SMX-12A2M

The SMX-12A2M is monochrome 2.1 megapixel CMOS camera with the Gigabit Ethernet interface and Full HD 1080/60p resolution (1920 x 1080).

The high speed and full HDTV resolution makes the camera suitable for digital cinematography, surveillance and industrial applications.

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Specification

Output Video and Camera Control

Maximum resolutions of output window:

HDTV Resolution
1936 × 1090 Effective Pixels
2008 × 1094 Total Pixels

Frame rate at resolution*:

60fps at 1920 × 1080 (75/150MHz)
120 fps at 1280 × 720 (1/2 inch)

Output bits per pixel:

Selectable, 8 bits, 10 bits or 12 bits

Lookup table:

Downloadable for user selected 8 or 10 bits mode: converts 11 bits (12 bits output with >11 bits dynamic range) of imaging chip's ADC to 8 or 10 bits of output

Pixel rates:

Double at:
10 MHz, 18 MHz, 20 MHz, 25 MHz, 36 MHz, 50 MHz, 64.8 MHz, 74.76 MHz

Pixel gain control:

Programmable Gain at 0.006, 3 & 6 dB resolution
Video Gain from -24 to 72 dB

Output window modes:

Viewport from 1920 × 1080 to 16x9;
user selectable from 1920 × 1080 to 16 × 9 with 16 column and 9 rows step

Gamma, brightness and contrast control:

Programmable with lookup table
(only for 8 and 10 bit mode - hardware, for all modes - software)
Hardware Gamma correction

* Listed frame rate values at the defined resolutions are not the maximal possible. Increasing of frame rate can be done by reducing the current Exposure value (the lower Exposure the higher frame rate is), hiding the active video window, running the camera on a faster computer, etc.

Imaging Chip

Type:

Monochrome 2.1 megapixel CMOS sensor with an optical format of 2/3 inch, manufactured by AltaSens, Inc.

Pixel size:

5 µm x 5 µm

Shutter:

Electronic Focal Plane Rolling Shutter

Scanning mode:

Progressive

ADC resolution:

12 bits

Sensitivity:

Green Responsivity (550 nm): > 5000 LSB/lx-s

Dynamic Range:

72 dB

Camera Electrical

Supply voltage:

Power Over Ethernet IEEE 802.3af compliant or external power: 5 V

Supply current:

500 mA (at 5.0 V) 1A at 5V

Power consumption:

2,5 W at 74.25 MHz Video Rate up to 5w at maximum video rate

Camera Interface

Interface Type:

1000BASE-T full duplex

Connector Type:

RJ 45 standard Ethernet connector

Ethernet cable type:

UTP CAT 5e cable up to 100 m, recommended UTP CAT 6;
STP CAT 5e or STP CAT 6 cable for strong electromagnetic interference environment

System Requirements

Operating System:

Windows XP Professional SP1 or later,
Windows Server 2003/2008,
Windows Vista, Windows 7

Processor:

Intel Core 2 Duo, recommended 2 GHz or higher

RAM:

512 MB

Hard Disk Space:

10 MB for installation plus additional space for captured images
for capturing at maximum video rate recommended RAID-0 HDD configuration

Video Card:

Video chipset: ATI 9X series (or higher) or NVidia GeForce 4x (or higher);
up to date Video card drivers

Hardware Interface:

At least one free Gigabit Ethernet port for connection.
We recommended Intel 1000 Pro PCI-Express adapters.

Features

HDTV resolution (1920 x 1080) at 2/3″ Optical Format

Shoot images and video in HDTV resolution using lens for industry standard 2/3” sensor size.

High speed

Be fast. Camera provides frame rate up to 60 fps progressive, with maximum sensor resolution

High sensitivity

Want to shoot in poorly illuminated environments? High efficiency microlens array of the camera allows it.

Electronic focal plane rolling shutter

Shoot as if using a film tape cinema camera.

Progressive readout with rolling shutter

Forget about de-interlacing problems, receive every frame in full.

Patented high-speed video architecture

Enjoy high quality video shot with one of the best 2/3” CMOS image sensors

Output Bayer raw data 12, 10 and 8 bit per pixel

Achieve up to 12 bits per pixels in Bayer format.

External triggering:

Synchronize external shutter/flash with your camera.
Synchronize your camera to external events.

Gigabit Ethernet full duplex mode interface

Control your camera and receive images simultaneously through GigE interface.

Ethernet cable length up to 100 m

Forget about limitation with cable length. Expand your working space.

Hardware image processing

Relieve your PC: gamma, brightness, contrast, median filter, lossless image compression are done by camera itself.

Software Features

Saving video in raw format
Conversion of video from raw to avi format
User defined lookup table from 12 bits to 8, from 12 bits to 10
Lossless 8 bits video compression up to 60 fps to Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080)

Sample Images

Download movie in ZIP file
1920 x 1080 pix, uncompressed, 24 bits, AVI, 571 MB (110 Mb in ZIP file).
Frame rate 60 fps.
Monochrome.

Note that the image quality always depends on many factors, such as lighting, lens type, color processing algorithm, and others.

CommandShot camera software package contains a Standard Application, Drivers, User Guide and SDK (API, examples, documentation).

Standard Application provides control of various set-up commands demonstrating cameras performance.

API allows a full control of all camera features and along with examples and documentation enable easy integration of the camera into the customers’ own applications.

System Requirements

Windows XP Professional SP1 or later
Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 SP4
Windows Vista, Windows 7
Linux (for SMX-150x, SMX-M7x)

Compatibility With Third Parties Software/IDE:

Delphi/Builder C++
LabVIEW
HALCON (upcoming)
MATLAB (soon also for SMX-12A2x)
Streampix (for SMX-15xx, SMX-16xx, SMX-M7x, SMX-M8xx)
Visual Basic 6.0
Visual Studio 6.0 (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010)
C#

View compatibility chart

DirectShow component is provided for SMX-15xx, SMX-160x, SMX-M7xx, SMX-M8xx and SMX-95C cameras.

Camera Standart Application Controls

Viewport
Image sensor options
Selectable video data depth
Frame rate control
Auto Exposure
Image correction (brightness, contrast, gamma)
Color Bayer algorithm selection
Color balance (color models)
White balance (color models)
Histogram
Image and video capture
Software zoom

API Function Categories

Get camera info
Get/Set camera features
Video stream controls (Start/Stop)
Image grabbing
Image correction controls (brightness, contrast, gamma)
Snapshot controls (Exposure)
Open /Close camera

A set of examples is included into the SDK as a tutorial for developing new applications. Our developers are ready to advise and assist with the integration of the SDK in your application.

Operating temperature: 0 to +60°C
Lens mount type: C/CS-mount
Weight (without lens): 198 g
Dimensions (W x L x H): 50 x 80 x 50 mm Camera housing material: Duralumin

External connector pinout

1 External trigger input or GPI 1
2 Frame start pulse output or GPO 1
3 External power supply (+5V)
4 General purpose input 2
5 Inverted frame start pulse or GPO 2
6 Common (GND)

Note: This is the default external connector pinout, which can be reprogrammed by customers to meet their specific requirements.