Specifications and Frame Rates

General Specifications


Blackfly S BFS-U3-200S6M-BD Blackfly S BFS-U3-200S6C-BD
Firmware Version 1905.0.70.0 1905.0.70.0
Model Name Blackfly S BFS-U3-200S6M-BD Blackfly S BFS-U3-200S6C-BD
Resolution 5472x3648 5472x3648
Frame Rate 18 FPS 18 FPS
Megapixels 20 MP 20 MP
Sensor Sony IMX183, CMOS, 1" Sony IMX183, CMOS, 1"
Readout Method Rolling shutter with global reset Rolling shutter with global reset
Pixel Size 2.4 μm 2.4 μm
Lens Mount Lens mount sold separately Lens mount sold separately
ADC 10-bit / 12-bit 10-bit / 12-bit
Minimum Frame Rate 1 FPS 1 FPS
Gain Range 0.0 to 27.0457 dB 0.0 to 27.0457 dB
Exposure Range 11.0 μs to 30.0 S 11.0 μs to 30.0 S
Acquisition Mode Continuous, Single Frame, Multi Frame Continuous, Single Frame, Multi Frame
Partial Image Modes Pixel binning, ROI Pixel binning, ROI
Image Processing Gamma, lookup table, and sharpness Color correction matrix, gamma, lookup table, saturation and sharpness
Sequencer Up to 8 sets using 5 features Up to 8 sets using 5 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 N/A N/A
Non-isolated I/O 4 bi-directional 4 bi-directional
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 5 V via USB 3.1 interface 5 V via USB 3.1 interface
Power Consumption 3 W 3 W
Dimensions/Mass 29 mm x 29 mm x 10 mm / 10 g 29 mm x 29 mm x 10 mm / 10 g
Machine Vision Standard USB3 Vision v1.0 USB3 Vision v1.0
Compliance CE, FCC, RoHS, REACH. The ECCN for this product is: EAR099 CE, FCC, 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

Frame rates are measured with Device Link Throughput Limit of 380 MBps and Acquisition Frame Rate disabled. Exposure and gain values are the same in binning and no binning modes.


Blackfly S BFS-U3-200S6M-BD Supported Pixel Formats


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

Blackfly S BFS-U3-200S6M-BD Frame Rate Table


Width Height Mono8
(8-bit)		 Mono10p
(10-bit)		 Mono12p
(12-bit)		 Mono16
(16-bit)		 ISP Binning
Horizontal		 Binning
Vertical		 Decimation
Horizontal		 Decimation
Vertical		 ADC
5472 3648 16 11 8 6 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
3072 1620 23 23 23 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
1080 1920 23 23 23 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
720 1280 23 23 23 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
600 800 23 23 23 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
640 480 23 23 23 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
480 640 23 23 23 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
320 240 23 23 23 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
240 320 23 23 23 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
5472 3648 17 11 9 6 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
3072 1620 22 22 22 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
1080 1920 22 22 22 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
720 1280 22 22 22 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
600 800 22 22 22 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
640 480 22 22 22 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
480 640 22 22 22 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
320 240 22 22 22 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
240 320 22 22 22 20 Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
5472 3648 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
3072 1620 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
1080 1920 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
720 1280 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
600 800 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
640 480 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
480 640 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
320 240 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
240 320 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
5472 3648 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
3072 1620 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
1080 1920 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
720 1280 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
600 800 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
640 480 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
480 640 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
320 240 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
240 320 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit

Blackfly S BFS-U3-200S6C-BD Supported Pixel Formats


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

Blackfly S BFS-U3-200S6C-BD Frame Rate Table


Width Height BayerRG8
(8-bit)		 BayerRG10p
(10-bit)		 BayerRG12p
(12-bit)		 BayerRG16
(16-bit)		 BGR8
(24-bit)		 BGRa8
(32-bit)		 ISP Binning
Horizontal		 Binning
Vertical		 Decimation
Horizontal		 Decimation
Vertical		 ADC
5472 3648 16 11 8 6 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
3072 1620 23 23 23 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
1080 1920 23 23 23 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
720 1280 23 23 23 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
600 800 23 23 23 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
640 480 23 23 23 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
480 640 23 23 23 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
320 240 23 23 23 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
240 320 23 23 23 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
5472 3648 17 11 9 6 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
3072 1620 22 22 22 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
1080 1920 22 22 22 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
720 1280 22 22 22 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
600 800 22 22 22 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
640 480 22 22 22 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
480 640 22 22 22 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
320 240 22 22 22 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
240 320 22 22 22 20 N/A N/A Off 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
5472 3648 6 6 6 6 6 4 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
3072 1620 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
1080 1920 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
720 1280 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
600 800 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
640 480 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
480 640 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
320 240 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
240 320 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 10-bit
5472 3648 6 6 6 6 6 4 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
3072 1620 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
1080 1920 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
720 1280 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
600 800 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
640 480 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
480 640 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
320 240 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit
240 320 6 6 6 6 6 6 On 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor/1xISP 1xSensor 1xSensor 12-bit