Waveshare IMX462-127 IR-CUT Starlight Camera, Onboard ISP, Fixed-Focus, 2MP

The IMX462 is a newer, even more capable starlight sensor than the IMX290, and this version adds an onboard image signal processor that handles noise reduction and image cleanup directly on the camera module itself, rather than requiring the host board to do that processing work. That onboard ISP matters on compute-constrained host boards, where offloading image processing from the main CPU to the camera module frees up processing headroom for the rest of the application. Combined with IR-CUT filtering and starlight-grade low-light sensitivity, it's built for serious night-vision imaging applications that need clean output without burdening the host.