Overview
The Raspberry Pi AI Camera is a compact camera module from Raspberry Pi, based
on the Sony IMX500 Intelligent Vision Sensor. IMX500 combines a 12-megapixel CMOS
image sensor with on-board inferencing acceleration for a variety of common neural
network models, enabling users to develop sophisticated vision-based AI applications
without the need for a separate accelerator.
The AI Camera transparently augments captured still images or video with tensor
metadata, leaving the processor in the host Raspberry Pi free to perform other
operations. Support for tensor metadata in the libcamera and Picamera2 libraries, and
in the rpicam-apps application suite, make it easy for beginners to use, while offering
advanced users unparallelled power and flexibility.
The Raspberry Pi AI Camera is compatible with all Raspberry Pi computers. The PCB
outline and mounting hole locations are identical to those of Raspberry Pi Camera
Module 3, while the overall depth is greater to accommodate the larger IMX500 sensor
and optical subassembly.