Equipped with the newest generation of sensors, these small and lightweight Alvium U cameras deliver high image quality and frame rates at the best price-performance ratio. With its USB3 Vision compliant interface and industrial-grade hardware, it is your workhorse for different machine vision applications whether it is on a PC-based or an embedded system.
First Pick For Machine Vision
Benefit From High Image Quality At A Great Price-Performance Ratio!
- USB 3.1 Gen 1
- USB3 Vision compliant
- Up to 688 frames per second
- Intelligent power management
- Connector with screw locks
Built for Your Vision
Alvium U Is The Perfect Camera For You If:
- You're looking for a reliable and efficient USB3 Vision solution with intelligent power management
- You need high image quality at a great price-performance ratio
- You demand high-resolution imaging with up to 24.6 megapixels and fast frame rates up to 688 frames per second
- You want high-precision sensor alignment for reliable image reproduction quality
// Benefits At A Glance
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Various sensors: Select between CMOS sensors from ON Semi and Sony, including SWIR, UV, and NIR (near infrared), for your individual applications.
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Image reproduction quality: Get the best out of your lens-to-sensor combination by high-precision Alvium Sensor Alignment.
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Intelligent power management: Design low-power or even battery-powered systems.
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USB 3.1 Gen 1: Install our VIMBA X and get your first images easily.
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Industrial-grade hardware: Design reliable applications by the Micro-B USB 3.1 Gen 1 connector with screw locks.
// Features
- Resolution: Up to 24.6 megapixels
- Sensor: CMOS global and rolling shutter sensors from Sony and ON Semi
- Frame rates: Up to 688 frames per second
- Housing options: Bare Board, Open Housing, or Closed Housing
- Lens mount options: C-Mount, CS-Mount, or S-Mount
- Chroma: Monochrome, color
- Spectral sensitivity: from ultraviolet (UV) to shortwave infrared (SWIR)
// Liquid Lens Module
Dynamic autofocus for varying distances
Allied Vision has teamed up with Optotune to enable customers to benefit from the advantages of liquid lens functions. Allied Vision’s compact and flexible Alvium GigE Vision (Alvium G1, Alvium G5) and USB3 Vision cameras and liquid lenses from Optotune make a perfect team. Allied Vision cameras not only support the liquid lens functionality, but Allied Vision also completes the package with a Y-cable connecting the I/O port of the camera with the lens and external power for the lens.
Benefits for the customer:
- Ability to dynamically adjust focus
- Rapid and precise imaging even at changing distances;
- Flexibility in applications where objects are moving quickly
- Remaining signals from the I/O port are available to the M12 connector
- No need for external autofocus algorithm or external drivers to operate the lens
- Y-cable connecting the I/O port of the camera with the lens and external power for the lens available
// The Right Accessories For Every Application
The Alvium 1800 U camera series can be equipped with several accessories. Click the button below to see compatible lenses, interface and I/O connections, and tripod adapters.
- USB cables: Various lengths with screw lock
- Interface connections: 2-port host adapter card
- Lenses: Tested C-Mount and S-Mount lenses
- Mounting adapter: Adapts between metric and imperial threads
- Trigger and I/O cables: Cables with different length and shielding class
// Perfectly Connected – Thanks To Powerful Software
Have you heard of Vimba X, our new fully GenICam-compliant SDK (software development kit)?
Thanks to our in-house software you can easily integrate our cameras into any system and manage them centrally.
Vimba X runs on Windows 10 and 11, Linux, Linux ARM, and macOS (all 64-bit).
With Vimba X, you can acquire images and control your Allied Vision camera instantly, program complex vision applications or connect to third-party libraries.
