Arducam HM0360 is a low-cost camera module built specifically for Raspberry Pi Pico and all available RP2040 dev boards.

The HM0360 uses Himax Imaging’s advanced 3.6µ deep diode pixel and proprietary readout design to achieve superior low light performance while consuming only 140µA in QVGA 2FPS and approximately 7mA in VGA 60 frames per second read out mode.

To reduce camera system latency and power consumption, the HM0360 features on-chip self-oscillator, real-time clock, fast initialization, <2ms frame trigger, context switching and instant frame update. The sensor provides several monitoring options with programmable interrupt thereby allowing the host processor to be placed in low power standby until notified by the sensor.

Features:

Ultra Low Power, high sensitivity, low noise VGA sensor.
Operates 7mA VGA 60 FPS down to 50µA in monitor mode.
Automatic wake and sleep operation with programmable event interrupt to wake host processor.
On chip high precision oscillator, auto exposure / gain, ambient light sensor and zone detection.
Metered exposure provides well-exposed first frame and after extended sleep (blanking) period.
External frame synch and stereo camera support.
Flexible binning, subsampling and region of interest.
Embedded line provides metadata frame, AE statistics, zone trigger and other interrupt event information.
On-chip high precision oscillator and LDO.
1-lane MIPI CSI2 and 8-bit parallel/serial data format that supports 1-bit, 4-bit and 8-bit protocol.
I2C 2-wrie serial interface supporting burst operation for fast register access.
< 13 mm2 CSP sensor package option.
High CRA for low profile module design.

Specifications:

Active Pixel Array: 656 x 496
Pixel Size / Technology: 3.6 µm x 3.6 µm / BSI
Diagonal (Optical Format): 2.88 mm (1/6″)
Color Filter Array: Bayer, Monochrome
Frame Rate @ 24MHz: QQVGA 1FPS to VGA 60FPS
Readout Modes: Full (VGA), Bin2 (Mono) / Sub2, Bin4 (Mono) / Sub4, Fast ROI
S/N Ratiomax: 45.5dBm i93
Dynamic Range (1x): 85dB
Sensitivity: 5.5 V / Lux-sec @ 530nm, 15 V / (uW-cm-2 sec) @ 850nm
CRA (maximum): 35.74º
Supply Voltage: Analog 2.8V, Digital 1.2V (1.8V LDO option), I/O 1.8 – 3.0V.
Reference Clock (EXTCLK): 6 – 24 MHz
Internal Oscillator: Yes
Serial Interface: I²C (1MHz max., single/burst)
Current Consumption (8b parallel, >5pF load): QVGA (S2) 2FPS 140 µA, QVGA 60FPS 3.2 mA,
VGA 60FPS 7 mA
Camera working temperature: -20°C to 85°C