GigE Vision Gigabit Ethernet industrial camera - mvBlueCOUGAR-X

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mvBlueCOUGAR-X - CCD & CMOS GigE Vision cameras

Compact industrial camera series with Gigabit Ethernet
CCD & CMOS high quality sensors
Gray scale, color, NIR (near infrared)
Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA) for reducing the CPU load of the host
Highest resolution ADC
Image memory 64 MB for a reliable image transfer

As options:

The Gigabit Ethernet camera mvBlueCOUGAR-X is compliant to the GigE Vision® and GenICam™ image processing standards. The latest building blocks are used in one of the smallest yet rock solid housing in our industry. The camera is optimized for both machine vision tasks, relying on high frame rates combined with low latency image transport and on the other hand the images can be precisely optimized for viewing applications in life science and medical applications, where the utmost realistic image quality in terms of shades in gray scale and color fidelity, combined with best sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio are required.

Your advantages with the mvBlueCOUGAR-X

FPGA

Huge camera FPGA reduces CPU load of your host system.

Huge camera FPGA with a lot of space for features. We add new features easily via free of charge firmware updates.

Bildspeicher

You won't lose an image with the internal image memory again.

The image memory buffers images and enables useful features like Record / Playback, Pretrigger as well as Sequence recording using parameter sets.

Timer und Counter

For counting and triggering of events, counters are a handy feature for your application.

You can generate output signals variably, control illumination systems, synchronize several cameras, and a lot more.

Große Filterauswahl

The suitable filter for your lighting situation or environmental condition.

You can choose between daylight cut (Cold Mirror), IR cut (Hot Mirror) or glass (without filter) filter, which can be intergrated.

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CMOS sensors (Sony Pregius - global shutter)

Ordering code sample: mvBlueCOUGAR-X with CMOS 5.1 MPixel, color, smaller FPGA and global shutter: mvBlueCOUGAR-X105bC

CMOS	mvBlueCOUGAR-X
Model	100f	102f	102m	102k	102n	104f	104i	105p	105b	107b	109b	1012b
Availability to order	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Variant¹	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C
Resolution	728 x 544	1456 x 1088	1600 x 1104	1600 x 1104	1632 x 1248	1936 x 1216	2064 x 1544	2464 x 2056	2464 x 2056	3216 x 2208	4112 x 2176	4112 x 3008
MPixel	0.4	1.6	1.8	1.8	2	2.4	3.2	5.1	5.1	7.1	8.9	12.4
Max. frame rate [Hz]²	299.8 (436.9)	74.9 (126.3)	67.2 (115.6)	67.2	58.3 (88.2)	46.9	37.2 (55)	23.4 (42.4)	23.4 (35)	16.7 (26)	13.2 (32)	9.6 (15)
Binning³	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16	16 / 16 / 16 / 16
Shutter	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global
Sensor size	1/2.9	1/2.9	1.1	1.1	1/1.7	1/1.2	1/1.8	2/3	2/3	1.1	1	1.1
Pixel size [µm]	6.9	3.45	9	9	4.5	5.86	3.45	3.45	3.45	4.5	3.45	3.45
Exposure time	20 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s
ADC resolution / output	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14	12 → 14
SNR_max⁴	43.3	40.2		49.5	43.9	45.0	40.3	40.2	40.2		40.1	40.2
DR⁴	74.0	71.2		72.0	71.8	72.9	71.4	71.1	71.3		70.8	70.8
EMVA 1288	G / C	G / C	/	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G /	G / C	/	G / C	G / C
Pipelined global shutter in trigger mode	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Manufacturer	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony
Sensor	IMX287	IMX273	IMX425	IMX432	IMX430	IMX249	IMX265	IMX250 _POL	IMX264	IMX428	IMX267	IMX304

¹ G = Gray, C = Color, E = Gray & Infrared Enhanced
² streaming (Burst mode)
³ Max. Binning Horizontal / Max. Binning Vertical / Max. Decimation Horizontal / Max. Decimation Vertical
⁴ EMVA1288 measurement data of gray scale version

CMOS sensors (Sony Starvis - rolling shutter)

CMOS	mvBlueCOUGAR-X
Model	1020
Availability to order	new
Variant¹	G / C
Resolution	5544 x 3692
MPixel	20.5
Max. frame rate [Hz]²	5.8 (8.82)
Binning³	16 / 16 / 16 / 16
Shutter	Rolling Shutter / Global Reset
Sensor size	1
Pixel size [µm]	2.4
Exposure time	10 µs - 1 s
ADC resolution / output	12 → 14
SNR_max⁴
DR⁴
EMVA 1288	/
Manufacturer	Sony
Sensor	IMX183

CMOS sensors (Aptina - CMOSIS - e2v)

Ordering code sample: mvBlueCOUGAR-X with CMOS 5.0 MPixel, color, smaller FPGA and rolling / global reset shutter: mvBlueCOUGAR-X105C

Note: Not recommended for new designs.

