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Alvium 1800 U-2050

Alvium 1800 U -2050
Alvium 1800 U -2050
Alvium 1800 U – Your entry into high-performance imaging

Industrial USB cameras with attractive price-performance ratio

Alvium 1800 U-2050 with Sony IMX183 runs 21.0 frames per second at 20.2 MP resolution.

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Alvium 1800 U is your entry into high-performance imaging with ALVIUM® Technology for industrial applications. Equipped with the newest generation of sensors, these small and lightweight cameras deliver high image quality and frame rates at the best price-performance ratio. With its USB3 Vision compliant interface and industrial-grade hardware, it is your workhorse for different machine vision applications whether it is on a PC-based or an embedded system.

Technical data

Interface USB3 Vision
Resolution 5496 (H) × 3672 (V)
Sensor Sony IMX183
Sensor type CMOS
Sensor size Type 1
Pixel size 2.4 µm × 2.4 µm
Shutter mode RS, Global reset shutter (GRS)
Lens mounts (available) C-Mount
Max. frame rate at full resolution 21 fps at 450 MByte/s, Mono8
ADC 10 Bit
Image buffer (RAM) 256 KByte
Non-volatile memory (Flash) 1024 KByte

Imaging performance data is based on the evaluation methods in the EMVA 1288 Release 3.1 standard for characterization of image sensors and cameras. Measurements are typical values for monochrome models measured without optical filter.

Quantum efficiency at 529 nm 80 %
Temporal dark noise 6.0 eˉ
Saturation capacity 14600 eˉ
Dynamic range 65 dB
Absolute sensitivity threshold 7.9 eˉ
Bit depth 10-bit
Monochrome pixel formats Mono8, Mono10, Mono10p, Mono12, Mono12p
Raw color pixel formats BayerRG8, BayerRG10, BayerRG10p, BayerRG12, BayerRG12p
TTL I/Os 4 programmable GPIOs
Power requirements (DC) Power over USB 3.1 Gen 1 | External power 5.0 V
Power consumption USB power: 3.2 W (typical) | Ext. power: 3.4 W (typical)

Image control: Auto

  • Auto exposure
  • Auto gain
  • Auto white balance (color models)

 

Image control: Other

  • Adaptive noise correction
  • Binning
  • Black level
  • Color transformation (incl. hue, saturation; color models)
  • Contrast
  • Custom convolution
  • De-Bayering up to 5×5 (color models)
  • DPC (defect pixel correction)
  • Gamma
  • LUT (look-up table)
  • Reverse X/Y
  • ROI (region of interest)
  • Sharpness/Blur

 

Camera control

  • Acquisition frame rate
  • Bandwidth control
  • Counters and timers
  • Firmware update in the field
  • I/O and trigger control
  • Serial I/Os
  • Temperature monitoring
  • U3 Power Saving Mode
  • User sets

Software and firmware

FAQs and application notes

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3D CAD files (STEP) for Alvium cameras and accessories

You can download STEP components for Alvium models and Alvium accessories at the Alvium STEP file download page.

Or you can download prepared sets of components for standard Alvium models like this:

 

  1. You need a 3D CAD viewer application to view and measure the STEP files. Download a STEP viewer free of charge: https://www.freecadweb.org.
  2. Go to the Camera Selector, select your Alvium model, and configure the corresponding hardware option (such as an Open Housing C-Mount camera).
  3. In the tile showing your Alvium submodel, open the "STEP files" link. See the image below.
  4. Download the files from the link selection shown at the bottom of the tile.
  5. To assemble housed cameras from the STEP file components, follow the Instructions included in the link collection.

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Accessories

Allied Vision approved machine vision accessories have been selected by our experts to deliver best possible image quality to your application with the greatest possible reliability. Our technicians and engineers conduct extensive tests with accessories such as lenses and interface cables in combination with our cameras. That way, we can recommend the best possible accessories and ensure maximal performance of your Allied Vision camera.

Perfectly connected - thanks to powerful software

Software integration made easy

Alvium GigE, 5GigE, and USB cameras can be easily integrated into embedded systems with Allied Vision's next generation  Vimba X SDK, a fully GenICam-compliant platform-independent SDK for all Allied Vision cameras with GigE, 5GigE and USB3 Vision Interface.

GenICam-based Transport Layers support the Alvium cameras and can automatically connect them to third-party software solutions such as MATLAB, OpenCV, Halcon, CVB, and many more.

 

To operate Alvium CSI-2 cameras on your vision system, Allied Vision provides different access modes:

  • GenICam for CSI-2 Access controls the camera by GenICam features, using the Alvium CSI-2 driver and CSI-2 transport layer (TL) directly.
  • Direct Register Access (DRA) to control the cameras via registers for advanced users.
  • Video4Linux2 Access allows to control the cameras via established V4L2 API and applications like GStreamer and OpenCV.

Open-source CSI-2 drivers are available on GitHub for different