Allied Vision Alvium 1800 U-050m User manual

V3.1.3
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH // Taschenweg 2a, 07646 Stadtroda / Germany 2020-Mar-12
USB3 VISION CAMERAS
Alvium USB Cameras
User Guide

Alvium USB cameras at a glance
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Alvium USB cameras at a glance
Shipping contents
• Alvium USB camera
• Alvium USB Cameras Quickstart Guide
Read this document carefully
Learn to avoid damage to your Alvium USB camera and use it in the most safe and
efficient way.
Bandwidth and maximum frame rate
The default bandwidth for Alvium USB is 200 MBps. For some models, you can
achieve higher frame rates by increasing values for DeviceLinkThroughputLimit
and MaxTransferSize. See Operating systems and bandwidth on page 136.
Bare board cameras
Bare board cameras offer Alvium camera technology at a low price. If you intend to
design an application using bare board cameras, please consider:
• Aligning the sensor to the lens is extremely difficult and expensive. Therefore,
we recommend you to do evaluation with housed cameras first.
• Bare board cameras are specialized components. We cannot give all data
needed for any application in advance. Please let us partner on applications
with bare board cameras to ensure a successful design.
Contents in this document
This document is published before the official market introduction of the new
Alvium models and firmware. Any updated information will be provided in the next
version of this document.

Alvium USB cameras at a glance
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What else do you need?
This is a selection of helpful downloads:
Document Link
Alvium USB Cameras Quickstart Guide (multilingual) www.alliedvision.com/en/support/
technical-documentation/alvium-usb-
documentation
Alvium Cameras Features Reference
Alvium Cameras Hardware Options
www.alliedvision.com/en/support/
technical-documentation/alvium-usb-
documentation under Additional
documents
Alvium Cameras Accessory Guide
Optimum Heat Dissipation for Housed Alvium Cameras
application note
Electromagnetic Compatibility for Open Housing Alvium
Cameras application note
Avoiding Ground Loops in Vision Systems application note
Software Link
Vimba Suite for Windows, Linux, and Linux/Arm, including
Vimba SDK,Vimba Viewer, and Vimba Driver Installer for
Windows
www.alliedvision.com/software
Table 1: Downloads for Alvium USB cameras

Contact us
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Contact us
Website
General
www.alliedvision.com/en/contact
Distribution partners
www.alliedvision.com/en/about-us/where-we-are
Email
General
[email protected]
Support
[e-mail]
Headquarters
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH
Taschenweg 2a
07646 Stadtroda, Germany
T// [phone]
F// [phone]
Sales offices
Europe, Middle East, and Africa
North and South America
Asia-Pacific
China
T// [phone]
Toll-free: +1 877 USA 1394
T// [phone]
California: [phone]
T// [phone]
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Contents
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Contents
Alvium USB cameras at a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Shipping contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
What else do you need? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Contact us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Document history and conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Document history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Conventions used in this user guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Typographic styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Symbols and notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Naming and terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Compliance, safety, and intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Compliance notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
For customers in the USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
United States of America: Supplier Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
For customers in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Pour utilisateurs au Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bare board and open housing cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Avoid electromagnetic interferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Copyright and trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Your safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Handling lens mounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Housed cameras: handling hot cameras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Providing optimum heat dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Camera mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Product safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Electrical connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Handling bare board cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Optical components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Heat sinks and conductive media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
BIOS drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Applied standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
GenICam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
USB3 Vision 1.0.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
IP class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Shock and vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Notes on specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Exposure time and frame rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sensor shutter types and triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Alvium 1800 U-040m/c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Alvium 1800 U-050m/c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Alvium 1800 U-120m/c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Alvium 1800 U-158m/c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Alvium 1800 U-319m/c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Alvium 1800 U-500m/c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Alvium 1800 U-501m NIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Alvium 1800 U-507m/c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Alvium 1800 U-1236m/c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Absolute QE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Alvium 1800 U-2050m/c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Absolute QE and spectral response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
ROI frame rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Dimensions and mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Technical drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Bare Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Bare Board 90° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Open Housing S-Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Open Housing CS-Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Open Housing C-Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Open Housing S-Mount 90° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Open Housing CS-Mount 90° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Open Housing C-Mount 90°. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Closed Housing S-Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Closed Housing CS-Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Closed Housing C-Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Closed Housing S-Mount 90° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Closed Housing CS-Mount 90°. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Closed Housing C-Mount 90°. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Lens mounts and maximum protrusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
IR cut filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Lenses: Focal length vs. field of view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
About this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Parameters in tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Optical vignetting with certain lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
About S-Mount lenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Focal length vs. field of view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Type 1 = 17.6 mm diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Type 1 = 15.8 mm diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Type 2/3 = 11.1 mm diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Type 1/1.8 = 8.9 mm diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Type 1/2.5 = 7.1 mm diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Type 1/2.9 = 6.3 mm diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Type 1/3 = 6 mm diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Type 1/3.6 = 4.9 mm diagonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing the camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Touching hot cameras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Mounting the heat sink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Mounting the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Mounting bare board cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Mounting housed cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Mounting the lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Mounting and focusing S-Mount lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Software and driver installation on the host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Required components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Installing the camera driver using Vimba on a Windows system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Installing drivers for camera and host adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Camera interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Recommended accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
I/O connector pin assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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Non-isolated, programmable GPIOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
GPIOs description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Input levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Output levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Normal operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Error conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Trigger signal flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Trigger latency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Triggering with rolling shutter cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Image data flow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Firmware update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Please note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Firmware update with Vimba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Troubleshooting and performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Optimizing performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Frame rate jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Value changes by feature interdependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Effects for the related features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Impact by other features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Dark current compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Shutter types and effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Operating systems and bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Dividing bandwidth between devices on a common USB 3.0 or 3.1 Gen 1 bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Troubleshooting common issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Camera recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Unexpected events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Radio signal interference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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Document history and conventions
This chapter includes:
Document history ................................................................. 10
Conventions used in this user guide..................................... 11
Naming and terms ................................................................ 12

