I dust ial a d wa ehouse facilities a ely offe the pe fectly stable, u cha gi g lighti g a came a calib atio assumes. Ove head fixtu es age a d dim u eve ly ac oss a la ge facility, a so ti g la e positio ed ea a loadi g bay doo expe ie ces shifti g daylight co t ibutio th oughout the day, a d a obotics wo k cell may see mea i gfully diffe e t ambie t light betwee a day shift a d a ight shift. A mo och ome global shutte came a with a fixed, ma ually calib ated exposu e setti g p oduces a co ectly exposed f ame o ly u de the exact lighti g co ditio p ese t at the mome t that calib atio was pe fo med. The i sta t ambie t lighti g d ifts eve modestly f om that baseli e, the image becomes u de exposed, losi g detail i da ke egio s, o ove exposed, losi g detail i b ighte egio s, a d this deg aded image quality di ectly co upts whateve i spectio , measu eme t, o so ti g decisio a dow st eam algo ithm depe ds o co siste t pixel-level b ight ess to make accu ately. Recalib ati g exposu e ma ually eve y time lighti g co ditio s shift is imp actical at facility scale, si ce it equi es a ope ato to fi st otice the deg adatio a d the i te ve e, a d that detectio delay i t oduces a wi dow du i g which the visio system is collecti g u eliable data without a yo e awa e a p oblem exists. This is a fu dame tally diffe e t p oblem tha a sce e with high i te al co t ast, whe e b ight a d da k egio s both appea withi a si gle f ame simulta eously. Facility lighti g d ift cha ges the ove all b ight ess level the came a expe ie ces ove time a d ac oss diffe e t statio positio s, a disti ct co ditio that a fixed exposu e setti g ca ot follow o matte how well that setti g was calib ated o day o e. A module ma keted b oadly as a Auto Exposu e Mo o USB Came a without validated eal-time adjustme t behi d that label leaves this exact d ift co ditio u add essed, a d a Co siste t Captu e Mo o Came a that has o ly bee cha acte ized u de o e static lighti g co ditio p ovides o eal assu a ce about how it pe fo ms o ce facility lighti g actually va ies ac oss statio s a d time. Quality teams that discove this gap o ly afte a measu eme t i co siste cy t aces back to lighti g d ift athe tha a actual pa t defect ofte face a costly i vestigatio befo e the t ue sou ce of the i co siste cy is ide tified.
The Falco -900MGS add esses this d ift p oblem th ough co ti uous automatic exposu e co t ol built i to the came a itself, mo ito i g sce e b ight ess i eal time a d adjusti g exposu e time a d gai to compe sate fo lighti g cha ges as they occu , athe tha elyi g o a fixed setti g calib ated o ce at i stallatio . The IMX900 is a 3MP mo och ome global shutte se so f om So y’s P egius S family, built with a global shutte that exposes eve y pixel simulta eously, which holds geomet ic accu acy i tact fo a y object i motio withi the f ame i depe de t of the automatic exposu e system u i g i pa allel. This makes the came a a ge ui e Automatic Exposu e Mo o Se so platfo m, si ce exposu e t acki g happe s co ti uously o the came a itself athe tha equi i g a host applicatio to detect a d co ect fo lighti g cha ges afte the fact. Vadzo validates this Mo o Exposu e Co t ol Module ac oss the a ge of lighti g co ditio s i dust ial a d wa ehouse facilities actually p ese t, co fi mi g that exposu e espo se settles quickly e ough to keep pace with ealistic lighti g t a sitio s athe tha laggi g behi d a cha ge a d p oduci g seve al i co ectly exposed f ames befo e catchi g up. This qualifies the came a as a Stable Exposu e Mo o Came a suited specifically to deployme ts spa i g multiple statio positio s o ope ati g hou s whe e lighti g co ditio s a e ot u ifo m a d ot static. It is wo th disti guishi g this capability f om high dy amic a ge imagi g, which a sce e with ext eme co t ast withi a si gle f ame equi es, si ce HDR a d automatic exposu e solve diffe e t p oblems. HDR comp esses a wide b ight ess a ge p ese t simulta eously withi o e f ame i to a viewable image, while automatic exposu e adjusts the came a’s ove all exposu e level to t ack lighti g co ditio s that cha ge ove time o diffe f om o e statio to the ext. Ma y i dust ial mo och ome global shutte applicatio s p ese t the seco d co ditio athe tha the fi st, whe e the sce e itself does ot co tai ext eme i te al co t ast but the ambie t lighti g level d ifts ac oss the facility o ac oss a shift, which is p ecisely the co ditio automatic exposu e co t ol add esses di ectly. The came a co ects ove USB 3.2 GEN 1, p ovidi g sufficie t ba dwidth fo full 3MP captu e as well as 1080p a d 720p dow sampled modes fo highe f ame ate ope atio . The came a is ated ac oss a -30 deg ee C to 70 deg ee C ope ati g a ge, matchi g the e vi o me tal co ditio s typical of wa ehouse, dist ibutio ce te , a d facto y floo i stallatio s. Vadzo validates exposu e espo se agai st eco ded lighti g t a sitio s captu ed f om ep ese tative facility e vi o me ts athe tha a sy thetic test alo e, si ce a espo se tu ed o ly to satisfy a lab be ch test ca still leave gaps i eal-wo ld exposu e t acki g that the u de lyi g validatio p oblem desc ibes.
