About this manual

Goal of the manual

This manual gives you an overview of the BVS CA-SF, Balluff's compact USB3 industrial camera family compliant to USB3 Vision™, its technical data and basic operation of the BVS CA-SF. Programming the device is detailed in a separate documentation, which will be available in an online format.

Contents of the manual

At the beginning of the manual, you will get an introduction to the possible usages of the camera. The following chapters contain general information about the camera including:

• Quickstart followed by
• Technical Data
• Sensor Overview
• Filters and lenses

The general information is followed by the description of the

• Software tools for the camera including the tools
• GenICam™ and advanced features introduces the GenICam™ and the advanced features of the camera (the cameras are GenICam™ compliant devices).
• Developing applications using the Impact Acquire SDK
• DirectShow developers documents Balluff's Impact Acquire to DirectShow interface(DirectShow_acquire).
• Troubleshooting shows how to detect damages and other inconveniences.
• Use Cases describes solutions for general tasks and
• A Glossary explains abbreviations and technical terms.

• Appendix A. Specific Camera / Sensor Data contains all data of the sensors like timings, details of operation, etc.
  • A.1 Pregius CMOS contains all data of the Pregius CMOS sensors like timings, details of operation, etc.
  • A.2 Starvis CMOS contains all data of the Starvis CMOS sensors like timings, details of operation, etc.
  • A.3 Polarsens CMOS contains all data of the Polarsens CMOS sensors like timings, details of operation, etc.
  • A.4 SenSWIR CMOS contains all data of the SenSWIR CMOS sensors like timings, details of operation, etc.
  • A.5 CMOS contains all data of the other CMOS sensors like timings, details of operation, etc.

• Appendix B. Product Comparison makes it possible to filter all features of the each camera which is available in the family. E.g. it is possible to look if a specific camera supports a specific feature.

• Appendix C. Tested ARM platforms contains a list of ARM platforms tested with this product and information on how to setup these systems for achieving optimal results