Overview
Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera is a board-level fully operational FireWire 400Mbps camera, complying with IIDC specification for industrial uncompressed VGA picture acquisition.
Built around Texas Instruments 1394 digital camera chipset and Sony® Wfine CCD sensors, it is a high quality subassembly for OEM use.
Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera offers:
- 400Mbps 1394a, IIDC v1.04 DCAM spec. compliance
- Uncompressed VGA picture up to 30 fps
- Square pixels, ¼” CCD
- Full frame electronic shutter with progressive scanning
- On-board 6 pin 1394a port and power jack input 8-30V DC
- Second 6 pin 1394a port on removable daughter board
- Standard lens base M12x0.5 (lens not included)
- Small size and very low power consumption
- Embedded hardware license for Unibrain’s
Fire-i™ Software & SDK.
CE and FCC compliant
Features
Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera Remote CCD
All models (Color, Black & White) of Unibrain’s Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera can be produced with the unique feature of a Remote CCD connected to the main board via a high reliability and density 6-inch flat cable.
Dual port Fire-i™ Board Camera
This is a new revision of the Fire-i™ board camera in which the daughterboard that hosts the second firewire port has been eliminated and instead the two firewire ports are now soldered on the main camera body.
Lenses for Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera :
Unibrain can provide you with the following lenses as standard products ( please consult us for special requests ) :
| Focal Length (mm) |
Horizontal
View Angle |
Aperture | IR filter coating |
B/W Use | Color Use | Dimensions (mm) |
Weight (gr) |
Part No. |
Photo |
| 1.9 | 107° wide |
f2.0 | no | visible light close IR |
avoid IR, halogen, sunlight |
15.1×18.8 | 4.5 | 4382 |  |
| 2.1 | 80.95° wide |
f2.0 | yes | visible light only |
all light conditions |
17 x 18.5 | 7 | 2042 |  |
| 2.1 | 80.95° wide |
f2.0 | no | visible light close IR |
avoid IR, halogen, sunlight |
17 x 18.5 | 7 | 2047 | |
| 4.3 | 42.25° standard |
f2.0 | yes | visible light only |
all light conditions |
14.8 x 16 | 5.5 | 2043 |  |
| 4.3 | 42.25° standard |
f2.0 | no | visible light close IR |
avoid IR, halogen, sunlight |
14.8 x 16 | 5.5 | 2046 | |
| 8.0 | 25.25° telephoto |
f2.0 | yes | visible light only |
all light conditions |
14 x 14 | 5 | 2044 |  |
| 12.0 | 16.99° telephoto |
f2.2 | no | visible light close IR |
avoid IR, halogen, sunlight |
14 x 11.3 | 3 | 2041 |  |
| 25.0 | 10° telephoto |
f2.0 | no | visible light close IR |
avoid IR, halogen, sunlight |
23.5 x 31.5 | 19 | 4369 |  |
| 50.0 | 6° telephoto |
f2.5 | no | visible light close IR |
avoid IR, halogen, sunlight |
48.8 x 56.77 | 38 | 4370 |  |
|
C-Mount Lens Adapter
for Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera |
2018 |  |
Common Features
- Progressive scanning allows full frame non-interlaced acquisition and shuttering
- ¼” CCD, progressive, 659(H)x494(V) square pixels, identical horizontal and vertical resolutions
- Pixel size 5.6 um (H) x 5.6 um (V)
- Low smear, high sensitivity, low dark current
- Excellent anti-blooming
- VGA output up to 30 fps
- Continuous variable electronic shutter
- outstanding low power consumption 0.9 W typical
- software controllable sleep mode 0.4 W
- 8 to 30V DC power supply, by any 1394 input or by separate jack
- removable second 6 pin port
- standard lens base M12x0.5
Color Version Features
- CCD Sony ICX-098BQ with color RGB Bayer filter, 400 TV lines
- 640×480 VGA out at 30 fps in YUV 4:1:1 and Y-8
- 640×480 VGA out at 15, 7.5 and 3.75 fps in YUV 4:1:1, YUV 4:2:2, RGB-24 and Y-8
- 320×240 out at 30, 15, 7.5 and 3.75 fps in YUV 4:2:2
- 160×120 out at 30, 15 and 7.5 fps in YUV 4:4:4
- control of gain, shutter, black level, gamma, sharpness, white balance, color saturation ( backlight compensation with SDK )
- color bar generator
Monochrome Version Features
- CCD Sony ICX-098BL without filter, 480 TV lines
- 640×480 VGA out at 30, 15, 7.5, 3.75 fps in Y-8
- control of gain, shutter, black level, gamma, sharpness, ( backlight compensation with SDK )
RAW Color Version Features
- CCD Sony ICX-098BQ with color RGB Bayer filter, 480 TV lines (as monochrome before de-Bayering, user dependent after)
- 640×480 VGA out at 30, 15, 7.5, 3.75 fps in Y-8
- control of gain, shutter, black level, gamma, white balance, ( backlight compensation with SDK )
Supported Interfaces
Operates with any 3rd party IEEE-1394 PCI or PCMCIA (CardBus) OHCI compliant adapter or any Desktop/Portable PC or Mac with built-in FireWire support.
OS Supported :
- Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista & XP/Vista 64 bit
- Mac OS 10.2.x
- Linux
Embedded license
Unibrain’s Fire-i™ Software & Fire-i API SDK
Powering the Camera
Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera is powered by the FireWire bus DC voltage, coming from host adapters or other FireWire devices connected with 6-pin cables.
Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera is provided with a DC power input jack connector, that can be used when the FireWire connection does not provide DC power. This happens typically:
- when the FireWire bus is converted to a 4-pin connection
- when, in 6-pin, no powering device is present, even from the FireWire interface.
This is the case when using CardBus FireWire adapters or on some laptops with built-in interface.
Even if the FireWire bus is already powered, the DC power input jack of the camera can also be used to reinforce it. The FireWire bus voltage will adapt automatically when needed. A built-in diode avoid any risk of voltages conflict or reverse current flow.
Recommended DC adapter must provide stable regulated output voltage of at least 12V DC,1A.
To match camera DC input connector, the jack plug of the DC adapter need following dimensions and polarity as on the figure.
Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera exists in 3 versions:
- Fire-i™ Color Digital Board Camera OEM, no lens : Part no.: 2056
(Sony color CCD, 400 TV lines). - Fire-i™ B/W Digital Board Camera OEM, no lens : Part no.: 2057
(Sony monochrome CCD, increased resolution 480 TV-lines, increased sensitivity, close IR sensitivity). - Fire-i™ RAW Color Digital Board Camera OEM, no lens : Part no.: 2060
(Sony color CCD, resol.480 TV-lines, streams like monochrome, color processing by user (software)). - Fire-i™ Color Digital Board Camera KIT, no lens : Part no.: 2040
(Includes board camera, 2m 1394a cable, CD with drivers and Fire-i camera control application). - Fire-i™ B/W Digital Board Camera KIT, no lens : Part no.: 2050
(Includes board camera, 2m 1394a cable, CD with drivers and Fire-i camera control application). - Fire-i™ RAW Color Digital Board Camera KIT, no lens : Part no.: 2059
(Includes board camera, 2m 1394a cable, CD with drivers with drivers and Fire-i camera control application).