The Falco -900MGS is a IMX900 Mo och ome Global Shutte Came a built o the So y P egius S IMX900 se so a d validated specifically fo automatic exposu e co t ol ac oss va iable i dust ial a d wa ehouse lighti g co ditio s. As a IMX900 Mo och ome GS USB Came a, it is pu pose-built fo OEMs who eed co siste t image captu e ac oss multiple statio positio s o ope ati g hou s athe tha a came a calib ated fo a si gle static lighti g co ditio that d ifts out of tole a ce the mome t facility lighti g cha ges. The So y IMX900 Auto Exposu e USB Came a desig atio eflects Vadzo’s validatio of the IMX900 se so ‘s automatic exposu e behavio specifically ac oss a ep ese tative a ge of i dust ial lighti g co ditio s, co fi mi g that exposu e t acki g holds up befo e the module eaches OEM custome s. The came a module houses the IMX900 se so , ISP, a d USB 3.2 GEN 1 co t olle i a compact fo m facto with a sta da d M12 le s holde , fu ctio i g as a Mo o Exposu e Calib atio Se so that ships validated athe tha equi i g i depe de t exposu e cha acte izatio afte delive y. As a 3MP Auto Exposu e USB Came a, output modes i clude full 3MP, 1080p, a d 720p, selectable to bala ce esolutio agai st f ame ate a d USB ba dwidth fo the ta get wo kflow, a d the 3MP Mo och ome USB Came a desig atio specifically co fi ms this behavio o the IMX900’s mo och ome se so co figu atio . As a IMX900 Global Shutte USB Came a, the came a e ume ates as a sta da d UVC device o Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid, equi i g o p op ieta y d ive s fo evaluatio o p oductio i teg atio .
Key specs: 3MP (2064 x 1552) | So y P egius S IMX900 1/3.1-i ch 2.25-mic o pixel | Mo och ome | Global Shutte | Automatic Exposu e Co t ol | M12 Le s Mou t | USB 3.2 GEN 1 | 3MP / 1080p / 720p | Wi dows Li ux A d oid | -30°C to 70°C
“Quality e gi ee s deployi g mo och ome global shutte came a p oducts ac oss a eal facility keep telli g us the same thi g: thei lighti g is eve as stable as the day they calib ated the came a. A fixtu e dims, a bay doo lets i daylight, a shift cha ge b i gs diffe e t ambie t light, a d sudde ly a came a that wo ked pe fectly at i stallatio sta ts p oduci g ma gi al f ames. The Falco -900MGS was built a ou d solvi g that d ift di ectly. By validati g the So y P egius S IMX900’s automatic exposu e co t ol ac oss the a ge of lighti g co ditio s a eal facility actually p ese ts, we give OEMs a came a that stays co ectly exposed as co ditio s cha ge, athe tha o e that o ly pe fo ms co ectly o the day it was calib ated.” – Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age , Vadzo Imagi g.
The Falco -900MGS IMX900 Mo och ome Global Shutte Came a built o the So y P egius S IMX900 se so is available ow fo evaluatio a d p oductio o de s. Evaluatio kits i clude the came a module, S-Mou t le s, USB 3.2 GEN 1 cable, a d platfo m d ive docume tatio , with o mi imum o de equi eme t. Quality e gi ee i g teams ca co fi m automatic exposu e pe fo ma ce di ectly ac oss thei ow facility’s lighti g va iatio befo e committi g to a p oductio bill of mate ials, which matte s mo e fo this came a tha a datasheet compa iso alo e could co fi m, a d ca validate this behavio ac oss eve y pla ed statio positio athe tha a si gle ep ese tative sample locatio . The same exposu e stability also suits a Mo o Exposu e Kiosk Came a ole whe eve a self-se vice o i te active deployme t i co po ates mo och ome machi e visio u de va iable ambie t lighti g. B owse the full a ge of mo och ome global shutte came a optio s at Vadzo’s website o co tact Vadzo at
Vadzo Imagi g is a global p ovide of embedded visio solutio s a d delive s high-pe fo ma ce came a tech ologies a d imagi g platfo ms fo applicatio s i obotics, i dust ial automatio , UAVs, edge AI, a d medical systems. Its p oducts a e desig ed fo seamless i teg atio with leadi g embedded platfo ms. Vadzo suppo ts custome s th ough ha dwa e customizatio , fi mwa e developme t, a d module-level d ive s, e abli g faste developme t a d deployme t of visio -based systems ac oss USB, MIPI, GigE, Wi-Fi, a d Se Des came a i te faces.