This is a monochrome camera module to exchange the color camera module (Bayer RGB) for, which comes with the AI-deck. This is handy if you rather work with greayscale images. The Bayer RGB can be converted to gray-scale as well but then requires additional resources which might be unwanted.

Features:

• Himax HM01B0-MNA monochrome compact camera module
  
• Ultra low power (ULP) 
• Less than 4mW at QVGA 60FPS
• Less than 2mW at QVGA 30FPS, 
• Less than 1.1mW at QQVGA 30FPS.
• High sensitivity 3.6μ BrightSense TM pixel technology
• 324 x 324 pixel
• 324 x 244 window mode up to 60FPS
• 2x2 monochrome binning mode up to 120FPS
• Black level calibration circuit
• Automatic exposure and gain control loop
• Self-oscillator and motion detection circuit with interrupt output to reduce host computation
• Commands to optimize the system power consumption

Documentation:

• Datasheet
  
• AI deck

Package Includes:

• 1 x Himax HM01B0-MNA monochrome camera module