OAKD LIte and RPi

hchattaway

hey everyone... I just received my OAKD Lite cameras and got them up and running pretty quickly on my Ubuntu desktop machine... My ultimate goal was to use them with a Raspberry Pi board... I think i was reading that they won't work with a Pi? Is that correct, they can't be plugged into the USB ports on a Pi?

I had seen the DepthAI Hat for the Pi's.. is this the only way to incorporate the DepthAi technology into a Pi? I hope not.. I bought 3 of the new Lite cameras thinking they would work with a pi...

Thanks!
Harold

erik

Hello hchattaway ,
they can be connected to a RPi, docs here, and you can even provide power from RPi (docs here).
I hope this helps!
Thanks, Erik

ChrisVolta

Hi Harold,
I'm by far not an expert and just a beginner user with the OAK-D-Lite.

But here's the FAQ from Kickstarter:
Can OAK-D-Lite be powered off of USB3?
Yes. USB3 devices can provide 900mA at 5V, which is enough for most use-cases. However, some functions (e.g., inference, video encoding) can add to large current spikes, so there’s a chance your host won’t be able to provide enough power (this applies mostly to hosts like RPi). In that case, you would need to use a power adapter.

And from my own experience (running OAK-D-Lite) with a Raspberry Pi:
I have the power connector (USB-C splitter, one cable for power, one for connection with USB3.0 cable to Raspberry Pi). I haven't tried yet to have it work on the RPi without the USB splitter, so not sure for which edge cases it works (or does not work).