USB 2.0 board-level camera - mvBlueFOX-M - Industrial image processing

USB 2.0 board-level camera - mvBlueFOX-M

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mvBlueFOX-M - CCD & CMOS USB 2.0 board level cameras

Compact industrial CCD & CMOS camera modules with Hi-Speed USB
High quality sensors up to 2592 x 1944 pixels
Gray scale and color versions
Integrated Bayer color conversion and image processing
Hardware Real-Time Controller (HRTC)
HALCON, NeuroCheck and LabVIEW drivers available

The mvBlueFOX-M module is the flexible board-level version of the compact industrial CCD & CMOS camera solution mvBlueFOX and especially for OEM customers. A superior image quality makes it suited for most applications. The driver in combination with the FPGA represents a perfect team which reduces the PC load to a minimum during preprocessings like binning.

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Sample configuration
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CCD sensors (expiring, last time buy March 2025)

Ordering code sample: mvBlueFOX-M with CCD 1.4 MPixel, gray scale and global shutter: mvBlueFOX-M123G

Note: Not recommended for new designs.

CCD	mvBlueFOX-M
Modell	120	120a	121	123	124
Verfügbarkeit	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Variante¹	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C
Auflösung	640 x 480	640 x 480	1024 x 768	1360 x 1024	1600 x 1200
MPixel	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.4	1.9
Max. Framerate [Hz]²	60	104	39	22.9 (30)	16.6 (28)
Binning³	1 / 2 / 1 / 2	1 / 2 / 1 / 2	1 / 2 / 1 / 2	1 / 2 / 1 / 2	1 / 2 / 1 / 2
Verschluss	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global
Sensorgröße	1/4	1/3	1/3	1/2	1/1.8
Pixelgröße [µm]	5.6	7.4	4.65	4.65	4.4
Belichtungszeit	44 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	44 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s
ADC-Auflösung / Ausgabe	14 → 16	14 → 16	14 → 16	14 → 16	14 → 16
SNR_max⁴
DR⁴
EMVA 1288	/	/	/	/	/
Pipelined Global Shutter im Trigger Modus	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Hersteller	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony
Sensor	ICX098	ICX424	ICX204	ICX267	ICX274

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

Ordering code sample: mvBlueFOX-M with CMOS 5.0 MPixel, color and rolling / global reset shutter: mvBlueFOX-M105C

Note: Not recommended for new designs.

CMOS	mvBlueFOX-M
Modell	100w	102a	105
Verfügbarkeit	✔	✔	✔
Variante¹	G / C	G	G / C
Auflösung	752 x 480	1280 x 960	2592 x 1944
MPixel	0.4	1.2	5
Max. Framerate [Hz]²	88.6 (117)	26 (45.6)	6.3 (14)
Binning³	1 / 1 / 1 / 1	1 / 1 / 2 / 2	1 / 1 / 1 / 2
Verschluss	Pipelined / Global	Pipelined / Global	Pipelined / Global
Sensorgröße	1/3	1/3	1/2.5
Pixelgröße [µm]	6.0	3.75	2.2
Belichtungszeit	10 µs - 0.46 s	10 µs - 1 s	10 µs - 10 s
ADC-Auflösung / Ausgabe	10 → 16	10 → 16	12 → 16
SNR_max⁴
DR⁴
EMVA 1288	/		/
Pipelined Global Shutter im Trigger Modus
Hersteller	Aptina	Aptina	Aptina
Sensor	MT9V034	MT9M021	MT9P031

Connectors:
- shrouded header 4-pin USB
- shrouded header 12-pin digital I/O

ADC resolution: 10 bit (transfer 8 bit)

4/4 digital I/Os (LVTTL)

Hardware Real-Time Controller (HRTC) for time critical I/O and acquisition control by defining a sequence of operating steps

8 Mpixels image memory

Expose and image transfer possible at the same time

Flexible binning modes to reduce the resolution and increase the sensitivity of the sensors or to increase the frame rate

Progressive scan

Horizontal and vertical mirroring, sharpening and Bayer color conversion (via mvIMPACT Acquire)

Partial scan for faster chart acquisition

Automatic gain control (AGC)

Bus powered < 2.5W

Automatic exposure control (AEC)

Size without lens (w x h x l): 38.8 x 38.8 x 34 mm (CCD with C-mount)

