RPi Camera FMC Reference Designs

This is the documentation for the RPi Camera FMC reference designs.

User Guide

• Description
  • Hardware Platforms
  • Software
  • Architecture (Zynq UltraScale+ designs)
  • Architecture (FPGA designs)
• Requirements
  • List of supported boards
  • Supported cameras
• Supported carrier boards
  • List of supported boards
  • Unlisted boards
  • Support for more than 4x cameras
  • Board specific notes
• Build instructions
  • Source code
  • License requirements
  • Target designs
  • Cross-platform build runner
  • Launch the baremetal application (FPGA / AUBoard)
• PetaLinux
  • Requirements
  • How to build
  • Prepare the SD card
  • Boot from SD card
  • Log in
  • Test the cameras
  • Known issues and limitations
• Yocto
  • Requirements
  • How to build
  • Boot from SD card
  • Test the cameras
  • BSP
• Using and testing the design
  • Before you start
  • Quick test
  • Cameras and video devices
  • Init script
  • Capture frames
  • Display
  • ISP controls
  • Camera sensor controls
• Advanced: project structure and customization
  • Repository layout
  • Target naming
  • config/data.json and config/update.py
  • Build runner
  • Vivado side
  • Vitis side
  • PetaLinux side
  • Yocto side
  • Modifications layered on the stock BSPs
  • Where build outputs land
• Troubleshooting
  • Build failures
  • PetaLinux build fails with bitbake petalinux-image-minimal failed and sstate fetch errors
  • The board does not boot from the SD card
  • Harmless boot messages
  • A camera is not detected
  • Kernel panic at the display mode set
  • modetest reports zero connectors / monitor stays dark
  • Monitor goes dark when modetest picks a high-refresh mode
  • kmssink ignores render-rectangle (video drawn centred on screen)
  • The picture has a colour tint
  • PYNQ-ZU: no Wi-Fi connection
  • scp to or from the Yocto image fails
• Revision History
  • 2025.2 Yocto flow and fixes
  • 2025.2 Changes
  • 2024.1 Changes
  • 2022.1 Changes