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QtCAM
See3CAM_CU51 User Manual
12-Nov-15
www.e-consystems.com
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2 Introduction
The See3CAM_CU51 is a 5.0 Mega pixel, monochrome, UVC Compliant, USB3.0 Super
Speed camera from e-con Systems, a leading embedded Product Design Services
Company which specializes in advanced camera solutions. The See3CAM_CU51 is the
latest member of the See3CAM family of USB3.0 Super Speed camera products launched
by e-con.
The See3CAM_CU51 is a 5.0 MP monochrome camera with S-mount (also known as
M12 board lens) lens holder. The S-mount is one of the most commonly used small form-
factor lens mounts for board cameras. The See3CAM_CU51 is based on the 1/2.5”
MT9P031, monochrome CMOS image sensor from Aptina.
This See3CAM_CU51 is a UVC-compliant USB3.0 Super Speed Camera that is also
backward compatible with USB2.0 host ports and does not require any special camera
drivers to be installed in the host PC.
The See3CAM_CU51 is also backward compatible with the USB2.0 High Speed interface,
albeit at lower frame rates. The CMOS sensor is operated in 12bits per pixel mode and the
application will receive the 12bits of greyscale information for every pixel. The
application developer gets the very high resolution 12bpp data for every pixel for
performing accurate image processing functions.
The See3CAM_CU51 is UVC-compliant camera and it does not require any additional
drivers to be installed on the PC. The native UVC drivers of Windows and Linux
Operating Systems shall be compatible with this camera. e-con also provides the sample
application (QtCAM) that demonstrates some of the features of this camera. However, this
camera can be utilized by any V4L2 application such as Skype etc.
3 Scope
e-con
provides
a
sample
V4L2
application
called
QtCAM,
along
with
the
See3CAM_CU51 camera.
QtCAM
is a V4L2 video viewer and capture software for the
linux
UVC
driver,
but
customized
to
demonstrate
some
of
the
features
of
See3CAM_CU51.
This document describes about the usage of the
QtCAM
application on Ubuntu [>=12.04
(LTS)] 32- and 64-bit Linux operating systems. This document also describes about the
special features of
QtCAM
camera application when it is used with See3CAM_CU51.
4
Product Description
The See3CAM_CU51 is a USB 3.0 camera capable of streaming at following resolutions.
It is capable of supporting still capture of Global shutter images with the required
exposure level and the camera can synchronize the exposure of all the pixels on receiving
an external trigger. It currently supports format
Y16
in all the resolutions and in both USB
3.0 and USB 2.0.