# Orange Pi and Arducam System

**This section covers how to wire the Orange Pi and Arducam System. This is a vision system that we use as an alternative to the Limelight system.**

#### **Background**

**Orange Pi**

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**Figure 1**

The Orange Pi (**Figure 1**) is a high-speed single board computer powered by a buck converter which is connected to the PDH. It requires 5 volts to power it this is where the buck converter comes in.

**Buck Converter**

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**Figure 2**

The buck converter is shown above in **Figure 2**. Our particular converter is a DC to DC converter which means it transfers the same type of current. What the buck converter does is it turns the 12 volts from the PDH to 5 volts.

**Arducam**

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**Figure 3**

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#### **How to Wire**

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**Figure 4**