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  • Page 1 User Manual ICAM-520/500 Series Integrated Industrial AI Camera...
  • Page 2 No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. The information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable.
  • Page 3 This product has passed the CE test for environmental specifications when shielded cables are used for external wiring. We recommend the use of shielded cables. This type of cable is available from Advantech. Please contact your local supplier for ordering information.
  • Page 4 Document Feedback To assist us with improving this manual, we welcome all comments and constructive criticism. Please send all such feedback in writing to support@advantech.com. Packing List Before system installation, check that the items listed below are included and in good condition.
  • Page 5 In accordance with IEC 704-1:1982 specifications, the sound pressure level at the operator's position does not exceed 70 dB (A). DISCLAIMER: These instructions are provided according to IEC 704-1 standards. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein. ICAM-520/500 User Manual...
  • Page 6 Der arbeitsplatzbezogene Schalldruckpegel nach DIN 45 635 Teil 1000 beträgt 70dB(A) oder weiger. Haftungsausschluss: Die Bedienungsanleitungen wurden entsprechend der IEC- 704-1 erstellt. Advantech lehnt jegliche Verantwortung für die Richtigkeit der in die- sem Zusammenhang getätigten Aussagen ab. ICAM-520/500 User Manual...
  • Page 7 Safety Precaution - Static Electricity Follow these simple precautions to protect yourself from harm and the products from damage. To avoid electrical shock, always disconnect the power from the PC chassis  before manual handling. Do not touch any components on the CPU card or other cards while the PC is powered on.
  • Page 8 ICAM-520/500 User Manual viii...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter Product Overview ........1 Introduction ....................2 Product Features..................2 Product Features..................2 Figure 1.1 Spectrum response (nm) ..........2 Environment Specifications............... 5 Chapter Intended Use ........7 Overview of Optical Functions ..............8 2.1.1 Field of View ................. 8 Figure 2.1 Field of view..............
  • Page 10 Figure 4.12Platform Settings ............30 4.5.5 Hardware Trigger Mode.............. 31 4.5.6 Software Trigger Mode ............... 31 4.5.7 Continuous Mode................ 31 4.5.8 Set up the Digital I/O control............31 4.5.9 Trigger delay (Pin 16) ..............33 ICAM-500 Camera Parameters and SDK ..........33 Table 4.1: Camera parameters ..........

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Product Overview

    Chapter Product Overview...

  • Page 12: Introduction

    The preloaded, optimized Jetpack board support package seamlessly con- nects to AI cloud services. Advantech ICAM-500 series is an all-in-one, compact and rugged industrial AI camera and is ideal for a variety of Edge AI vision applications.
  • Page 13 Memory, Storage  – ICAM-520: NVIDIA Xavier NX 8 GB LPDDR4/16GB eMMC – ICAM-500: NVIDIA Jetson Nano 4 GB LPDDR4/16GB eMMC Optical  – 12 mm variable focal length: FOV 40 x 29.3 mm @ 100 mm working distance FOV 364.5 x 263.7 @ 900 mm working distance –...
  • Page 14 Dimension  – ICAM-520: 82 mm (W) x 123 mm(H) x 62.9 mm (D) – ICAM-500: 82 mm (W) x 123 mm (H) x 59.9mm (D) Software package  – ICAM-520: Linux Ubuntu 18.04, Jetpack 4.6.2 ICAM-500: Linux Ubuntu 18.04, Jetpack 4.5.1 –...

  • Page 15: Environment Specifications

    Environment Specifications Operating temperature: 0 ~ 40 °C  Vibration during operation: 5 Grms  EMC: CE, FCC  ICAM-520/500 User Manual...
  • Page 16 ICAM-520/500 User Manual...

  • Page 17: Chapter 2 Intended Use

    Chapter Intended Use...

  • Page 18: Overview Of Optical Functions

    Overview of Optical Functions Advantech ICAM-500 series equipped with highly integrated optical module which include programmable variable focus lenses and LED illumination. The HTML 5 web based utility can be used to setup the optical parameters for application to lower the installation effort.

  • Page 19: Led Uniformity

    2.1.4 LED Uniformity Figure 2.3 LEDs Uniformaity 2.1.5 LEDs Control Model ICAM-520/500 User Manual...
  • Page 20 ICAM-520/500 User Manual...