CMOS	mvBlueCOUGAR-X
Model	100w	102b	102e	102eG	104e	104b	105	1010
Availability to order	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Variant¹	G / C	G / C	G / C	E	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C
Resolution	752 x 480	1280 x 960	1280 x 1024	1280 x 1024	1600 x 1200	2048 x 2048	2592 x 1944	3856 x 2764
MPixel	0.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.9	4.2	5	10.7
Max. frame rate [Hz]²	117	45.6	60	60	51	18	14	7
Binning³	8 / 1 / 8 / 1	2 / 1 / 4 / 4	4 / 2 / 4 / 4	4 / 2 / 4 / 4	4 / 2 / 4 / 4	8 / 1 / 8 / 16	8 / 1 / 8 / 2	4 / 2 / 4 / 4
Shutter	Pipelined / Global	Pipelined / Global	Pipelined / Global	Pipelined / Global	Pipelined / Global	Global	Pipelined / Global	Rolling Shutter / Global Reset
Sensor size	1/3	1/3	1/1.8	1/1.8	1/1.8	1	1/2.5	1/2.35
Pixel size [µm]	6.0	3.75	5.3	5.3	4.5	5.5	2.2	1.67
Exposure time	10 µs - 0.46 s	10 µs - 1 s	10 µs - 1 s	10 µs - 1 s	10 µs - 1 s	10 µs - 1 s	10 µs - 10 s	10 µs - 1 s
ADC resolution / output	10 → 14	10 → 12	10 → 12	10 → 12	10 → 12	12 → 12	12 → 14	12 → 12
SNR_max⁴	42.7	37.3	39.8	38.9	38.4	39.1	38.2	34.3
DR⁴	56.3	55.4	52.8	50.3	50.2	56.1	59.7	54.5
EMVA 1288	G / C	G / C	G / C	E	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C
Pipelined global shutter in trigger mode						✔
Manufacturer	Aptina	Aptina	E2V	E2V	E2V	CMOSIS	Aptina	Aptina
Sensor	MT9V034	MT9M021	EV76C560	EV76C661	EV76C570	CMV4000	MT9P031	MT9J003

CCD sensors (expiring, last time buy March 2025)

Ordering code sample: mvBlueCOUGAR-X with CCD 1.4 MPixel, gray scale, smaller FPGA and global shutter: mvBlueCOUGAR-X123G

Note: Not recommended for new designs.

CCD	mvBlueCOUGAR-X
Model	120b	120a	120d	122	123	124	225	125a
Availability to order	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Variant¹	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C
Resolution	640 x 480	640 x 480	776 x 580	1280 x 960	1360 x 1024	1600 x 1200	2448 x 2050	2448 x 2050
MPixel	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.2	1.4	1.9	5	5
Max. frame rate [Hz]²	104	104	87	31	30	28	16	10
Binning³	8 / 2 / 8 / 2	8 / 2 / 8 / 2	8 / 2 / 8 / 2	8 / 2 / 8 / 2	8 / 2 / 8 / 2	8 / 2 / 8 / 2	8 / 1 / 8 / 1	8 / 2 / 8 / 2
Shutter	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global
Sensor size	1/2	1/3	1/2	1/3	1/2	1/1.8	2/3	2/3
Pixel size [µm]	9.9	7.4	8.3	3.75	4.65	4.4	3.45	3.45
Exposure time	10 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s
ADC resolution / output	14 → 14	14 → 14	14 → 14	14 → 14	14 → 14	14 → 14	14 → 14	14 → 12
SNR_max⁴	42.9	39.5	41.2	36.7	40.9	35.8	36.9	37.6
DR⁴	59.2	56.9	56.4	57.1	59.0	46.8	53.0	54.6
EMVA 1288	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C
Pipelined global shutter in trigger mode	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Manufacturer	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony
Sensor	ICX414	ICX424	ICX415	ICX445	ICX267	ICX274	ICX625	ICX655

Gigabit Ethernet interface
(1000 Mbit/s with 100 Mbit/s compatibility)

Real-time flat field correction (FFC). full AOI, Sequence recording using parameter sets

Distances up to bis 100 meters without switch

Timestamp (latch/reset, µs precise, 64 bit)

64 MB image memory

Single frame / multi frame

Connectors:
- RJ-45 | Gigabit Ethernet with screw-locking
- Industry standard Hirose type 12-pin locking connector

Electronic mirror functionality: CMOS: hor./vert.

Support for motorized lenses; additional external circuit needed

Enhanced I/O functionality (4 counters, 2 timers) for
- Pulse Width Modulation
- Direct fan control
- Direct flash control

Smart I/O:

- 2 inputs (opto-isolated with current limiters)	3..24V ± 1V 11..24V (PLC option)
- 4 outputs (high-side)	10..24V and 700 mA direct drive output for high power flash or relays or actuators
POE option / POE-I option:	Which digital inputs and outputs options do I have with the mvBlueCOUGAR-X camera?

