About This Manual; Goal Of The Manual; Contents Of The Manual - Balluff MATRIX VISION mvBlueNAOS Technical Manual

1.1 About this manual

1.1 About this manual

1.1.1 Goal of the manual

This manual gives you an overview of the mvBlueNAOS, MATRIX VISION's compact PCI Express camera family
compliant to GenICam GenTL Producer, its technical data and basic operation of the mvBlueNAOS. Programming
the device is detailed in a separate documentation, which will be available in an online format.

1.1.2 Contents of the manual

At the beginning of the manual, you will get an introduction (p. 16) to the possible usages of the camera. The
following chapters contain general information about the camera including:
• Quickstart (p. 21) followed by
• Technical Data (p. 36)
• Sensor Overview (p. 54)
• Filters (p. 63)
The general information is followed by the description of the
• Software tools for the camera (p. 65) including the tools
• GenICam and advanced features (p. 66) introduces the GenICam and the advanced features of the camera
(the cameras are GenICam compliant devices).
• Developing applications using the mvIMPACT Acquire SDK (p. 86)
• DirectShow developers (p. 87) documents MATRIX VISION's mvIMPACT Acquire to DirectShow interface(
DirectShow_acquire).
• Troubleshooting (p. 92) shows how to detect damages and other inconveniences.
• Use Cases (p. 122) describes solutions for general tasks and
• A Glossary (p. 113) explains abbreviations and technical terms.
• Appendix A. Specific Camera / Sensor Data (p. 212) contains all data of the Pregius CMOS sensors like
timings, details of operation, etc.
• Appendix C. Tested ARM platforms (p. 273) contains a list of ARM platforms tested with this product and
information on how to setup these systems for achieving optimal results
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