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INSTALLATION  GUIDE
Copyright © 2015-2019 FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.
All rights reserved.
FLIR
BLACKFLY®S
Version 15.0
Revised 2/19/2019

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  • Page 1 INSTALLATION  GUIDE FLIR BLACKFLY®S Version 15.0 Revised 2/19/2019 Copyright © 2015-2019 FLIR Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 2 For more detailed information about recycling of this product, please contact us. Trademarks Names and marks appearing on the products herein are either registered trademarks or trademarks of FLIR Systems, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Licensing To view the licenses of open source packages used in this product please see...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5.3.1 Keepout Layer—Board-level Models 5.4 Interface Connector 5.4.1 Ethernet Connector 5.4.2 USB 3.1 Connector 5.5 Interface Cables 5.6 Interface Card 5.7 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) 5.8 Mounting 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 4 6.2 GPIO Electrical Characteristics 6.3 Input Timing Characteristics 6.4 Output Timing Characteristics 7 Troubleshooting 7.1 Support 7.2 Status Indicator LED Contacting Us Revision History 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 5: Blackfly S Installation Guide

    Our website provides additional information in our Knowledge Base Technical Application Note library. As well, the Downloads site is the portal to access documentation and firmware updates. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 6: Handling Precautions And Camera Care

    Terms and Conditions on our website. Your FLIR machine vision camera is a precisely manufactured device and should be handled with care. Here are some tips on how to care for the device. Avoid electrostatic charging. If you have purchased a board-level camera you should take the following additional protective measures: Either handle bare handed or use non-chargeable gloves, clothes or material.

  • Page 7: Blackfly S Installation

    Lens Mounting Model dependent—C-mount Lens (see Lens Mounting Tripod adapter (optional) (see Mounting) Interface card (see Interface Card) FLIR sells a number of the additional parts required for installation. To purchase, visit the Accessories page. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly...

  • Page 8: Installing Your Interface Card And Software

    Dimensional drawings and CAD models Documentation To access the software and firmware downloads you must have a downloads account. 1. Go to our website: www.flir.com/mv. 2. In the upper right corner, click Register. 3. Complete the form, then click Register. After you submit your registration, you will receive an email with instructions on how to activate your account.

  • Page 9: Installing Your Blackfly S-Cased Models

    Run the SpinView application: Start->All Programs-> Point Grey Spinnaker->SpinView The SpinView application can be used to test the camera's image acquisition capabilities. Changes to your camera's installation configuration can be made using the SpinView application. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.

  • Page 10: Installing Your Blackfly S-Board-Level Models

    Run the SpinView application: Start->All Programs-> Point Grey Spinnaker->SpinView The SpinView application can be used to test the camera's image acquisition capabilities. Changes to your camera's installation configuration can be made using the SpinView application. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.

  • Page 11: Powering Your Blackfly S

    Related Knowledge Base Articles Title Article How can I power my USB 3.0 camera? Knowledge Base Article 10240 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 12: Tools To Control Your Blackfly S

    Included with the SDK are a number of source code examples to help you get started. Spinnaker API examples are provided for C, C++, C#, and VB.NET languages. These examples are precompiled for your convenience. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.

  • Page 13: Using Genicam Applications

    Technical Application Note 10701 Using USB3 Vision cameras with MVTec's Halcon software Technical Application Note 10774 Using USB3/USB2 cameras with Cognex VisionPro Technical Application Note 10788 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 14: Configuring Blackfly S Setup

    Start Menu-->All Programs-->Point Grey Spinnaker SDK-->SpinView 2. From the Devices list, select the camera and click the Switch Driver button. 3. Select the driver from the drop-down list. 4. Click Install Driver. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.