Weight: approx. 17 g

Part code	Article description
MV-Lensholder BFM-CSxxx	CS-mount lens holder incl. IR-Cut filter for mvBlueFOX-Mxxx
MV-Lensholder BFM-Cxxx	C-mount lens holder incl. IR-Cut filter for mvBlueFOX-Mxxx
FILTER DL-CUT 15.5x1.5	Daylight cut filter, dia. 15.5 mm +- 0.2mm x 1.00 mm, LP750 Avg. T > 92% 800-2000 nm
FILTER GLASS 15.5X1.75	Substitute of IR-cut, Mounted.
Cables	To the cable selector
Lenses	To the lighting systems selector
Lighting systems	To the lighting systems selector

Machine Vision		Robotics
Surveillance		Microscopy
Medical imaging		Automation

You will need at least following parts to run, for example, a mvBlueFOX-M120a with C-mount:

KS-USB2-PHR4 01.5		KS-PHR12 500
MV-Lensholder BFM-C120a

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

Since version 2.10.1 of mvIMPACT Acquire the "Merge Modules for mvIMPACT Acquire" are available as a separate download.
For this reason the installation packages are smaller now. The Merge Modules are needed for private setup routines, which shall include mvIMPACT Acquire drivers. More details are available in the mvIMPACT Acquire manuals.

mvBlueFOX x86 2.30.1.msi | 48,260.0 kB

mvBlueFOX 32 Bit Windows (7, 8.1, 10)

mvBlueFOX x86_64 2.30.1.msi | 65,252.0 kB

mvBlueFOX 64 Bit Windows (7, 8.1, 10)

mvIMPACT Acquire.history | 843.8 kB

mvIMPACT Acquire History-Datei / mvIMPACT Acquire history file

Older driver versions

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Drivers and applications for Linux 2.6 .. 3.x.x (mvIMPACT Acquire)

install_mvBlueFOX | 27.6 kB

Linux Installer Skript für mvBlueFOX / Linux installer script for mvBlueFOX

mvBlueFOX x86_ABI2 2.30.1.tgz | 9,600.0 kB

mvBlueFOX 32 Bit Linux

mvBlueFOX x86_64_ABI2 2.30.1.tgz | 11,885.1 kB

mvBlueFOX 64 Bit Linux

mvIMPACT Acquire.history | 843.8 kB

mvIMPACT Acquire History-Datei / mvIMPACT Acquire history file

Older driver versions

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Drivers for ARM based embedded boards (mvIMPACT Acquire)

Requirements for the usage of the ARM driver:

- libc (glibc, eglibc or similar) version >= 2.15
- gcc version >= 4.6.3
- ARM hardware with armv7-a architecture
or newer, which supports the Thumb-2 instruction set

Getestete ARM-Geräte | 26.9 kB

Tested ARM devices | 26.5 kB

install_mvBlueFOX_ARM | 27.6 kB

ARM 32 Bit / 64 Bit Installer Skript für mvBlueFOX / ARM 32 bit / 64 bit Installer script for mvBlueFOX

mvBlueFOX ARMhf_gnueabi 2.30.1.tgz | 5,493.8 kB

Treiber-Paket für ARM Boards / Driver package for ARM boards (hard float)

mvBlueFOX ARMsf_gnueabi 2.30.1.tgz | 5,568.0 kB

Treiber-Paket für ARM Boards / Driver package for ARM boards (soft float)

mvBlueFOX ARM64_gnu 2.30.1.tgz | 6,099.3 kB

Treiber-Paket für ARM Boards 64 Bit / Driver package for ARM boards 64 bit

Additional packages for NeuroCheck, 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

NCUSBmvBF | 264.2 kB

32 Bit NeuroCheck Binding / 32 Bit NeuroCheck binding

Die NCUSBmvBF Pakete sind nur für den Einsatz mit NeuroCheck 5.1 und die mvBlueFOX Familie geeignet. / The NCUSBmvBF packages are suitable for mvBlueFOX together with NeuroCheck 5.1 only.

NCUSBmvBF-x64 | 344.8 kB

64 Bit NeuroCheck Binding / 64 Bit NeuroCheck binding

Die NCUSBmvBF Pakete sind nur für den Einsatz mit NeuroCheck 5.1 und die mvBlueFOX Familie geeignet. / The NCUSBmvBF packages are suitable for mvBlueFOX together with NeuroCheck 5.1 only.

3D camera models

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Manuals

mvBlueFOX technical manual (chm) | 5,356.4 kB

mvBlueFOX Technisches Handbuch / Technical Manual

Hinweis / Note

mvBlueFOX technical manual (pdf) | 4,560.9 kB

mvBlueFOX Technisches Handbuch / Technical Manual

mvBlueFOX technical manual (html)