About this item

The Arducam OV9281 is a compact, high-speed 1 MP global shutter monochrome camera designed for Raspberry Pi platforms. At its core is the OmniVision OV9281 sensor, offering crisp 1,280 × 800 resolution combined with a true global shutter—perfect for capturing fast-moving objects without rolling-shutter distortion. This make it ideal for robotics, industrial automation, eye/gesture tracking, and other high-speed machine vision tasks. Built without an IR-cut filter (NoIR), the module is sensitive to infrared light, expanding its utility into low-light or night-vision situations. It comes equipped with a fixed-focus M12 mount lens, offering a wide ~130° diagonal field of view, enabling broad scene capture in a small footprint. The camera connects via a 2-lane MIPI CSI-2 interface, delivering up to 120 frames per second in RAW8 format for fluid video performance. It's also compatible with Raspberry Pi's native V4L2 camera driver when using the updated firmware overlay, ensuring effortless setup and integration with tools like libcamera. Compact, robust, and optimized for low-latency projects, this module blends performance with flexibility for developers and machine vision enthusiasts.