC device. Here’s why: the OwlSight module and the UVC board (like the one in the B0475) are fundamentally different in how they’re architected. The sensor interface, the onboard controller, the firmware — it’s all designed around the Raspberry Pi’s MIPI CSI stack. A UVC camera has a completely different hardware pipeline: there’s an onboard ISP and a USB bridge chip that handles the video class protocol in hardware. You can’t just swap the interface board because the sensor module itself is wired and configured differently.
In short: the 64MP OwlSight camera module and the UVC board are architecturally incompatible, and no retrofit or conversion path exists. If you need Jetson Orin Nano compatibility, the only path forward is a dedicated UVC camera module like the B0475.