$99.00

This digital HD USB camera has excellent low-light performance, onboard compression, and a specially chosen lens to provide fantastic video quality on ROVs and other subsea applications!

Available on backorder

SKU: BR-100126
HS Code: 9007.10.00

Product Description

This Low-Light HD USB Camera is ideally suited to use underwater with excellent low-light performance, good color handling, and onboard video compression. A specially-chosen wide-angle, low distortion lens provides excellent picture quality on the ROV, and a built-in microphone* allows listening to sounds of the deep, and your vehicle.

Based on the Sony IMX322/323 sensor, this camera uses a large sensor (1/2.9″) and a relatively low pixel count (2MP, 1080p), meaning that the physical pixel size is large to allow maximum light sensitivity. We’ve had this camera down at 300m depth, where we could see subtle bioluminescent creatures in the darkness!

The camera also has an onboard H.264 compression chip so that all of the video compression is done onboard and doesn’t place much load on the main computer. That also means that we’ll be able to support multiple cameras in the future for alternate views.

This camera is fully supported in ArduSub. Includes an 8″ USB cable with JST-PH connector.

The camera’s PCB is 32 x 32mm and works well with our Camera Tilt System.

*Note: Blue Robotics Companion software can stream audio to the topside, but receiving is not currently supported by QGroundControl, so must be done externally. See this discussion for some extra details.
Bioluminescent invertebrates at 120m in California

Product Description

This Low-Light HD USB Camera is ideally suited to use underwater with excellent low-light performance, good color handling, and onboard video compression. A specially-chosen wide-angle, low distortion lens provides excellent picture quality on the ROV, and a built-in microphone* allows listening to sounds of the deep, and your vehicle.

Based on the Sony IMX322/323 sensor, this camera uses a large sensor (1/2.9″) and a relatively low pixel count (2MP, 1080p), meaning that the physical pixel size is large to allow maximum light sensitivity. We’ve had this camera down at 300m depth, where we could see subtle bioluminescent creatures in the darkness!

The camera also has an onboard H.264 compression chip so that all of the video compression is done onboard and doesn’t place much load on the main computer. That also means that we’ll be able to support multiple cameras in the future for alternate views.

This camera is fully supported in ArduSub. Includes an 8″ USB cable with JST-PH connector.

The camera’s PCB is 32 x 32mm and works well with our Camera Tilt System.

*Note: Blue Robotics Companion software can stream audio to the topside, but receiving is not currently supported by QGroundControl, so must be done externally. See this discussion for some extra details.
Bioluminescent invertebrates at 120m in California
  • 1 x Low-Light HD USB Camera
  • 1 x 8″ (200mm) USB Cable

Specifications

ParameterValue
Physical
Camera PCB Dimensions32mm x 32mm
Mounting Hole Spacing28mm x 28mm
Connector JST-PH to USB
Working Temperature-20 - 75°C
Mass (total)17g0.6 oz
Mass (without cable)13.5g0.48 oz
Lens
Mount TypeM12 x 0.5
Field of View (Horizontal)80°
Field of View (Vertical)64°
Focal Length2.97 mm
Sensor
TypeSony Exmor IMX322 / IMX323
Format1/2.9"
Pixel Size2.8µm (H) x 2.8µm (V)
Distortion1%
Total pixels*2000(H) x 1121(V)~2.24 MP
Recording pixels1920(H) x 1080(V)~2.07 MP
Minimum Illumination0.01 lux
Sensitivity5.0V/lux-sec@550nm
Video Stream
Standard (min - max)240p15 - 1080p30
Compression formatH.264 / MJPEG / YUV2(YUYV)
Audio Stream
Channelssingle-channel, 44.1 kHz
FormatLinear-PCM (L16)
Electrical
Supply Voltage5 V
Max Power Draw220 mA
USB Version2.0
*"Total pixels" includes pixels used for black level detection and color processing - see datasheet "Pixel Arrangement" section for details.

2D Drawings

 Drawing

3D Models

CAM-USB-WIDE-R1 (.zip)

Documents

IMX322 Datasheet (.pdf)

IMX323 Datasheet (.pdf)

Revision History

D Month YEAR

  • CAM-USB-WIDE-R1-RP SKU changed to BR-100126

28 August 2017

  • Initial Release - R1

Quick Start

Low Light HD USB Camera Installation

To Raspberry Pi

Plug the camera cable in to the JST-PH connector on the back of the camera, and to any free USB port on the Raspberry Pi. The camera will also show up as a USB webcam on most other computers.

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