VisionSensor Linux  2026-04-22
VisionSensor Linux

Introduction

The operating system for the VisionSensor is based on Debian Linux. This document provides information about the Linux OS for the following devices:

  • VisionSensor PV / PV2: 32-bit ARM (armhf)
  • VisionSensor PV3 / PV4: 64-bit ARM (aarch64)

A basic Linux system is usually pre-installed on delivered devices. It contains the following components:

  • Basic Debian installation
  • Basic development packages like gcc, g++ and make, …
  • Device-specific packages provided by IMAGO (bootloader, Linux kernel, SDK, FPGA firmware, …)

The user can easily install additional packages from Debian's package repositories by using the apt tool.