The Blackfly S Board Level camera is a high performance, machine vision, area scan camera designed for embedding into tight spaces. Unlike many board level cameras, it boasts a rich feature set applied to the latest CMOS sensors; the same feature set as the cased version. It is ready for integration with proven compatibility with popular SBCs and SOMs. The Blackfly S board level models enable OEMs to develop smaller, lighter, and lower cost solutions with embedded system connectivity and rich features.
Key Specs
- Megapixels
- Frame Rate
- Sensor
- 5.0 MP
- 35 FPS
- Sony IMX264
Blackfly S Board Level Overview
Designed for integration in small spaces
These models are ideal for mobile, handheld and desktop device integration with their 29 x 29 x 12 mm board level footprint, USB3 or GigE across FPC connection with latching connector , and low profile JST GPIO connector, and no fixed lens mount.
High Performance Imaging
It is rare for board level cameras to integrate the most advanced CMOS sensors and come with a full feature set. The Blackfly S board level variants integrate the latest Pregius global shutter CMOS image sensors for distortion free, high dynamic range image capture. They have the same rich feature set as the cased variants allowing both automatic and precise manual control over image capture and on-camera pre-processing.
Embedded eco-system support
Ideal of embedded systems, the entire Blackfly S camera family provides proven compatibility with popular SBCs and Operating Systems including desktop Windows and Linux on ARM, x64 and x86.
Specifications
Highlighted
- Resolution
- 2448 x 2048
- Megapixels
- 5
- Max Frame Rate Standard
- 35
- Pixel Size
- 3.45
- Lens Mount
- Lens mount sold separately
- Sensor Type
- CMOS
- Sensor Model
- Sony IMX264
- Data Interface
- USB 3.1 Gen 1
- Spectrum
- Color
- Part Number
- BFS-U3-50S5C-BD2
- Synchronization
- Software trigger, hardware trigger, action command
Features
- Acquisition Modes
- Continuous / Single Frame / Multi Frame
- Exposure Range
- 13 µs to 30 seconds
- Flash Memory
- 6 MB non-volatile memory
- Gain Control
- Manual, automatic (AGC)
- Image Buffer
- 240 MB
- Image Processing
- Color correction matrix, gamma, lookup table, saturation, and sharpness
- Partial Image Modes
- Pixel binning, decimation, ROI
- User Sets
- 2 user configuration sets for custom camera settings
- White Balance
- Manual, automatic (AWB)
Performance
- Absolute Sensitivity Threshold (y)
- 4.67
- Dynamic Range dB
- 71.92
- Gain Range
- 0 dB to 47 dB
- Quantum Efficiency Blue
- 48.21 @460 nm
- Quantum Efficiency Green
- 58.3 @530 nm
- Quantum Efficiency Red
- 45.94 @625 nm
- Saturation Capacity (e-)
- 10740
- Temporal Dark Noise (Read Noise)
- 2.22
Physical
- Auxiliary Output
- 3.3 V, 120 mA maximum
- Connector
- USB3 TF38 | JST BM06B-NSHSS-TBT
- Digitization Bit Depth (ADC)
- 12-bit
- Dimensions [W x H x L]
- 29 mm × 29 mm × 10 mm
- Mass
- 10 g
- Non-Isolated I/O Ports
- 4 bi-directional
- Operating Humidity
- 20 to 80% (no condensation)
- Operating Temperature
- 0° to 50°C (ambient)
- Power Consumption [Maximum]
- 3 W
- Power Requirements
- 5 V via USB3 interface
- Sensor Format
- 2/3"
- Sensor Shutter Type
- Global shutter
- Serial Port
- Supported
- Storage Humidity
- 30 to 95% (no condensation)
- Storage Temperature
- -30° to 60°C
Recommended System Configuration
- Port
- USB3 Port
- Required Accessories
- Lens mount and lens, cable, host adapter (USB 3.1 Gen 1), TF38 to FPC USB3 panel mount adapter, heatsink (recommended)
Compliance & Certifications
- Compliance
- CE, FCC, RoHS. The ECCN for this product is: EAR099.
- Machine Vision Standard
- USB3 Vision v1.0
- Warranty
- 3 years
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Resources & Support
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Blackfly S Board Level Camera Resources (EMVA, installation guidance, CAD/drawings, datasheets, and technical reference features)
BFS-GE-50S5-BD2 Package for 2005.0.145.x Firmware
BFS-GE-88S6-BD2 Package for 2007.0.130.x Firmware
BFS-GE-122S6-BD2 Package for 2006.0.221.x Firmware
BFS-U3-16S2-BD2 Package for 2010.0.597.x Firmware
BFS-U3-28S5-BD2 Package for 2202.0.70.x Firmware
BFS-U3-31S4-BD2 Package for 2110.0.318.x Firmware
BFS-U3-32S4-BD2 Package for 2202.0.228.x Firmware
BFS-U3-50S4-BD2 Package for 2307.0.158.x Firmware
BFS-U3-50S5-BD2 Package for 1808.1.1.x Firmware
BFS-GE-50S5-BD2 Datasheet
BFS-GE-50S5-BD2 Technical Reference
BFS-GE-88S6-BD2 Datasheet
BFS-GE-88S6-BD2 Technical Reference
BFS-GE-122S6-BD2 Datasheet
BFS-GE-122S6-BD2 Technical Reference
BFS-U3-16S2-BD2 Datasheet
BFS-U3-16S2-BD2 Technical Reference
BFS-U3-28S5-BD2 Datasheet
BFS-U3-28S5-BD2 Technical Reference
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