Camera board • IMX708 not working with Raspberry Pi 5

Hello,

I just received an ArduCAM IMX708 camera from Amazon, but have had issues trying to connect it to my Raspberry Pi 5. Here is what I have tried so far:

1. Confirmed camera cable is inserted properly on both the Pi and camera side, with correct orientation.

2. Ran full OS and firmware upgrade

3. Edited /boot/firmware/config.txt with:
camera_auto_detect=0
dtoverlay=imx708 (and tried dtoverlay=imx708,cam1)

4. Checked for camera detection:
libcamera-hello --list-cameras returns: “No cameras available”

5. Verified I2C interfaces:
i2cdetect -y 10 → No response
i2cdetect -y 11 → Device appears
i2cdetect -y 4 → Device appears

6. Switched the camera between CAM0 and CAM1 ports
Same results: device appears on i2c-4 and i2c-11, not on i2c-10

7. Tested the I2C graphing tool and saw a visual confirmation of the camera on i2c-11 and i2c-4


From what I can see, the camera is showing up on I2C bus 4 and 11, but it is not being detected by libcamera, and /dev/i2c-10 never appears even when dtoverlay=imx708 is used for CAM0.

It seems like the camera is wired properly and is communicating on I2C to me.

I tried what seems to be everything and need some help with next steps.

Thanks,
Ethan

Statistics: Posted by Ethan Reed — Thu May 29, 2025 6:31 pm — Replies 0 — Views 45

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