AR0144 Global Shutter Tracking Sensor Replacement Lenses

[mrawding]

Hello,

I am looking to outfit this camera on our voxl2-mini platform vehicles; however, the lens FOV is too wide for the application we intend. Are there narrower lens options supported by ModalAI?

If not, what mount type and size is the lens so we can replace it with a lens from another vendor?

Lastly, if the lens cannot be changed, if we were to get the correct MIPI connectors and adapters - would the VOXL2 driver for the ov9281 still work if we used the same sensor from Vision Components - VC MIPI OV9281.

Thanks

[mrawding]

following up on this @eric-katzfey is there any recommended path to get narrow FOV cameras on the VOXL2/VOXL2 mini outside of VOXL2 ecosystem. Is USB the only path?

[Alex Kushleyev]

Hi @mrawding , sorry for the delay.

Unfortunately, we do not offer narrower FOV lenses for AR0144. You could try to find M7 thread lenses from 3rd party sources.

It is probably easier to find a new lens than to make an adapter for a 3rd party camera module.. would be impossible for us to support it.

Alex

[Alex Kushleyev]

@mrawding , just to follow up on my suggestion regarding trying different lenses. If you cannot find a standalone lens option, consider an option of buying another camera module (like a OV5640 designed for ESP32 or similar) and using a lens from that. I can see that there are many options with different lenses and they look like M7 thread. You can try extracting the lens from that camera (may need to dissolve the glue that holds the lens in the threads) and test it on AR0144. The AR0144 has 1/4" sensor size and max CRA of 28 degrees.