Add camera library.

libraries/Camera/README.md

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+# 📹 Library for Arduino Supported Cameras
+
+The Arduino camera library captures pixels from supported cameras on Arduino boards and stores them in a buffer for continuous retrieval and processing.
+
+📖 For more information about this library please read the documentation [here](./docs/).

libraries/Camera/examples/CameraCaptureRawBytes/CameraCaptureRawBytes.ino

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+#include "camera.h"
+
+Camera cam;
+
+void fatal_error(const char *msg) {
+  Serial.println(msg);
+  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
+  while (1) {
+      digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);
+      delay(100);
+      digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
+      delay(100);
+  }
+}
+
+void setup(void) {
+  Serial.begin(115200);    
+  if (!cam.begin(320, 240, CAMERA_RGB565)) {
+    fatal_error("Camera begin failed");
+  }
+  cam.setVerticalFlip(false);
+  cam.setHorizontalMirror(false);
+}
+
+void loop() {
+  FrameBuffer fb;
+  if (cam.grabFrame(fb)) {
+    if (Serial.read() == 1) {
+      Serial.write(fb.getBuffer(), fb.getBufferSize());
+    }
+    cam.releaseFrame(fb);
+  }
+}

libraries/Camera/extras/CameraRawBytesVisualizer/CameraRawBytesVisualizer.pde

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+/*
+  This sketch reads a raw Stream of RGB565 pixels
+  from the Serial port and displays the frame on
+  the window.
+  Use with the Examples -> CameraCaptureRawBytes Arduino sketch.
+  This example code is in the public domain.
+*/
+
+import processing.serial.*;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
+
+Serial myPort;
+
+// must match resolution used in the Arduino sketch
+final int cameraWidth = 320;
+final int cameraHeight = 240;
+
+// Must match the image mode in the Arduino sketch
+boolean useGrayScale = false;
+
+// Must match the baud rate in the Arduino sketch
+final int baudRate = 115200;
+
+final int cameraBytesPerPixel = useGrayScale ? 1 : 2;
+final int cameraPixelCount = cameraWidth * cameraHeight;
+final int bytesPerFrame = cameraPixelCount * cameraBytesPerPixel;
+final int timeout =  int((bytesPerFrame / float(baudRate / 10)) * 1000 * 2); // Twice the transfer rate
+
+PImage myImage;
+byte[] frameBuffer = new byte[bytesPerFrame];
+int lastUpdate = 0;
+boolean shouldRedraw = false;
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 480);  
+
+  // If you have only ONE serial port active you may use this:
+  //myPort = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0], baudRate);          // if you have only ONE serial port active
+
+  // If you know the serial port name
+  //myPort = new Serial(this, "COM5", baudRate);                    // Windows
+  myPort = new Serial(this, "/dev/ttyACM0", baudRate);            // Linux
+  //myPort = new Serial(this, "/dev/cu.usbmodem14301", baudRate);     // Mac
+
+  // wait for a full frame of bytes
+  myPort.buffer(bytesPerFrame);  
+
+  myImage = createImage(cameraWidth, cameraHeight, ALPHA);
+
+  // Let the Arduino sketch know we're ready to receive data
+  myPort.write(1);
+}
+
+void draw() {
+  // Time out after a few seconds and ask for new data
+  if(millis() - lastUpdate > timeout) {
+    println("Connection timed out.");    
+    myPort.clear();
+    myPort.write(1);
+  }
+
+  if(shouldRedraw){    
+    PImage img = myImage.copy();
+    img.resize(640, 480);
+    image(img, 0, 0);
+    shouldRedraw = false;
+  }
+}
+
+int[] convertRGB565ToRGB888(short pixelValue){  
+  //RGB565
+  int r = (pixelValue >> (6+5)) & 0x01F;
+  int g = (pixelValue >> 5) & 0x03F;
+  int b = (pixelValue) & 0x01F;
+  //RGB888 - amplify
+  r <<= 3;
+  g <<= 2;
+  b <<= 3; 
+  return new int[]{r,g,b};
+}
+
+void serialEvent(Serial myPort) {  
+  lastUpdate = millis();
+
+  // read the received bytes
+  myPort.readBytes(frameBuffer);
+
+  // Access raw bytes via byte buffer  
+  ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(frameBuffer);
+
+  // Ensure proper endianness of the data for > 8 bit values.
+  // The 1 byte bb.get() function will always return the bytes in the correct order.
+  bb.order(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN);
+
+  int i = 0;
+
+  while (bb.hasRemaining()) {
+    if(useGrayScale){
+      // read 8-bit pixel data
+      byte pixelValue = bb.get();
+
+      // set pixel color
+      myImage.pixels[i++] = color(Byte.toUnsignedInt(pixelValue));
+    } else {
+      // read 16-bit pixel data
+      int[] rgbValues = convertRGB565ToRGB888(bb.getShort());
+
+      // set pixel RGB color
+      myImage.pixels[i++] = color(rgbValues[0], rgbValues[1], rgbValues[2]);
+    }       
+  }
+
+  myImage.updatePixels();
+
+  // Ensures that the new image data is drawn in the next draw loop
+  shouldRedraw = true;
+
+  // Let the Arduino sketch know we received all pixels
+  // and are ready for the next frame
+  myPort.write(1);
+}
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == ' ') {
+    useGrayScale = !useGrayScale; // change boolean value of greyscale when space is pressed
+  }
+}