  • Page 15: Camera Firmware

    5 Configuring Blackfly S Setup Camera Firmware Firmware is programming that is inserted into the programmable read-only memory (programmable ROM) of most FLIR cameras. Firmware is created and tested like software. When ready, it can be distributed like other software and installed in the programmable read-only memory by the user.
  • Page 16 5 Configuring Blackfly S Setup Title Article Should I upgrade my camera firmware or software? Knowledge Base Article 10216 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 17: Blackfly S Physical Interface

    9. Camera label 4. General purpose I/O connector Contains camera information such as model name, serial General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) number and required compliance. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 18: Blackfly S Board-Level Physical Description

    Blackfly  S Board-Level Physical Description GPIO connector General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Status LED (to right of FPC connector) Status Indicator LED FPC connector Interface Connector Mounting holes See Mounting 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 19: Blackfly S Dimensions

    Barrel Length "A" BFS-PGE-04S2 BFS-PGE-50S5 11.8 BFS-PGE-13Y3 12.1 BFS-PGE-63S4 11.7 BFS-PGE-16S2 BFS-PGE-88S6 11.8 BFS-PGE-23S3 11.8 BFS-PGE-120S4 BFS-PGE-31S4 11.8 BFS-PGE-122S6 11.8 BFS-PGE-51S5 11.8 BFS-PGE-200S6 11.8 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 20 BFS-U3-89S6 11.8 BFS-U3-23S3 11.8 BFS-U3-120S4 BFS-U3-31S4 11.8 BFS-U3-122S6 11.8 BFS-U3-32S4 11.8 BFS-U3-123S6 11.8 BFS-U3-50S5 11.8 BFS-U3-200S6 11.8 BFS-U3-51S5 11.8 Blackfly S USB3 Dimensional Drawing—Standard Format 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 21 5 Blackfly S Physical Interface Model Barrel Length "A" BFS-U3-28S5 BFS-U3-70S7 Blackfly S USB3 Dimensional Drawing—Large Format 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 22: Keepout Layer-Board-Level Models

    Board-level hardware can change without notice. The component envelope is shown above to assist in hardware integration design. Areas marked in orange (front, back, and middle) are locations where components can change or move, potentially affecting hardware integration as board revisions occur. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.

  • Page 23: Interface Connector

    For more detailed information, consult the USB 3.1 specification available from http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/. USB 3.1 Micro B Connector USB 3.1 Micro-B Connector Pin Assignments Signal Name Description VBUS Power 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 24 SSRX_ Vbus Vbus GND GND The camera is backwards compatible to USB2.0, therefore, only connecting Pins 1-10 to a USB2.0 interface is sufficient for USB2.0 communication with the camera. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.

  • Page 25: Interface Cables

    For GigE cameras—Category 5e or 6 cables up to 100 meters in length should be used for connecting the camera to the network interface card on the host system. FLIR sells a 5-meter Category 5e cable for this purpose. For USB3 cameras—The USB3 standard does not specify a maximum cable length.

  • Page 26: General Purpose Input/Output (Gpio)

    HR10A-7R-6PB, the mating connector is a Hirose HR10A-7P-6S(73). Board-level models—The camera is equipped with a 6-pin GPIO connector. The connector is a JST BM06B-NSHSS-TBT (LF)(SN), the mating connector is a JST NSHR-06V-S. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.
  • Page 27 5 Blackfly S Physical Interface Blackfly S Cased Models Diagram Color Pin Line Function Description Parameter Min Max Unit Auxiliary Input Input Voltage Range Voltage (DC) Input Low Level Green 1 Non-isolated Input High Level Input Propagation Delay μs Input Low Level...
  • Page 28 Output Low Current Output High Level Input Low Level Input High Level White GPIO2 Non-isolated Input/Output Propagation Delay µs Output Low Current Output High Level 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 29 Output High Level Green VExt Camera Input Power (GigE) 4.0 5.5 Brown Camera Power Ground Output Voltage 3.05 3.35 Vout Camera Power Output Output Current 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 30: Mounting

    Four mounting points are provided using M2 through holes. Additionally, an indexing key is available on the imager board. When designing a mounting bracket, respect the Keepout Layer—Board-level Models. Board-level Diagram 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.

  • Page 31: Case Temperature And Heat Dissipation

    Query the GenICam Device Control feature DeviceTemperature. For board-level models—Device temperature can be monitored in SpinView as follows: Select Device_Temperature_Selector Enum Node Device_Temperature_Selector Enum Node Value Mainboard Read Device_Temperature Node 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 32: 5.10 Lens Mounting

    5 Blackfly S Physical Interface 5.10 Lens Mounting Lenses are not included with the cased model cameras. Lenses and lens mounts are not included with the board-level model cameras. FLIR offers compatible lens mounts for board-level products on our machine vision accessories page .

