Revision as of 13:47, 18 August 2021

DART-MX8M-MINI Basler Camera

Introduction

The following instructions will allow you to add support for the Basler MIPI camera to your Yocto images.
This will allow you to stream images/video from a Basler camera(s) connected to a Variscite evaluation kit.

Download Variscite Yocto BSP

Please follow Build Yocto from source code.
Execute steps 1-4.3 to download the BSP sources, but don't start bitbake yet.

Download and install Basler meta layers

$ wget ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/Basler/Software/basler-dart-bcon-mipi-imx8-cep_1.5.0-for-imx-4.14.98-2.0.0_ga_sumo.tar.gz
$ mkdir basler-dart-bcon-mipi-imx8-cep_1.5.0-for-imx-4.14.98-2.0.0_ga_sumo
$ tar xf basler-dart-bcon-mipi-imx8-cep_1.5.0-for-imx-4.14.98-2.0.0_ga_sumo.tar.gz -C basler-dart-bcon-mipi-imx8-cep_1.5.0-for-imx-4.14.98-2.0.0_ga_sumo
$ mv basler-dart-bcon-mipi-imx8-cep_1.5.0-for-imx-4.14.98-2.0.0_ga_sumo/meta-basler* ../sources

Download and install Variscite kernel patches

$ wget ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/Basler/Software/sumo-fsl-4.14.98-cep-1.5.0/meta-variscite-imx-basler.tar.gz
$ tar xf meta-variscite-imx-basler.tar.gz -C ../sources/

Customize configuration files

Customize bblayers.conf

Add the following lines to conf/bblayers.conf

BBLAYERS += " ${BSPDIR}/sources/meta-basler-imx8 "
BBLAYERS += " ${BSPDIR}/sources/meta-basler-tools/meta-basler-common "
BBLAYERS += " ${BSPDIR}/sources/meta-variscite-imx-basler "

Customize local.conf

Add the following to conf/local.conf under your Yocto build directory:

Add Basler software and driver:

IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " \
        basler-camera-driver \
        pylon \
        python3-pypylon \
        gentl-producer \
        xauth \
"
MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "kernel-module-basler-camera-driver"

Build Yocto image

Continue following Build Yocto from source code from where you left off, to bitbake and install an image.

Running Basler camera application

Run the following commands at the shell prompt:

$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
$ GENICAM_GENTL64_PATH=/opt/dart-bcon-mipi/lib /opt/pylon6/bin/pylonviewer 2>/dev/null &

Using prebuilt recovery SD card images

Prebuilt recovery SD card image with Basler camera support can be downloaded from ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/Basler/Software/DART-MX8M-MINI/sumo-fsl-4.14.98-mx8mm-v2.5

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 {{#ifeq: {{#var:HARDWARE_NAME}} | DART-MX8M-PLUS |
 = Download and install Basler meta layers =
+{{#ifeq: {{#var:FSL_BSP_VERSION}}|L5.4.70_2.3.0|
   $ git clone https://github.com/varigit/meta-basler-imx8 -b 1.2.0.12-imx8mp-5.4.70-2.3.0 ../sources/meta-basler-imx8
   $ git clone https://github.com/varigit/meta-basler-tools -b 1.2.0.12-imx8mp-5.4.70-2.3.0 ../sources/meta-basler-tools
+|
+ $ git clone https://github.com/varigit/meta-basler-imx8 -b 1.3.1.9-imx8mp-5.4.70-2.3.2 ../sources/meta-basler-imx8
+ $ git clone https://github.com/varigit/meta-basler-tools -b 1.3.1.9-imx8mp-5.4.70-2.3.2 ../sources/meta-basler-tools
+}}
 |
 {{#ifeq: {{#var:YOCTO_NAME}} | Sumo |
@@ Line 54: / Line 58: @@
 <br>
 Add Basler software and driver:
+{{#ifeq: {{#var:FSL_BSP_VERSION}}|L5.4.70_2.3.0|
 <pre>
 IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " \
@@ Line 70: / Line 75: @@
 PREFERRED_VERSION_kernel-module-isp-vvcam = "4.2.2.8+basler"
 </pre>
+|
+<pre>
+IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " \
+        kernel-module-basler-camera \
+        pylon \
+        python3-pypylon \
+        gentl-producer \
+        kernel-module-isp-vvcam \
+        imx8mp-modprobe-config \
+        basler-camera \
+        isp-imx \
+        xauth \
+"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_isp-imx                 = "4.2.2.13+basler"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_basler-camera           = "4.2.2.13+basler"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_kernel-module-isp-vvcam = "4.2.2.13+basler"
+</pre>
+}}
 | {{#ifeq: {{#var:YOCTO_NAME}} | Sumo |
 = Customize configuration files =
@@ Line 114: / Line 137: @@
 {{#ifeq: {{#var:HARDWARE_NAME}} | DART-MX8M-PLUS |
-= Running gstreamer pipeline =
+= Running gstreamer =
 Run the following command at the shell prompt:
-  $ gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! waylandsink
+{{#ifeq: {{#var:FSL_BSP_VERSION}}|L5.4.70_2.3.0|
+  $ gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! waylandsink sync=false
+|
+* 1920x1080@30fps:
+ # gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=YUY2,width=1920,height=1080" ! waylandsink sync=false
+* 3840x2160@30fps:
+ # gst-launch-1.0 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! "video/x-raw,format=YUY2,width=3840,height=2160" ! waylandsink sync=false
+}}
 |}}
@@ Line 130: / Line 160: @@
 |{{#ifeq: {{#var:HARDWARE_NAME}} | DART-MX8M-PLUS |
+{{#ifeq: {{#var:FSL_BSP_VERSION}}|L5.4.70_2.3.0|
 Prebuilt recovery SD card image with Basler camera support can be downloaded from ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/Basler/Software/DART-MX8M-PLUS/zeus-fsl-5.4.70-mx8mp-v2.1
+|
+Prebuilt recovery SD card image with Basler camera support can be downloaded from ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/Basler/Software/DART-MX8M-PLUS/zeus-fsl-5.4.70-mx8mp-v2.3
+}}
 }}}}}}

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