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Document history
Version Date Remarks
V3.1.3 2020-Mar-12 • Corrected maximum exposure times.
• Added ExposureActive signal to the description
of sensor shutter modes.
• DPC: Removed specifications into an application
note.
• FPNC: Updated note in Image data flow on page
123.
V3.1.2 2020-Mar-04 Applied minor changes.
V3.1.1 2020-Feb-28 • Updated frame rates and exposure time values.
• Added information about frame rates with
different triggering modes.
V3.1.0 2020-Feb-20 • Added Alvium 1800 U-319m/c, U-507m/c,
U-1236m/c, and U-2050m/c models.
• Added specifications for DPC.
• Updated description for sensor shutter modes.
V3.0.0 2020-Jan-06 • Added Alvium 1800 U-040m/c, U-158m/c, and
U-501m NIR models.
V2.0.0 2019-Oct-18 • Added Alvium 1800 U-050m/c and U-120m/c
models.
• Updated contents about bandwidth.
• Updated screenshots for camera driver
installation.
• Added Dark current compensation on page 132.
• Updated technical drawings and dimensions for
bare board in Technical drawings on page 77.
• Restructured contents in Troubleshooting and
performance on page 128.
• Applied editorial changes.
V1.1.0 2019-Jul-01 • Added missing color pixel formats and removed
separate bit depth in Specifications on page 27.
• Corrected ADC bit depth for Alvium U
1800-500m/c in specifications for Alvium 1800
U-500m/c on page 53 and in Image data flow on
page 123.
V1.0.0 2019-Jun-13 Release version
Table 2: Document history