  • Page 21: Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

    Chapter Hardware Installation...

  • Page 22: Introduction

    Introduction The electrical installation of the ICAM-500 must be carried out by a qualified electri- cian. Disconnect all electrical components from the power supply when installing the ICAM-500. The following sections show the external connectors and pins assignment for appli- cations.

  • Page 23: Poweri/O

    3.2.2 PowerI/O Power, Digital I/O, and RS485 Connector Pigtail Description Remark Brown COM, RS232 TX No use Blue COM, RS232 RX No use White COM, RS485 D+ Green COM, RS485 D- Pink System power in GND Vin(-) Yellow System power in GND Vin(-) No use Black DI/DO GND...
  • Page 24 Signal Connections: ICAM-500 series supports sink type Digital I/O. Please read the following instructions to wire the DI/O. Channel Num. Pin Num. Characteristics Voltage Current Dry contact Trigger Input Dry contact 1.5V~24V Max 25mA 10, 11 Sink type High: 28V Max.
  • Page 25 Digital Input: Input channel: 2 Logic 1: close to ground Logic 0: Open Digital Output: Output channel: 2 Output voltage Supply voltage: 40Vdc Sink current: 0.2A max /Channel ICAM-520/500 User Manual...

  • Page 26: Ethernet/Lan

    3.2.3 Ethernet/LAN Ethernet Connector (LAN) ICAM-500 series is equipped with one Ethernet controllers that are fully compliant with IEEE 802.3u 10/100/1000 Mbps CSMA/CD standards. The Ethernet port pro- vides a M12 connector. Signal MDI_0_P MDI_0_N MDI_1_P MDI_1_N MDI_3_P MDI_3_N MDI_2_N MDI_2_P 3.2.4 Micro USB...

  • Page 27: Usb 3.1

    3.2.5 USB 3.1 USB type C connector ICAM-500 provides 1 USB type C interface connector which only for keyboard and mouse usage. Connect to USB storage will increase the power consumption and will heat the system. Please refer to the table below for pin assignments. Pin No.
  • Page 28 ICAM-520/500 User Manual...

  • Page 29: Chapter 4 Getting Started

    Chapter Getting Started...

  • Page 30: Connection An Ethernet Cable

    2. Use IP discover utility in Windows 10 OS host PC Follow the instruction to access ICAM-500 with host Linux OS PC. ipcfg configure iCam-500 network settings in Linux command line. Command location: /opt/advantech/sdk/bin/ipcfg Command Parameters: Help Show command parameters.
  • Page 31 Options ipcfg --nic-list List local network interfaces. ipcfg -C [cmd] Run commands (see Commands section) ipcfg -C [cmd] --remote-mac [MAC] Configure remote device with MAC address. ipcfg -C [cmd] --local-address [IP address] Configure specified NIC with the IP address. ipcfg -C [cmd] --local-device [dev_name] Configure device named [dev_name].
  • Page 32 The IP address of ICAM-500 can be modified via discover utility. Discover utility is an ipconfig application tool to access network configuration of ICAM-500 in LAN. Please download the IP discover utility from Advantech’s website (https://www.advantech.com/search/?q=ICAM-500&st=support) and decompress the file.

  • Page 33: Start Acquisition

    Start Acquisition Follow the instructions of web UI to click the New Project button to create a new project for ICAM-500 configuration. Figure 4.3 Add new project Fill in the content of new project, output resolution and select the trigger mode then confirm to save the project.
  • Page 34 Image save function only works on continuous mode and only can save the image in ICAM-500. The image will be saved in /opt/advantech/web/temp_- folder/project/{projectName}/images. Figure 4.5 Content of new project Figure 4.6 Start acquisition ICAM-520/500 User Manual...

  • Page 35: Configure Icam-500 Camera

    Configure ICAM-500 Camera All the camera functions are listed on the right hand side of the UI. ICAM-500 pro- vides camera setting, generic setting, ROI setting, I/O setting and LED indicator set- tings. In addition to using web browser to configure the ICAM-500, a Python based example and APIs provide more flexible ways to configure and integrate the ICAM- 500.

