


Description:
Introducing the Raspberry Pi AI Camera: a compact module featuring the Sony IMX500 Intelligent Vision Sensor. This camera brings powerful, on-board AI vision to your Raspberry Pi projects, making them truly smart.
The heart of the camera is the 12-megapixel IMX500 sensor, which boasts on-board AI acceleration. This allows you to run complex neural networks directly, enabling sophisticated vision-based AI applications without a separate accelerator.
The AI Camera intelligently embeds AI data directly into your images and video streams, essentially taking the heavy lifting off your main Raspberry Pi processor. This frees up your Pi to handle other operations, making your projects more efficient. With built-in support in popular tools like libcamera, Picamera2, and the rpicam-apps, it's designed to be remarkably easy for beginners to get started, yet robust enough to offer advanced users incredible power and flexibility.
This AI Camera is ready for action with virtually any Raspberry Pi computer featuring a CSI camera connection. You'll find that its board outline and mounting holes are identical to the popular Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3, making integration familiar. The only slight difference is its overall depth, which is a bit greater to house the advanced IMX500 sensor and its optical components.
The camera includes both 15-pin and 22-pin cables, making it compatible with all Raspberry Pi computers featuring a CSI port, including the Raspberry Pi 5.
Specifications:
- Sensor: Sony IMX500
- Resolution: 12.3 megapixels
- Sensor Size: 7.857 mm (type 1/2.3)
- Pixel Size: 1.55 μm × 1.55 μm
- Horizontal/vertical: 4056 × 3040 pixels
- IR Cut Filter: Integrated
- Autofocus System: Manual adjustable focus
- Focus Range: 20 cm – ∞
- Focal Length: 4.74 mm
- Horizontal Field of View: 66 ±3 degrees
- Vertical Field of View: 52.3 ±3 degrees
- Focal Ratio (F-stop): F1.79
- Infrared Sensitive: No
- Output: Image (Bayer RAW10), ISP output (YUV/RGB), ROI, metadata
- Input Tensor Maximum Size: 640(H) × 640(V)
- Input Data Type: 'int8' or 'uint8'
- Memory Size: 8388480 bytes for firmware, network weight file, and working memory
- Framerate: 2×2 binned: 2028×1520 10-bit 30fps
- Full Resolution: 4056×3040 10-bit 10fps
- Dimensions: 25 × 24 × 11.9 mm
- Ribbon Cable Length: 200 mm
- Cable Connector: 15 × 1 mm FPC or 22 × 0.5 mm FPC
- Operating Temperature: 0°C to 50°C

Features:
- 12.3 MP Sony IMX500 Intelligent Vision Sensor with a powerful neural network accelerator
- Framerates: 2×2 binned: 2028×1520 10-bit 30fps, Full resolution: 4056×3040 10-bit 10fps
- 7.857 mm sensor size
- 1.55 μm × 1.55 μm pixel size
- 78.3 (±3) degree FoV with manual/mechanical adjustable focus
- F1.79 focal ratio
- 25 × 24 × 11.9 mm module dimensions
- Integrated RP2040 for neural network firmware management
- Works with all Raspberry Pi models, using our standard camera connector cable.
Useful Links:
- Getting Started with Raspberry Pi AI Camera
- Product Brief
- Model Zoo
- Sony AITRIOS Developer site for AI Camera
- Libcamera
- Picamera2
- Rrpicam-apps
Package Included:
1 x Raspberry Pi AI Camera