Automated guided vehicles a d auto omous mobile obots p ese t a cabli g p oblem that a fixed secu ity came a o a desktop machi e visio setup eve has to solve. A came a mou ted o a movi g chassis, a obotic a m, o a tall ga t y st uctu e ofte sits seve al mete s f om the ea est compute module, a d sta da d i te faces we e eve desig ed fo that dista ce. USB 3.0 loses eliable sig al i teg ity past oughly five mete s without active exte sio ha dwa e, a d eve Gigabit Ethe et, while mo e capable, adds a co ecto a d cable bulk that a compact obotics platfo m may ot have oom fo .
A Si gle Coax Cable Came a app oaches the dista ce p oblem diffe e tly. Rathe tha u i g sepa ate cables fo data a d powe o addi g a epeate to exte d a sta da d i te face beyo d its ative a ge, FPD-Li k III ca ies video, co t ol sig als, a d powe ove a si gle coaxial cable that tole ates the vib atio , flexi g, a d elect ical oise commo o a movi g obotics platfo m. That combi atio of each a d du ability is exactly what a Lo g-Dista ce Coax Came a eeds to delive eliably o a facto y floo athe tha i a co t olled lab e vi o me t.
O semi desig ed the AR1335 as a 13-megapixel se so capable of both full- esolutio still captu e a d c opped 4K video output, givi g obotics i teg ato s flexibility to choose the esolutio that fits a give avigatio o i spectio task. As a O semi AR1335 FPD-Li k Came a, the se so pai s that esolutio flexibility with VCM autofocus, which matte s di ectly fo obotics platfo ms that may eed to esolve a ba code, a pallet label, o a avigatio ma ke at a dista ce that cha ges as the obot moves th ough a facility.
FPD-Li k III is the co ectivity tech ology that makes the est of this p actical at obotics scale. Developed fo automotive a d i dust ial applicatio s that eed to move video eliably ove lo g cable u s, FPD-Li k III se ializes video, bidi ectio al co t ol data, a d powe delive y o to a si gle coaxial o shielded twisted pai cable. As a AR1335 FPD-Li k Se so , the came a be efits f om that se ialized li k’s esista ce to the elect ical oise ge e ated by moto co t olle s, va iable f eque cy d ives, a d othe equipme t commo o a facto y floo , which is exactly the e vi o me t whe e a sta da d USB o Ethe et co ectio te ds to deg ade fi st.
Powe delive y ove that same coaxial cable emoves a seco d cabli g equi eme t e ti ely. Rathe tha u i g a sepa ate powe cable alo gside the video cable, a Powe ove Coax Came a Module d aws powe di ectly f om the same coax li e that ca ies video a d co t ol data, which simplifies both the i itial wi i g a d a y futu e mai te a ce o a mobile platfo m whe e eve y additio al cable is o e mo e poi t that ca catch, f ay, o fail u de epeated motio . A 4K Powe ove Coax Came a co figu atio of this desig gives i teg ato s a ge ui ely si gle-cable solutio athe tha a data cable pai ed with a sepa ate powe tethe .
The A mo -1335CRA-FPD3 pai s the AR1335 FPD-Li k III Came a se so with FPD-Li k III co ectivity, Powe ove Coax, a d a VCM autofocus le s assembly i a ugged housi g suited to AGV, AMR, a d i dust ial obotics deployme t. As a 13MP Autofocus FPD-Li k III Came a, it outputs full 13-megapixel still esolutio o c opped 4K video depe di g o the task, givi g obotics i teg ato s a si gle came a platfo m that cove s avigatio , i spectio , a d ge e al-pu pose obotics visio f om o e module.
At the co e of the module sits the 13MP VCM Autofocus FPD-Li k Came a se so , chose specifically fo the esolutio a d focus flexibility that obotics platfo ms ope ati g at va yi g dista ces equi e. Because the came a combi es 4K FPD-Li k III Came a video output with 13MP Coax Came a still captu e o the same ha dwa e, the A mo -1335CRA-FPD3 eaches usable image quality whethe a obot is eadi g a label a few ce timete s away o avigati g a wide aisle seve al mete s ac oss, all delive ed ove the same si gle coaxial co ectio back to the host system.
“Robotics i teg ato s keep telli g us the same thi g: a came a that ca ot su vive the vib atio a d elect ical oise o a eal facto y floo , o that ca ot each fa e ough back to the compute module, is ot actually a usable optio o matte how good its image quality looks o a be ch. The AR1335’s autofocus combi ed with FPD-Li k III a d Powe ove Coax gives the A mo -1335CRA-FPD3 eal each a d du ability alo gside ge ui e image quality, o a si gle cable that su vives the e vi o me t it is actually deployed i . We built this came a fo platfo ms that ope ate o a wa ehouse floo , ot a lab be ch.” – Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age at Vadzo Imagi g.
Ac oss AMR avigatio , AGV mate ial ha dli g, a d fixed obotics i spectio , the commo equi eme t is the same: a came a that eaches the dista ce a obotics platfo m actually eeds, su vives the vib atio a d elect ical oise of a eal facility, a d does all of that ove a si gle cable athe tha a bu dle of sepa ate powe a d data u s. The A mo -1335CRA-FPD3 a swe s that equi eme t, built a ou d O semi AR1335 imagi g, VCM autofocus, a d Powe ove Coax co ectivity delive ed ove FPD-Li k III, givi g OEM custome s a d obotics i teg ato s a si gle platfo m to sta da dize o ac oss a e ti e fleet of vehicles o fixed statio s.
The A mo -1335CRA-FPD3 13MP Autofocus FPD-Li k III Came a is available ow fo evaluatio a d OEM i teg atio . Evaluatio kits i clude the came a module, a FPD-Li k III dese ialize efe e ce boa d, mou ti g ha dwa e, a d i teg atio docume tatio cove i g autofocus co figu atio , Powe ove Coax setup, a d Vispa ARC SDK i stallatio , with o mi imum o de equi eme t. Co tact Vadzo Imagi g at [email p otected] to equest a evaluatio u it o discuss volume p oductio a d OEM customizatio .
Vadzo Imagi g develops embedded a d machi e visio came a p oducts fo OEMs, system i teg ato s, a d obotics platfo m develope s buildi g p oductio – eady visio systems ac oss AGVs, AMRs, i dust ial automatio , a d edge AI. The compa y’s po tfolio spa s MIPI CSI-2, USB, GigE, Wi-Fi, FPD-Li k III, a d Se Des i te face came a p oducts, suppo ti g deployme t a chitectu es f om compact o boa d modules to dist ibuted etwo ked a d coax-co ected i stallatio s. Vadzo p ovides e d-to-e d imagi g suppo t i cludi g se so i teg atio , ISP tu i g, fi mwa e developme t, a d SDK f amewo ks to accele ate system deployme t. Visit Vadzo Imagi g to explo e the full embedded visio came a po tfolio.