  • Page 33: Non-Volatile Flash Memory

    Title Article Removing the IR filter from a color camera Knowledge Base Article 10080 Selecting a lens for your camera Technical Application Note 10694 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 34: 5.13 Infrared Cut-Off Filters-Cased Models

    Schott B270 Schott B270 15.5 ±0.08 x 18 14 ±0.08 x 14 Dimensions ±0.08 mm ±0.08 mm Thickness 1 ±0.07 mm 1 ±0.07 mm 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 35 For more information, see Dust Protection—Cased Models. Related Knowledge Base Articles Title Article Removing the IR filter from a color camera Knowledge Base Article 10080 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 36: Input/Output Control

    HR10A-7R-6PB, the mating connector is a Hirose HR10A-7P-6S(73). Board-level models—The camera is equipped with a 6-pin GPIO connector. The connector is a JST BM06B-NSHSS-TBT (LF)(SN), the mating connector is a JST NSHR-06V-S. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.
  • Page 37 6 Input/Output Control GPIO pin assignments (as shown looking at rear of camera) Blackfly S Cased Models Diagram Color Pin Line Function Description Parameter Min Max Unit Auxiliary Input Input Voltage Range Voltage (DC) Input Low Level Green 1 Non-isolated...
  • Page 38 Output Low Current Output High Level Input Low Level Input High Level White GPIO2 Non-isolated Input/Output Propagation Delay µs Output Low Current Output High Level 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 39 Camera Power Output Output Current For Cased Models—Power can also be provided externally through the GPIO interface: 12 V nominal (8 - 24 V). Power consumption is 3 W maximum. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.

  • Page 40: Gpio Electrical Characteristics

    GPIO line. Warning! Prolonged use of the camera outside of the Operating Range described below may lead to unexpected behavior and should be avoided. 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc.
  • Page 41 5.08 mA 2.64 mA 30 V 4.7 kΩ 1.1 V 30 V 7.08 mA 2.86 mA Values are for reference only Opto-isolated input circuit 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 42 5 mA 24 V 4.7 kΩ 5.2 mA 30 V 4.7 kΩ 6.5 mA Values are for reference only Non-isolated input and output circuit 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 43: Input Timing Characteristics

    Input Threshold High Voltage 4.54 V Input Threshold Low Voltage 1.26 V Cycle Rise Time 10.8 μs Cycle Fall Time 2 μs Current 4.1 mA 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 44 19.74 μs PDLH Propagation Delay High to Low 16.692 μs PDHL Typical Positive Pulse Width 12 μs MPPW Typical Negative Pulse Width 6 μs MNPW 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 45: Output Timing Characteristics

    1.53 V 1.60 V Cycle Rise Time 5.04 μs 6 μs Cycle Fall Time 3.18 μs 3.66 μs Opto Current 2.094 mA 7.96 mA 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 46 2 mA 4.06 mA Opto Isolator Delay (High to Low) 3.8776 μs 4.117 μs Opto Isolator Delay (Low to High) 26.754 μs 25.124 μs 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting

    7 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Support FLIR endeavors to provide the highest level of technical support possible to you. Most support resources can be accessed through our Product Support page. Creating a Customer Login Account The first step in accessing our technical support resources is to obtain a Customer Login Account. This requires a valid name and e-mail address.

  • Page 48: Status Indicator Led

    Blinking Green (2 blinks) USB2 Blinking Green (3 blinks) USB3 Solid Green Acquisition Started Rapid Flashing Green Firmware update in progress Flashing Green and Red General Error 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Page 49: Contacting Us

    August 17, 2018 Support for BFS-PGE-16S2-BD2 Updated GPIO electrical input/output timing tables Support for BFS-GE-16S2-BD2, BFS-PGE-23S3, BFS-U3-23S3, 14.0 November 20, 2018 BFS-U3-51S5-BD2, BFS-U3-70S7, and BFS-PGE-120S4 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 50 Revision History Version Date Description 15.0 February 19, 2019 Support for BFS-PGE-63S4 and BFS-U3-28S5 2/19/2019 ©2015-2019 FLIR ® FLIR Blackfly S Installation Guide Integrated Imaging Solutions Inc. All rights reserved.

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