Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera
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.
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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
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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. Detailed product
description can be retrieved from here.
Dual port Fire-i™ Board Camera
(new!)
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.
Furthermore, a basic
strobe functionality has been added.
The Dual Port Fire-i™ board camera is available in both color
and b/w models under special request. Please
contact us for further information.
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 |
15.1x18.8 |
4.5 |
4382 |
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| 2.1 |
80.95°
wide |
f2.0 |
yes |
visible light
only |
all light
conditions |
17 x 18.5 |
7 |
2042 |
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| 2.1 |
80.95°
wide |
f2.0 |
no |
visible light
close IR |
avoid IR, halogen,
sunlight |
17 x 18.5 |
7 |
2047 |
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| 4.3 |
42.25°
standard |
f2.0 |
yes |
visible light
only |
all light
conditions |
14.8 x 16 |
5.5 |
2043 |
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| 4.3 |
42.25°
standard |
f2.0 |
no |
visible light
close IR |
avoid IR, halogen,
sunlight |
14.8 x 16 |
5.5 |
2046 |
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| 8.0 |
25.25°
telephoto |
f2.0 |
yes |
visible light
only |
all light
conditions |
14 x 14 |
5 |
2044 |
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| 12.0 |
16.99°
telephoto |
f2.2 |
no |
visible light
close IR |
avoid IR, halogen,
sunlight |
14 x 11.3 |
3 |
2041 |
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| 25.0 |
10°
telephoto |
f2.0 |
no |
visible light
close IR |
avoid IR, halogen,
sunlight |
23.5 x 31.5 |
19 |
4369 |
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| 50.0 |
6°
telephoto |
f2.5 |
no |
visible light
close IR |
avoid IR, halogen,
sunlight |
48.8 x 56.77 |
38 |
4370 |
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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
- 640x480 VGA out at 30 fps in YUV 4:1:1 and Y-8
- 640x480 VGA out at 15, 7.5 and 3.75 fps in YUV 4:1:1, YUV 4:2:2, RGB-24 and Y-8
- 320x240 out at 30, 15, 7.5 and 3.75 fps in YUV 4:2:2
- 160x120 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
- 640x480 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)
- 640x480 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
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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).
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