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Conventions used in this user guide
To give this document an easily understood layout and to emphasize important
information, the following typographical styles and symbols are used:
Typographic styles
Symbols and notes
Style Function
Emphasis Programs, or highlighting important things
Feature names Names for GenICam features
Feature options Options for GenICam features
Input commands Text or command to type in by the user, selected menu
options, or other selectable options
UIElements Text that is displayed or output by the system, like
parts of the GUI, dialog boxes, buttons, menus,
important information, or windows titles
Web addresses and
references
Links to webpages and internal cross references
Table 3: Typographic styles
CAUTION
Personal injuries
Precautions are described.
NOTICE
Material damage
Precautions are described.
Practical tip
Additional information helps to understand or ease handling the camera.
Avoiding malfunctions
Precautions are described.
Additional information
Web address or reference to an external source with more information is shown.
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Naming and terms
Camera model naming
Alvium cameras are named to identify model properties.
For example, Alvium 1800 U-500c is composed of:
Terms and acronyms
Alvium 1800 U500 c
Content Camera
series
Camera series details Interface Resolution Color/
monochrome
Examples Alvium 1500: Basic feature set
1800: Advanced feature set
or high-performance sensors
C: MIPI CSI-2
U: USB
500: 5.0 MP
050: 0.5 MP
c: color
m: monochrome
Table 4: Camera model naming
Hardware options
Alvium USB cameras are available with various options for housing, lens mount, or
USB connector position. For ordering, see hardware options and product codes in
the Alvium Cameras Hardware Options document at
www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-documentation/
alvium-usb-documentation under Additional documents.
Term or
acronym Description Reference
bare
board
Camera consisting of electronics and
sensor on a common printed circuit board
(PCB), to be designed into a housing with
heat sink and lens mount
Bare Board on page 78
CRA Chief ray angle Alvium 1800 U-500m/c on page 53
EMVA European Machine Vision Association www.emva.org
ESD Electrostatic discharge ESD on page 21
FCC Federal Communications Commission For customers in the USA on page 15
FPNC Pixed pattern noise correction Image data flow on page 123
fps Frames per second Alvium 1800 U-500m/c on page 53
GenICam Generic Interface for Cameras, EMVA www.emva.org
GND Ground (power) I/O connector pin assignment on page 116
Table 5: Terms and acronyms (sheet 1 of 2)
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GPIOs General purpose inputs and outputs
(non-isolated)
GPIOs description on page 117
GRS Global reset shutter Shutter types and effects on page 135
H × V Horizontal × Vertical (sensor resolution) Alvium 1800 U-500m/c on page 53
KB Kilobyte Alvium 1800 U-500m/c on page 53
MBps Megabytes per second Alvium 1800 U-500m/c on page 53
open
housing
Camera housing that is open at the back
side to be designed into an encompassing
housing with other components
Open Housing S-Mount on page 80
PCBA Printed circuit board assembly PCBAs on page 21
QE Quantum efficiency Absolute QE on page 55
ROI Region of interest ROI frame rates on page 56
SFNC Standard Features Naming Convention
(GenICam)
www.emva.org
S-Mount M12-Mount Mounting and focusing S-Mount lenses on
page 106
Term or
acronym Description Reference
Table 5: Terms and acronyms (sheet 2 of 2)

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Compliance, safety, and intended use
This chapter includes:
Compliance notifications ...................................................... 15
Intended use ......................................................................... 18
Copyright and trademarks .................................................... 18
Your safety............................................................................. 19
Product safety ....................................................................... 21

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Compliance notifications
WEEE-Registration number: DE 59201569
For customers in the USA
Closed housing cameras only: FCC Class B digital device
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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United States of America: Supplier
Declaration of Conformity
Alvium USB cameras comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. this device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
Party issuing Supplier's Declaration of Conformity
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH
Taschenweg 2a
07646 Stadtroda
Germany
T// [phone]
[email protected]
Responsible Party - U.S. Contact Information
Allied Vision Technologies, Inc.
102 Pickering Way – Suite 502
Exton, PA 19341
USA
T// [phone]
Note: changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible
for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
For customers in Canada
Closed housing cameras only
This apparatus complies with the Class B limits for radio noise emissions set out in
the Radio Interference Regulations.
CAN ICES-3 (B) / NMB-3 (B)
Pour utilisateurs au Canada
Boîtier de caméra fermé seulement
Cet appareil est conforme aux normes classe B pour bruits radioélectriques,
spécifiées dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique.
CAN ICES-3 (B) / NMB-3 (B)