  • Page 36: Camera Acquisition Setting

    4.5.1 Camera Acquisition Setting This section shows camera acquisition settings that include trigger mode, lens focus settings and PWM LEDs lighting settings. The exposure time will affect Continuous Mode Figure 4.8 Camera Acquisition Setting ICAM-520/500 User Manual...

  • Page 37: Isp Settings

    4.5.2 ISP Settings This section shows ISP settings. Brightness  The camera brightness refers to the brightness when the camera adjusts image under Auto exposure mode, or Auto Gain mode. You can set brightness as shown below. Set Brightness according to actual demand, its range is from 0 to 255.
  • Page 38 Color HUE To shifts the color of image color via the color HUE controls. HUE only works on YUV and RGB formats. The range of saturation is from 0 to 255. *** Color HUE will disable while Gain value higher than 7. Color Saturation Changes the colorfulness of image color via the color saturation controls.
  • Page 39 If there is still great difference between correction effect and actual color, it is recom- mended to correct white balance according to following steps. Steps: Select Off as Balance White Auto. At this time, Balance Ratio is 1024. Find corresponding R/G/B channels in the Balance Ratio Selector. Here we take Green as an example.

  • Page 40: Roi Setting & Output

    4.5.3 ROI Setting & Output This section shows how to set the image resolution of the camera. There are four types of resolution for setting. Figure 4.11 ROI Setting & Output 4.5.4 Platform Settings This section shows the setting of LED indicators, digital inputs, and digital output. Figure 4.12 Platform Settings ICAM-520/500 User Manual...

  • Page 41: Hardware Trigger Mode

    4.5.5 Hardware Trigger Mode In hardware trigger mode, the digital output pin of ICAM-500 must be connected to the trigger input (pin 16) of the cameras, and the camera will begin the process of exposing and reading out a frame, below are the operation procedures: Wire trigger input (pin 16) Configure the camera in hardware trigger mode.
  • Page 42 4.5.8.1 Digital Input and trigger input There are two digital inputs (Pin 8, 9) that support debouncer features. The debouncer feature identifies the valid and invalid input signals via setting the debouncer value (the minimum period of time for the valid signal). In this way, the cir- cuit will only respond to the signal that the pulse width is greater than the debouncer value.

  • Page 43: Trigger Delay (Pin 16)

    4.5.9 Trigger delay (Pin 16) The Trigger delay allows a user to add a delay between the receipt of a hardware trigger signal and the moment the trigger becomes active. ICAM-500 Camera Parameters and SDK For information on the APIs and examples please refer to the programming guide. Table 4.1: Camera parameters Function Name Parameters...

  • Page 44: Project Management

    Gain Auto Gain Mode/Intensity Range(0~24) Platform Settings DI 0/1 Debounce time Edge Trigger (Rising) DO 0/1 Output High I/O Setting Output Low Programming Mode Direct Output Reverse on/off Delay time (ms) Green User-defined LED Orange Yellow Project Management ICAM-500 allows users to save camera setting as a project and provides auto-run, import and export functions.

  • Page 45: Project Import & Export

    4.7.2 Project import & export ICAM-500 provides a project import and export function. 4.7.2.1 Project import Click the project import icon and upload the selected project to import. Figure 4.14 Project import 4.7.3 Project Export Click the project export icon and export the selected project to a download folder. Figure 4.15 Project export ICAM-520/500 User Manual...
  • Page 46 ICAM-520/500 User Manual...

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting

    Chapter Troubleshooting...

  • Page 48: Connection For Keyboard, Mouse And Display

    If the user has problems connecting the ICAM-500 via a host PC, or if ICAM-500 still can’t boot up and make an acquisition after reset up the ICAM-500, contact Advantech FAE for technical support. Connection for Keyboard, Mouse and Display Insert the USB type C adapter/cable to USB type C connector directly for key- ...
  • Page 49 Copy BSP file (Ex: ICAM-500_Nano_4.5.1_1.1.10.5_MassFlash.tbz2) to Host Enter the following command on the Host PC to un-tar the BSP image file: tar –vxjf ICAM-500_Nano_4.5.1_1.1.10.5_MassFlash.tbz2 Press and hold the Reset and Recovery buttons on the ICAM-500 at the same time. Release the Reset button first. Release the Recovery button after waiting for 3 seconds.
  • Page 50 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permis- sion of the publisher. All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. © Advantech Co., Ltd. 2022...

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