Hi everyone, I’m trying to get a UC-698 camera working on my NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit. The camera uses the IMX477 sensor and I understand I need the corresponding driver deb package for kernel support, but I just can’t seem to find the right one anywhere. Has anyone else run into this? I’ve been searching for a while and coming up empty.
That’s going to depend heavily on your specific kernel version and Jetson platform combination. Can you run the following and paste the output?
uname -r
Also, just to confirm — you’re on the AGX Orin Developer Kit, correct? Not a different Orin module?
Yep, here you go:
Kernel version: 5.15.148-tegra-36.4.7-20250918154033
And yes, it’s definitely the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit. I tried looking through the available deb packages on the Arducam site but none of them matched this kernel string. They all seem to be for slightly different tegra builds or different Jetson models.
Thanks for the details. I’ve looked into this and you’re right — there isn’t a standard pre-built deb package that matches your exact combination of kernel version (5.15.148-tegra-36.4.7-20250918154033) and Jetson type (AGX Orin Developer Kit / t234). That’s why you couldn’t find one.
This happens sometimes with newer kernel builds or less common hardware combos — the standard packages just haven’t been published for every permutation yet.
The good news is a custom driver can be built for your setup. I’ll need to get one compiled specifically for the t234 platform targeting your kernel version. Let me take care of that and I’ll follow up here once it’s ready.
Alright, I’ve had a custom driver package built for your setup. Here’s the file:
arducam-nvidia-l4t-kernel-t234-agx-orin-5.15.148-tegra-36.4.7-20251030144805_arm64_imx477.deb
I’ve sent you the download link via private message — please check your inbox.
Once you’ve got it downloaded, install it with:
sudo dpkg -i arducam-nvidia-l4t-kernel-t234-agx-orin-5.15.148-tegra-36.4.7-20251030144805_arm64_imx477.deb
After installation, reboot the Jetson and the IMX477 driver should load for your UC-698 camera.
For anyone else reading this later — if you find yourself in the same situation where no standard deb package matches your kernel version and Jetson platform combo, you can reach out to Arducam support with your uname -r output and Jetson model info, and they can build a matching driver package for you.
That makes sense — I was going crazy thinking I was just missing something obvious. Thanks for the custom build, I really appreciate it. I’ll grab it from the private message, run the install, and report back once I’ve tested the camera.