libraries/Camera/library.properties

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+name=Camera
+version=1.0
+author=Arduino
+maintainer=Arduino <[email protected]>
+sentence=Library to capture pixels from supported cameras on Arduino boards.
+paragraph=The Arduino camera library is a C++ library designed to capture frames from cameras on supported Arduino products.
+category=Device Control
+url=https://github.com/arduino/ArduinoCore-zephyr/tree/master/libraries/Camera
+architectures=zephyr,zephyr_portenta,zephyr_nicla,zephyr_giga

libraries/Camera/src/camera.cpp

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Arduino SA
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Camera driver.
+ */
+#include "Arduino.h"
+#include "camera.h"
+
+#include <zephyr/kernel.h>
+#include <zephyr/device.h>
+#include <zephyr/drivers/video.h>
+#include <zephyr/drivers/video-controls.h>
+
+FrameBuffer::FrameBuffer() : vbuf(NULL) {
+
+}
+
+uint32_t FrameBuffer::getBufferSize() {
+    if (this->vbuf) {
+        return this->vbuf->bytesused;
+    }
+}
+
+uint8_t* FrameBuffer::getBuffer() {
+    if (this->vbuf) {
+        return this->vbuf->buffer;
+    }
+}
+
+Camera::Camera() : vdev(NULL), byte_swap(false), yuv_to_gray(false) {
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(this->vbuf); i++) {
+		this->vbuf[i] = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+bool Camera::begin(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t pixformat, bool byte_swap) {
+    #if DT_HAS_CHOSEN(zephyr_camera)
+    this->vdev = DEVICE_DT_GET(DT_CHOSEN(zephyr_camera));
+    #endif
+
+    if (!this->vdev || !device_is_ready(this->vdev)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    switch (pixformat) {
+        case CAMERA_RGB565:
+            this->byte_swap = byte_swap;
+            pixformat = VIDEO_PIX_FMT_RGB565;
+            break;
+        case CAMERA_GRAYSCALE:
+            // There's no support for mono sensors.
+            this->yuv_to_gray = true;
+            pixformat = VIDEO_PIX_FMT_YUYV;
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+
+    // Get capabilities
+    struct video_caps caps = {0};
+    if (video_get_caps(this->vdev, VIDEO_EP_OUT, &caps)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i=0; caps.format_caps[i].pixelformat != NULL; i++) {
+        const struct video_format_cap *fcap = &caps.format_caps[i];
+        if (fcap->width_min == width &&
+            fcap->height_min == height &&
+            fcap->pixelformat == pixformat) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if (caps.format_caps[i+1].pixelformat == NULL) {
+            Serial.println("The specified format is not supported");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Set format.
+    static struct video_format fmt = {
+        .pixelformat = pixformat,
+        .width = width,
+        .height = height,
+        .pitch = width * 2,
+    };
+
+	if (video_set_format(this->vdev, VIDEO_EP_OUT, &fmt)) {
+        Serial.println("Failed to set video format");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// Allocate video buffers.
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(this->vbuf); i++) {
+		this->vbuf[i] = video_buffer_aligned_alloc(fmt.pitch * fmt.height,
+                                                   CONFIG_VIDEO_BUFFER_POOL_ALIGN,
+                                                   K_FOREVER);
+		if (this->vbuf[i] == NULL) {
+            Serial.println("Failed to allocate video buffers");
+			return false;
+		}
+		video_enqueue(this->vdev, VIDEO_EP_OUT, this->vbuf[i]);
+	}
+
+	// Start video capture
+	if (video_stream_start(this->vdev)) {
+        Serial.println("Failed to start capture");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool Camera::grabFrame(FrameBuffer &fb, uint32_t timeout) {
+    if (this->vdev == NULL) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (video_dequeue(this->vdev, VIDEO_EP_OUT, &fb.vbuf, K_MSEC(timeout))) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (this->byte_swap) {
+        uint16_t *pixels = (uint16_t *) fb.vbuf->buffer;
+        for (size_t i=0; i<fb.vbuf->bytesused / 2; i++) {
+            pixels[i] = __REVSH(pixels[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (this->yuv_to_gray) {
+        uint8_t *pixels = (uint8_t *) fb.vbuf->buffer;
+        for (size_t i=0; i<fb.vbuf->bytesused / 2; i++) {
+            pixels[i] = pixels[i*2];
+        }
+        fb.vbuf->bytesused /= 2;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool Camera::releaseFrame(FrameBuffer &fb) {
+    if (this->vdev == NULL) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (video_enqueue(this->vdev, VIDEO_EP_OUT, fb.vbuf)) {
+        return false;
+	}
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool Camera::setVerticalFlip(bool flip_enable) {
+    return video_set_ctrl(this->vdev, VIDEO_CID_VFLIP, (void *) flip_enable) == 0;
+}
+
+bool Camera::setHorizontalMirror(bool mirror_enable) {
+    return video_set_ctrl(this->vdev, VIDEO_CID_HFLIP, (void *) mirror_enable) == 0;
+}