Configuring ST VD55g1 camera sensor IC to put it in SW_STBY State

[karthikvkalyani]

Hi, 
We recently purchased few VD55G1 camera sensors along with Camera EVK kit and breakout board for Raspberry Pi. I intend to use it with Ambig Microcontroller. I downloaded Brighsense EVK software kit to figure out settings. I am referring to file attached below to figure out the settings intended for proper operation. Following these instructions in section 5.3 on page 6 and section 9 (FW_PATCH section) on page 10, it recommends, to send PATCH_AND_BOOT command followed by BOOT Command. When I send these instructions it times out with logs attached as below. 

It would be really helpful if you could help us with newest version of driver code which help us get started.

Regards,

Karthik

[MeganeG]

Hello Karthik,

The driver on st.com is the latest version, and the EVK software automatically loads the patch, so you don't need to follow the steps that you mentioned in the user manual.

To get started with the sensor, please refer to our Quick Start Guide available in the "Presentations" section at https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/stsw-img501.html#documentation.

Let me know if this answers your question or if you need more information.

Regards, Megane

[karthikvkalyani]

Hi Megane,

I did use these resources to get started with camera to know its performance and configurations for orientation, bit depth etc. 

Now, I am trying to write drivers for VG55D1 IC that we purchased recently, driving it from Ambiq Apollo Blue Plus Evaluation Board. So, I would need help in configuring and initializing the IC accurately. Any help with that would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Karthik

 

 

[MeganeG]

Hello Karthik,

Sure. Here is a script you can use to initialize the sensor. It configures the sensor registers using the following commands:

Regards, Megane