Compact USB3 Vision board-level camera for embedded vision - mvBlueFOX3-3M

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mvBlueFOX3-3M - compact USB3 Vision industrial camera family

Compact board-level camera with USB 3 and high quality Starvis CMOS sensors (gray scale / color)
Easy integration into embbed systems with BFembedded Interface
Same API as desktop Linux or Windows
Camera features independant of the used embedded system
Hardware preprocessing onboard (FPGA)
256 MByte integrated image memory
Excellent cost-benefit ratio

The new board-level camera family mvBlueFOX3-3M combines flexibility, image quality, and performance with low cost. The cameras have a huge image memory and a powerful FPGA for onboard preprocessings as well as digital interfaces. With the BFembedded Interface there are many integration scenarios in different environments possible. In doing so you can connect the power supply, USB, and the digital I/Os using the connector. For this reason the board-level camera family is suitable for many applications in medicine, microscopy, traffic and industry.

Application examples for the flexible interface concept:

CPU / GPU modules

You can integrate the board-level camera to an adapted embedded system directly. Power supply, USB and I/O are available via the board-to-board connector.

Angled connectors

Via interface boards you can integrated connectors with different orientations.

Rigid-flex

A device internal flexible connection can be realized using a rigid-flex PCB.

Digital I/O

The digital I/Os are on the sam board-to-board connector and can be connected according to your demands flexibly.

USB 3.x

According to your environment, different USB connectors are possible: e. g. type B, Micro B, type C.

Vertical connectors

We can carry out connectors according to your demands.

Sensors
Features
Accessories
Image formats
Application areas
Dimensional drawing
Downloads

CMOS
Model	BF3-3M-0064Z
Availability to order	✔
Variant¹	G / C
Resolution²	3096 x 2080
MPixel	6.4
Max. frame rate [Hz]³	59 / 60 / 60
Binning⁴	16 / 16 / 16 / 16
Shutter	Rolling Shutter / Global Reset
Sensor size	1/1.8
Pixel size [µm]	2.4
Exposure time	10 µs - 20 s
ADC resolution	12
Spectral sensitivity	/
SNR_max⁶
DR⁶
EMVA 1288	/
Manufacturer	Sony
Sensor	IMX178

¹ G = Gray, C = Color, E = Gray & Infrared Enhanced
² Data of gray scale version
³ streaming / Burst mode / Max. streaming depending on sensor either with 2x2 Binning or Decimation (Horizontal x Vertical)
⁴ Max. Binning Horizontal / Max. Binning Vertical / Max. Decimation Horizontal / Max. Decimation Vertical. Note: Not all combinations of binning and decimation values are possible.
⁵ mvDualADCEnable = On, otherwise 12
⁶ EMVA1288 measurement data of gray scale version

USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 GBit/s)

Power consumption < 4.5 W

Distances up to 8 meters (more with active repeater)

Weight basic module: 9 g

256 MBytes internal image memory

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

BFembedded Interface:

- USB 3 | USB 3
- 4 In / 4 Out (CMOS/TTL with adjustable I/O level)
- RS232 (TLVTTL)

Size without lens (w x h x l): 37 x 37 x 6,45 mm

Smart Features

Part code	Article description
BFembedded interface accessories including flex cables	To the peripherials selector
Cables	To the cable selector
Lenses	To the lighting systems selector
Lighting systems	To the lighting systems selector

If you need any special cables, please let us know.

Gray scale sensors:
- Mono8, Mono10, Mono12, Mono14, Mono16

Color sensors:
- BayerGR8, BayerGR10, BayerGR12, BayerGR16
- RGB8Packed, BGR8Packed, BGRA8Packed, BGR10V2Packed
- YUV422Packed, YUV422_YUYVPacked, YUV444Packed

Machine vision		Surveillance
Life science		Microscopy
Medical application		Safety engineering

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 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

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 mvBlueFOX3_Update.mvu.

In the chapter "GUI -> mvDeviceConfigure -> How to update the firmware" in the manual "mvBlueFOX3 technical manual" you can find a description how to update the firmware.

versionInfo.txt | 100.7 kB

Firmware History-Datei / Firmware history file

mvBlueFOX3_Update-2001149.mvu | 4,334.5 kB

mvBlueFOX3 Firmware 2.36.2211.0