Internal Temperature sensor (readable) with programmable alarm threshold

Industrial power supply range 12..24 VDC

Image recorder with pre-trigger option

Adjustable C-mount, CS-mount, S-mount (optional)

Enhanced color functionality:
- Color Correction Matrix
- RGB-to-YUV conversion
- High-precision color processing on-board
- White balancing (also automatically)

ADC resolution: CCD: 14 bit (14/12/8 bit transfer); CMOS ADC on chip

Power consumption < 5.5 W

Freely editable hardware Look Up Table (LUT):
Color camera 10 bit → 10 bit
Gray scale camera 12 bit → 10 bit

Weight without lens: approx. 110 g

Trigger overlap

Permissible ambient temperature:
- Operation 0 to 45 °C / 30 to 80 %RH
- Storage -20 to 60 °C / 20 to 90 %RH

As an option:
- Protection class IP67 (POE-IP67, POE-IP67AL)
- Extended Temperature (ET)
- Industrial connection concept (POE-I)
- Power over Ethernet (POE)
- PLC inputs (PLC)
- WiFi

Size without lens (w x h x l): 39.8 x 39.8 x 35 mm

Storable user configurations (5 config.) and user parameters (512 bytes on EEPROM)

Conformity: Immunity: EN 61000-6-2:2005; Emission: EN 61000-6-3:2007, FCC class B; RoHs; CE; IP30; PoE IEEE 802.3af (IEEE 802.3at Type 1)

64 KByte sector in flash memory for user data (UserFile)

Additional Features of the mvBlueCOUGAR-X2xx Model

Frame Average

Electronic mirror functionality: CCD: horizontal (on request)

Part code	Article description
Cables	To the cable selector
Lenses	To the lens selector
Lighting systems	To the lighting systems selector
Peripherials	To the peripherials selector

Gray scale sensors:
- Mono8, Mono12, Mono14, Mono16, Mono12Packed

Color sensors:

- BayerGR8, BayerGR10, BayerGR12, BayerGR16, BayerGR12Packed (GR, RG, GB, BG depends on camera type)

- RGB8Packed, BGR8Packed, BGRA8Packed, BGR10V2Packed

- YUV422Packed, YUV422_YUYVPacked, YUV444Packed

Machine vision		Surveillance
Life science		Microscopy
Medical application		Safety engineering

W	approx. 15 mm (C-mount)	approx. 10 mm (CS-mount)
X	8 mm (C-mount) 9.5 mm with max. Ø 20 mm	6 mm (CS-mount)
Y	32 mm (CMOSIS sensors)	30 mm (Remaining sensors)
Z	17.526 mm (C-mount; in air)	12.5 mm (CS-mount; in air)

The dimensional drawings / sketches only contain reference values. For concrete technical drawings with tolerances or related 3D models, please contact our sales or support team.

Drivers and applications for Windows 7, 8.1, 10 (mvIMPACT Acquire)

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mvIMPACT Acquire History-Datei / mvIMPACT Acquire history file

Drivers and applications for Linux 2.6 .. 4.x.x (mvIMPACT Acquire)

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mvIMPACT Acquire History-Datei / mvIMPACT Acquire history file

Drivers for ARM based embedded boards (mvIMPACT Acquire)

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Getestete ARM-Geräte | 26.9 kB

Tested ARM devices | 26.5 kB

Additional packages for LabVIEW, DirectShow, VisionPro and Halcon

Since version 1.10.69, a DirectShow® driver is part of the mvIMPACT Acquire installation package.

Since version 1.10.85, an interface to VisionPro® (Cognex) will be installed automatically when installing an MSI based mvIMPACT Acquire driver package.

Since version 1.12.39, an interface to NeuroCheck 6 for the families mvBlueFOX and mvBlueCOUGAR will be installed automatically.

mvIMPACT Acquire bindings for HALCON are available on MVTec's website: http://www.halcon.de/download/

LabVIEW acquire-x86-1.6.8 | 9,028.0 kB

32 Bit mvIMPACT Acquire Binding für LabVIEW ab Version 6.1 / 32 Bit mvIMPACT Acquire binding for LabVIEW 6.1 or greater

LabVIEW acquire-x86 64-1.6.8 | 10,980.0 kB

64 Bit mvIMPACT Acquire Binding für LabVIEW ab Version 6.1 / 64 Bit mvIMPACT Acquire binding for LabVIEW 6.1 or greater

LabVIEW acquire.history | 7.2 kB

32 Bit LabView Binding History-Datei / 32 Bit LabView binding history file

Released Firmware Versions

This section contains all firmware versions, that have been released. For updating, download the needed firmware version and rename the package to mvBlueCOUGAR-X_Update.mvu.

In the chapter "GUI -> mvDeviceConfigure -> How to update the firmware" in the manual "mvBlueCOUGAR-X/-XD technical manual" you can find a description how to update the firmware.

versionInfo.txt | 91.0 kB

Firmware History-Datei / Firmware history file

mvBlueCOUGAR-X_Update-181005.mvu | 21,154.4 kB

mvBlueCOUGAR-X Firmware 181005

mvBlueCOUGAR-X_Update-181215.mvu | 21,272.9 kB

mvBlueCOUGAR-X Firmware 181215