Common Hardware Setups

PhotonVision requires dedicated hardware, above and beyond a roboRIO. This page lists hardware that is frequently used with PhotonVision.

Coprocessors

  • Orange Pi 5 4GB

    • Supports up to 2 object detection streams, along with 2 AprilTag streams at 1280x800 (30fps).

  • Raspberry Pi 5 2GB

    • Supports up to 2 AprilTag streams at 1280x800 (30fps).

Note

The Orange Pi 5 is the only currently supported device for object detection.

SD Cards

  • 8GB or larger micro SD card

Important

Industrial grade SD cards from major manufacturers are recommended for robotics applications. For example: Sandisk SDSDQAF3-016G-I .

Cameras

Innomaker and Arducam are common manufacturers of hardware designed specifically for vision processing.

  • AprilTag Detection

    • OV9281

  • Object Detection

    • OV9782

  • Driver Camera

Feel free to get started with any color webcam you have sitting around.

Power

  • Pololu S13V30F5 Regulator

  • Redux Robotics Zinc-V Regulator

See (Selecting Hardware) for info on why these are recommended.