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Bare board and open housing cameras
Bare board and open housing cameras are designed for integration and are
delivered with open camera back or without housing on customer's request.
Housing design is critical for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of the camera.
Avoid electromagnetic interferences
Interface cables, power cables, and I/O cables are sensitive to electromagnetic
interference.
• Use shielded cables only.
• We recommend using cables offered by Allied Vision.
• Avoid coiling.
• We recommend using GPIOs only in environments with low electromagnetic
interference.
Moreover, avoid unnecessary bending to prevent damage to the cables.
Requirements for EMC housings
See the Electromagnetic Compatibility for Open Housing Alvium Cameras
application note at www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-documentation/
alvium-usb-documentation under Additional documents.
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Intended use
Allied Vision’s objective is the development, design, production, maintenance,
servicing and distribution of digital cameras and components for image processing.
We are offering standard products as well as customized solutions.
Intended use of Allied Vision product is the integration into Vision systems by
professionals. All Allied Vision product is sold in a B2B setting.
Allied Vision isn’t a legal manufacturer of medical product. Instead, Allied Vision
cameras and accessories may be used as components for medical product after
design-in by the medical device manufacturer and based on a quality assurance
agreement (QAA) between Allied Vision (supplier) and medical device
manufacturer (customer). Allied Vision’s duties in that respect are defined by ISO
13485, clause 7.2 (customer-related processes, equivalent to ISO 9001, clause 8.2).
Copyright and trademarks
All text, pictures, and graphics are protected by copyright and other laws
protecting intellectual property. All content is subject to change without notice.
All trademarks, logos, and brands cited in this document are property and/or
copyright material of their respective owners. Use of these trademarks, logos, and
brands does not imply endorsement.
Copyright © 2020 Allied Vision Technologies GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Your safety
This section informs about issues related to your personal safety. Descriptions
explain how to avoid hazards and operate Alvium USB cameras safely.
Handling lens mounts
The lens mount thread has sharp edges. Be careful these edges do not cut your
skin when mounting or unmounting lenses.
Housed cameras: handling hot cameras
If the mainboard temperature exceeds the specified maximum for more than
two seconds, the camera is powered off automatically. The current value for
mainboard temperature is output by DeviceTemperature. You can use this value
to control cooling by software, for example, to control a fan.
However, if you hold the camera in your hands during operation, your skin may get
hurt. If you touch the camera when it is heated up, we recommend wearing
protective gloves.
Providing optimum heat dissipation
Design bare board and open housing cameras into a heat dissipative housing with
a high thermal conductivity. For more information, see Mounting bare board
cameras on page 103. Keep the operating temperature in the specified range to
enable best image quality and to protect the camera from damage. Temperature
values apply to a relative humidity of 0 to 80 percent that is non-condensing.
Hardware option Housing Components in the
cooling areas1Mainboard2
Bare board3Not applicable
+5 °C to +85 °C See model
Specifications on page
27.
Open housing4
+5 °C to +65 °C
Closed housing Not applicable
1See Mounting the heat sink on page 102.
2Output by DeviceTemperature
3Ensure that the sensor is operated in the temperature range specified by the manufacturer. For any
questions, please contact [email protected].
4Temperature values must be observed for the housing and for the cooling areas.
Table 6: Operating temperature ranges for Alvium USB cameras

Compliance, safety, and intended use
20Alvium USB Cameras User Guide V3.1.3
For your safety and to improve camera performance, operate the camera:
• Mounted to a base with a high thermal conductivity
• With lens or other optical components mounted
• With a heat sink mounted that has large surface areas (closed housing cameras
include a heat sink)
• Using conductive media for camera and heat sink mounting
• With active cooling of camera, mounting base, and heat sink, such as by
ventilation.
Camera mounting
Housed cameras must be mounted using the mounting threads. If vibration is
higher than specified, cameras can disconnect from the mounting. Falling cameras
can hurt you. To avoid personal injury:
• Mount the camera according to the instructions in Mounting housed cameras
on page 104.
• Ensure, shock and vibration do not exceed the specified range, see Shock and
vibration on page 29.
• Use a lens support if you want to use Heavy lenses.
Heavy lenses
For non-static applications, use lenses with a mass less than 70 grams and a length
less than 38 mm, where the center of gravity is 20 mm, measured from the lens
mount front flange. For heavier or longer lenses, use a lens support and apply
additional tests. For more information, please contact [e-mail].
More information
For more information on heat dissipation, see the Optimum Heat Dissipation for
Housed Alvium Cameras application note at
www.alliedvision.com/en/support/technical-documentation/
alvium-usb-documentation under Additional documents.
Heat sink Camera housing Lens
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