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The Allied Vision Alvium series is a camera range designed for embedded vision applications, fulfilling the high standards of industrial and scientific image processing.

The Alvium range includes entry-level and advanced models. The entry-level family focuses on the essentials and represents a door opener for very cost efficient vision solutions for both classic PC-based and compact embedded vision systems. A CMOS sensor range from 0.5 to 5 megapixels provides the necessary variety of choice.

The advanced camera series focuses on flexibility which not only includes a broader range of features, but also a large selection of sensors ranging from 0.5 up to 18 megapixels and different housing options.

Both camera families are available with two interfaces: the C camera family with MIPI CSI-2 interface and the U camera family with USB3 Vision interface. Both families are powered by Allied Vision’s ALVIUM technology including advanced image processing features. It provides freedom and flexibility, while setting new standards in quality and performance with it's proprietary processor, tiny size, low power consumption and low cost design.

Alvium short-wave infrared (SWIR) models with Sony IMX990 and Sony IMX991 SenSWIR sensor

The compact Alvium models are now available with Sony's innovative SenSWIR sensors. The TEC-less SenSWIR sensors support a wide spectral range allowing imaging in both the visible and SWIR spectrums, and show similar imaging performance to the Goldeye camera models with TEC.

Alvium SWIR cameras with CSI-2 or USB3 interface are the smallest SWIR core modules on the market and offer an unrivalled price-performance ratio (SWaP+C) due to their small size, low weight and power consumption. This makes them ideally suitable to build compact OEM systems in embedded and machine vision applications.

Related products

Alvium SWIR cameras are suitable for a large number of applications and fit perfectly for VIS-SWIR lenses. Please have a look at the following optic products:

• Kowa LM-HC-VIS-SWIR

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• SWIR Illumination

• Illumination in machine vision

Specifications

• Sensor: CMOS sensors from 0.5 to 21 megapixels
• Features: powered by ALVIUM technology, designed for embedded vision with ARM board compatibility
• Lens mount: C-, S-, and CS-mount option
• Interface: 4-lane MIPI CSI-2 interface with D-PHY up to 6 Gbit/s, USB3 Vision compliant USB 3.1 Gen 1 interface
• Miscellaneous: single PCB design, bare board and front housing options

Markets and Applications

• Robotics applications require ultra-compact and low weight cameras with good image quality, which can be ideally found in the entry-level models.

• Reverse Vending Machines and other compact systems with limited space profit from ROI (Region of Interest) readout, which ensures that only specific regions of the image are inspected, like a barcode or the shape of a bottle.

• Slide scanners, e.g. in pathology, demand an ultra-compact size and outstanding image quality, which are supported by the various features ALVIUM technology provides in the entry-level models, like defect pixel correction or adaptive noise reduction.

• Traffic applications like Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) profit from outstanding image quality and multiple regions of interest of the Alvium advanced series.

• Resolutions up to 18 megapixels in the advanced series give outstanding image quality for aerial mapping, besides the sequencing feature that enables shooting images with different conditions.

• Microscopy needs good images with extreme low noise, which can be provided by means of integrated denoising algorithms as well as the passive cooling design offered by the Alvium advanced series closed housing version.