4-Lane MIPI Camera Compatibility with Orin NX

[Sivam_Natesan]

Hi,

Could someone please clarify how many 4-lane MIPI cameras can be connected to the Orin NX module? We plan to use three 4-lane cameras with it.

Regards,
Sivam Natesan

[ShaneCCC]

Current devkit only support one 4 lanes camera on CSI-C(CAM1) and two lanes configuration on CSI-A(CAM0).

For the customized carrier board you can check the design guide from download center for detail.

Thanks

[Sivam_Natesan]

Hi,

We are planning to design a custom carrier board. As per the Orin NX design guide, the module supports two 4-lane cameras via CSI0 & CSI1 and CSI2 & CSI3. In the developer kit, CSI4 is configured as PCIe x2 and connected to an M.2 NVMe. Could you please explain the purpose of having two NVMe interfaces in this setup?

I also have the following questions:

1. Could you clarify if CSI4 can also be used to connect an additional 4-lane camera?

2. In the developer kit, CAM0 includes only the CSI1_CLKP/N clock. How can two 2-lane cameras share a single clock? Doesn’t CSI0 require its own clock (CSI0_CLKP/N)?

Looking forward to your clarification.

Regards,
Sivam Natesan

[Trumany]

Only two x4 CSI ports are supported. For the CAM0 question, please refer to below info in devkit carrier P3768_A04 schematic.

[Sivam_Natesan]

Thank you for the clarification.

Could you please explain the purpose of including two NVMe interfaces in the Orin developer kit?

[Trumany]

To support two NVMe devices…

[Sivam_Natesan]

Thanks for the explanation! Could you share more about why two NVMe devices are needed? Are there specific use cases or advantages where having dual NVMe support makes a big difference?

[Trumany]

The two slots are for option, not must. You can use one of them or both.