The i.MX 95 Vision Kit Engineers Actually Need

Evaluating the i.MX 95 for vision should not start with broken drivers and bad images. Here is the first EVK that gives engineers a real, working camera pipeline out of the box.

Published on December 10, 2025

The i.MX 95 Vision Kit Engineers Actually Need

Anyone who has spent time building embedded vision products knows the truth: your evaluation kit is only as good as the camera pipeline you can actually get working. 

On paper, the i.MX 95 is a powerhouse. 6x Cortex A55s, dual MIPI CSI, a dedicated image signal processor, 4K60 encode and decode, and a 2 TOPS NPU. It is one of the most capable processors you can choose for edge AI, robotics, smart retail, and medical devices. 

But here is the problem almost every engineering team runs into: most i.MX 95 evaluation kits ship with no usable camera option. None. 

So teams end up grabbing whatever camera module they can find online, putting together drivers, and still ending up with unstable frames or terrible image quality. Before anyone can even begin testing computer vision or AI inference, everyone is stuck. The camera, not the processor, is what determines whether your evaluation succeeds or stalls. 

And that is exactly why the Nitrogen95 EVK exists.

The Nitrogen95 EVK Solves the Problem at the Source

Ezurio designed the Nitrogen95 Evaluation Kit with a simple idea in mind: if you want engineers to evaluate a vision processor, give them a vision pipeline that actually works on day one. 

The kit includes everything you need:

That last piece is the difference maker. Most eval kits ignore the camera because it is “optional.” In reality, it is the first thing every customer needs. With the Nitrogen95 EVK, the camera is not an afterthought, it is the starting point.

Why Engineers Usually Struggle With Cameras

Let me paint the picture that plays out: 

A team wants to evaluate the i.MX 95 for a new handheld industrial device. They power up the board. Everything looks fine. Then they try to bring up a generic MIPI camera. That is where the real work begins:

  • The system boots, but the camera never responds
  • The camera connects, but the MIPI CSI timing is off
  • You finally get an image, but the colors look washed out
  • The exposure keeps jumping up and down
  • The image falls apart in low light
  • The camera and ISP were never validated for this board

Now the team is spending a week debugging a driver instead of testing an AI model or validating the NPU. 

This is the story across robotics, kiosks, AMRs, inspection systems, and even smart retail devices. The vision pipeline always slows development unless it is engineered up front. 

With the Nitrogen95 EVK, that entire mess goes away. The camera module, ISP, driver stack, and Ezurio carrier board are already validated together: electrically, mechanically, and in software. 

You boot the kit, run the sample apps, and you are capturing clean, stable 4K frames immediately. That is the point.

What Makes the Arducam Module the Right Choice

Arducam’s x ISP module fixes the two biggest issues with typical eval kit cameras: quality and control.

  • You get true 4K resolution for testing real workloads like people detection, product scanning, or lane tracking
  • The ISP is fully accessible, so teams can tune exposure, color, noise, and sharpening instead of being stuck with “good enough” default settings
  • Most importantly: the module is validated with Ezurio’s carrier board, meaning engineers do not waste time fixing electrical or driver mismatches
It is the first i.MX 95 vision kit where the camera works the way it should.

Arducam Nitrogen95 EVK

Why It Pairs So Well With the i.MX 95

The i.MX 95 architecture was built for vision-heavy applications, but that value only shows up when you have a real camera feeding it. 

With the Nitrogen95 EVK:

  • The MIPI CSI ports feed the camera at full speed, so you get clean, stable frames
  • The built in ISP cleans up the image automatically, giving you usable output right away
  • The GPU and video engine handle smooth 4K preview and playback, which makes testing easy
  • The 2 TOPS NPU gives you enough AI power for real vision tasks, from tracking to recognition

The difference between a generic MIPI module and a validated Arducam pipeline is night and day.

Everything Included in the Box

Nitrogen95
SMARC

NXP i.mx95-based SMARC SOM

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Sona
NX611

NXP IW611-based Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4

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Touch
Display 

7-inch display with stand

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SMARC
Carrier

Carrier board for Ezurio SMARC SOMs

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FlexPIFA
Antenna

2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Antenna

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Accessory
Cables

Dual DB9 Serial Cable and Power Supply

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Camera
(Optional)

Arducam x-ISP 3.8MP 4K Camera

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If You Want to Evaluate the i.MX 95 for Vision, Start With the Right Kit

You can absolutely start with a bare board and assemble your own camera path. 

But if you want to move fast, avoid bring up headaches, and actually understand what the i.MX 95 can do for vision workloads, start with a kit that gives you:

  • A 4K camera that works out of the box
  • Image quality already tuned
  • A stable, ready to use camera pipeline
  • Drivers matched to the hardware
  • A display to see results immediately
  • Real vision performance on day one

The Nitrogen95 EVK exists for one reason:  To let engineers evaluate the i.MX 95 the way it was meant to be used: with an imaging pipeline that is ready out of the box. 

Ready to test the i.MX 95 with a real camera and real vision performance? Learn more: ezurio.com/product/nitrogen95-i-mx95-evaluation-kit