About This Manual; Goal Of The Manual; Contents Of The Manual - Balluff MATRIX VISION mvBlueFOX Series 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 mvBlueFOX, MATRIX VISION's compact USB2 industrial camera fam-
ily, its technical data and basic operation of the mvBlueFOX. 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. 14) to the possible usages of the camera. The
following chapters contain general information about the camera including:
• Quickstart (p. 19) followed by
• Technical Data (p. 38)
• Sensor Overview (p. 61)
• Filters (p. 66)
The general information is followed by the description of the
• Software tools for the camera (p. 68) including the tools
• HRTC - Hardware Real-Time Controller (p. 70) shows how to use the FPGA built-in functionality called
Hardware Real-Time Controller (short: HRTC).
• Developing applications using the mvIMPACT Acquire SDK (p. 72)
• DirectShow developers (p. 73) documents MATRIX VISION's mvIMPACT Acquire to DirectShow interface(
DirectShow_acquire).
• Troubleshooting (p. 80) shows how to detect damages and other inconveniences.
• Use Cases (p. 91) describes solutions for general tasks and
• A Glossary (p. 81) explains abbreviations and technical terms.
• Appendix A. Specific Camera / Sensor Data (p. 173) contains all data of the sensors like timings, details of
operation, etc.
– A.1 CCD (p. 173) contains all data of the CCD sensors like timings, details of operation, etc.
– A.2 CMOS (p. 197) contains all data of the other CMOS sensors like timings, details of operation, etc.
Appendix C. Tested ARM platforms (p. 219) contains a list of ARM platforms tested with this product and informa-
tion on how to setup these systems for achieving optimal results
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