USB 2.0 camera - mvBlueFOX - Industrial image processing

USB 2.0 camera - mvBlueFOX

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Compact industrial CCD & CMOS cameras with USB 2.0
High quality sensors from VGA up to 5 Mpixels
8 Mpixels memory
PLC-type real-time sequencer (HRTC)
FPGA on-board hardware LUT 10 bits to 8 bits
Up to 12 bits ADC
CMOS sensor -200w with 110 dB high dynamic range (HDR)

The mvBlueFOX is a compact industrial CCD & CMOS camera solution for any PC with USB ports. 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. The standard Hi-Speed USB interface guarantees an easy integration without any additional interface board.

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CCD sensors (expiring, last time buy March 2025)

Ordering code sample: mvBlueFOX with CCD 1.4 MPixel, gray scale and global shutter: mvBlueFOX-223G

Note: Not recommended for new designs.

CCD	mvBlueFOX
Model	-220	-220a	-221	-223	-224
Availability to order	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Variant¹	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C	G / C
Resolution	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. frame rate [Hz]²	60 / 60 / 60	100 / 100 / 100	39 / 39 / 39	20 / 20 / 20	16 / 16 / 16
Binning³	1 / 2 / 1 / 2	1 / 2 / 1 / 2	1 / 2 / 1 / 2	1 / 2 / 1 / 2	1 / 2 / 1 / 2
Shutter	Global	Global	Global	Global	Global
Sensor size	1/4	1/3	1/3	1/2	1/1.8
Pixel size [µm]	5.6	7.4	4.65	4.65	4.4
Exposure time	44 µs - 20 s	10 µs - 20 s	44 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s	20 µs - 20 s
ADC resolution	14	14	14	14	14
SNR_max⁴
DR⁴
EMVA 1288	/	/	/	/	/
Pipelined global shutter in trigger mode	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Manufacturer	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony	Sony
Sensor	ICX098	ICX424	ICX204	ICX267	ICX274

¹ G = Gray, C = Color, E = Gray & Infrared Enhanced
² streaming / Burst mode / Streaming with 2x2 Binning (Horizontal x Vertical)
³ Max. Binning Horizontal / Max. Binning Vertical / Max. Decimation Horizontal / Max. Decimation Vertical. Note: Not all combinations of binning and decimation values are possible.
⁴ EMVA1288 measurement data of gray scale version

CMOS sensors

Ordering code sample: mvBlueFOX with CMOS 5.0 MPixel, color and rolling / global reset shutter: mvBlueFOX-205C

Note: Not recommended for new designs.

CMOS	mvBlueFOX
Model	-200w	-202a	-205
Availability to order	✔	✔	✔
Variant¹	G / C	G	G / C
Resolution	752 x 480	1280 x 1024	2592 x 1944
MPixel	0.4	1.3	5
Max. frame rate [Hz]²	88.6 / 93 / 93	24.4 / 25 / 25	5.8 / 5.8 / 9
Binning³	1 / 1 / 1 / 1	1 / 1 / 2 / 2	1 / 1 / 1 / 2
Shutter	Pipelined / Global	Rolling Shutter	Rolling Shutter / Global Reset
Sensor size	1/3	1/2	1/2.5
Pixel size [µm]	6.0	5.2	2.2
Exposure time	10 µs - 0.46 s	10 µs - 1 s	10 µs - 10 s
ADC resolution	10	10	12
SNR_max⁴
DR⁴
EMVA 1288	/		/
Pipelined global shutter in trigger mode
Manufacturer	Aptina	Aptina	Aptina
Sensor	MT9V034	MT9M001	MT9P031

USB interface (up to 480 Mbit/s with USB 2.0)

ADC resolution: up to 12 bits (transfer 10/8 bits)

All versions are USB 1.1 compatible

Partial scan for faster chart acquisition

8 Mpixels memory

Progressive scan

Hardware LUT 10 bits → 8 bits

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

lossless image transfer and bus bandwidth via USB bulk transfer method

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

Connectors:
- USB type B USB
- Binder 4-pin with lock USB
- D-Sub 9-pin male digital I/O

Expose and image transfer possible at the same time

Digital I/O opto-isolated:
- 2 inputs (trigger) logic / PLC level
- 2 outputs (strobe) 30 V / 100 mA

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

C-mount. CS-mount or optional S-mount

Bus powered < 2.5W

CCD sensor with full frame shutter

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

CMOS sensor with rolling shutter

Weight without lens: approx. 120 g

Back-focus-adjustment

Size without lens (w x h x l): 38.8 x 38.8 x 35 mm

automatic gain control (AGC)

Protection class IP40

Automatic exposure control (AEC)

Board-level version available

All parameters adjustable via bus interface

Single-board version available

Conformity: Immunity: EN 61000-6-2:2005; Emission: EN 61000-6-3:2007, FCC class B; RoHs; CE

Part code	Article description
ADAPTER CS-MOUNT	CS-mount lens fixing for mvBlueFOX, mvBlueCOUGAR-P and mvBlueLYNX unmounted, with socket wrench
MV-Tripod Adapter BF	Tripod adapter for mvBlueFOX
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 lens selector
Lighting systems	To the lighting systems selector

Machine vision		Robotics
Surveillance		Microscopy
Medical imaging		Automation

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)

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.

Older driver versions

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

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

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/

3D camera models

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Manuals

mvBlueFOX technical manual (html)

mvBlueFOX Technisches Handbuch / Technical Manual

Datasheets

Subject to change without notice, Date 10/2014

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