Specifications and Frame Rates

General Specifications


Blackfly S BFS-U3-51S5M Blackfly S BFS-U3-51S5C
Firmware Version 1801.0.1.0 1801.0.1.0
Model Name Blackfly S BFS-U3-51S5M Blackfly S BFS-U3-51S5C
Resolution 2448x2048 2448x2048
Frame Rate 73 FPS 73 FPS
Megapixels 5.0 MP 5.0 MP
Sensor Sony IMX250, CMOS, 2/3" Sony IMX250, CMOS, 2/3"
Readout Method Global shutter Global shutter
Pixel Size 3.45 μm 3.45 μm
Lens Mount C-mount C-mount
ADC 10-bit / 12-bit 10-bit / 12-bit
Minimum Frame Rate 1 FPS 1 FPS
Gain Range 0.0 to 47.9943 dB 0.0 to 47.9943 dB
Exposure Range 6.0 μs to 30.0 S 6.0 μs to 30.0 S
Acquisition Mode Continuous, Single Frame, Multi Frame Continuous, Single Frame, Multi Frame
Partial Image Modes Pixel binning, decimation, ROI, MultiROI Pixel binning, decimation, ROI, MultiROI
Image Processing Gamma, lookup table, and sharpness Color correction matrix, gamma, lookup table, saturation and sharpness
Sequencer Up to 8 sets using 6 features Up to 8 sets using 6 features
Image Buffer 240 MB 240 MB
User Sets 2 user configuration sets for custom camera settings 2 user configuration sets for custom camera settings
Flash Memory 6 MB non-volatile memory 6 MB non-volatile memory
Opto-isolated I/O 1 input, 1 output 1 input, 1 output
Non-isolated I/O 1 bi-directional, 1 input 1 bi-directional, 1 input
Serial Port 1 (over non-isolated I/O) 1 (over non-isolated I/O)
Auxiliary Output 3.3 V, 120 mA maximum 3.3 V, 120 mA maximum
Interface USB 3.1 USB 3.1
Power Requirements 8 - 24 V via GPIO or 5 V via USB 3.1 interface 8 - 24 V via GPIO or 5 V via USB 3.1 interface
Power Consumption 3 W maximum 3 W maximum
Dimensions/Mass 29 mm x 29 mm x 30 mm / 36 g 29 mm x 29 mm x 30 mm / 36 g
Machine Vision Standard USB3 Vision v1.0 USB3 Vision v1.0
Compliance CE, FCC, KCC, RoHS, REACH. The ECCN for this product is: EAR099 CE, FCC, KCC, RoHS, REACH. The ECCN for this product is: EAR099
Temperature Celsius Operating: 0-50 / Storage: -30-60 Operating: 0-50 / Storage: -30-60
Humidity Percent Operating: 20-80 (no condensation) / Storage: 20-95 (no condensation) Operating: 20-80 (no condensation) / Storage: 20-95 (no condensation)
Warranty 3 years 3 years


Blackfly S BFS-U3-51S5M Supported Pixel Formats


8-bit 10-bit 12-bit 16-bit
mono8 mono10p mono12p mono16
mono10packed mono12packed

Blackfly S BFS-U3-51S5M Frame Rate Table


Width Height Mono8
(8-bit)
Mono12p
(12-bit)
Mono12packed
(12-bit)
Mono16
(16-bit)
ISP Binning
Horizontal
Binning
Vertical
Decimation
Horizontal
Decimation
Vertical
ADC
2448 2048 73 37 37 25 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
1920 1200 135 91 91 59 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
800 600 261 261 261 260 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
600 800 199 199 199 198 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
640 480 321 321 321 319 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
480 640 246 246 246 245 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
320 240 592 592 592 590 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
240 320 462 462 462 460 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
2448 2048 68 40 40 26 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
1920 1200 114 105 105 64 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
800 600 221 221 221 221 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
600 800 168 168 168 168 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
640 480 271 271 271 271 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
480 640 208 208 208 208 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
320 240 501 501 501 501 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
240 320 391 391 391 391 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
2448 2048 24 24 24 24 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
1920 1200 40 40 40 40 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
800 600 78 78 78 78 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
600 800 60 60 60 60 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
640 480 96 96 96 96 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
480 640 74 74 74 74 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
320 240 178 178 178 178 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
240 320 139 139 139 139 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
2448 2048 24 24 24 24 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
1920 1200 40 40 40 40 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
800 600 78 78 78 78 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
600 800 60 60 60 60 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
640 480 96 96 96 96 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
480 640 74 74 74 74 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
320 240 178 178 178 178 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
240 320 139 139 139 139 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit

Blackfly S BFS-U3-51S5C Supported Pixel Formats


8-bit 10-bit 12-bit 16-bit 24-bit 32-bit
bayerrg8 ycbcr411_8 bayerrg12p ycbcr422_8 bgr8 bgra8
rgb8packed bayerrg10p mono12p yuv422packed ycbcr8
mono8 mono10p bayerrg12packed bayerrg16 yuv444packed
yuv411packed mono12packed mono16
bayerrg10packed
mono10packed

Blackfly S BFS-U3-51S5C Frame Rate Table


Width Height BayerRG8
(8-bit)
BayerRG10p
(10-bit)
BayerRG10packed
(10-bit)
BayerRG12p
(12-bit)
BayerRG12packed
(12-bit)
BayerRG16
(16-bit)
ISP Binning
Horizontal
Binning
Vertical
Decimation
Horizontal
Decimation
Vertical
ADC
2448 2048 73 49 37 37 37 25 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
1920 1200 135 127 91 91 91 59 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
800 600 261 261 261 261 261 260 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
600 800 199 199 199 199 199 198 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
640 480 321 321 321 321 321 319 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
480 640 246 246 246 246 246 245 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
320 240 592 592 592 592 592 590 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
240 320 462 462 462 462 462 460 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
2448 2048 68 56 40 40 40 26 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
1920 1200 114 114 105 105 105 64 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
800 600 221 221 221 221 221 221 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
600 800 168 168 168 168 168 168 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
640 480 271 271 271 271 271 271 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
480 640 208 208 208 208 208 208 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
320 240 501 501 501 501 501 501 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
240 320 391 391 391 391 391 391 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
2448 2048 24 24 24 24 24 24 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
1920 1200 40 40 40 40 40 40 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
800 600 78 78 78 78 78 78 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
600 800 60 60 60 60 60 60 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
640 480 96 96 96 96 96 96 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
480 640 74 74 74 74 74 74 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
320 240 178 178 178 178 178 178 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
240 320 139 139 139 139 139 139 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
2448 2048 24 24 24 24 24 24 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
1920 1200 40 40 40 40 40 40 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
800 600 78 78 78 78 78 78 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
600 800 60 60 60 60 60 60 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
640 480 96 96 96 96 96 96 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
480 640 74 74 74 74 74 74 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
320 240 178 178 178 178 178 178 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
240 320 139 139 139 139 139 139 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit