Unibrain 511 User Manual

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Unibrain Fire-i 501/511/601/701/702/810 Operation Manual 
 
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1. 
Introduction 
1.1. 
Overview   
Unibrain’s new Fire-i IIDC 1394a camera series opens up a new horizon on digital image processing by providing 
more features in a small and robust form factor while maintaining the cost effectiveness and high quality. All models 
are lined up by a wide range of resolution equipped with Firewire interface and trigger to suit the need for every 
application.  
Large selection of cameras is available and scheduled to be added to the Fire-i camera series which consist of 
various sensor sizes (1/2”, 2/3” 1/3”, 1/1.8”) and resolution (VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA, UXGA) both in color and black 
and white. The Unibrain 1394a digital camera series consist of the following models.   
Type 
Model Name 
CCD 
Resolution 
FPS at Max Resolution 
Black &   
White 
Fire-i 810b 
1/1.8” 
1600 x 1200 
16 
Fire-i 701b 
1/2” 
1388 x 1040 
20 
Fire-i 702b 
2/3 
Fire-i 610b 
1/3” 
1024 x 768 
36 
Fire-i 511b 
1/2” 
640 x 480 
86 
Fire-i 501b 
1/3” 
Color 
Fire-i 810c 
1/1.8” 
1600 x 1200 
16 
Fire-i 701c 
1/2” 
1388 x 1036 
20 
Fire-i 702c 
2/3” 
Fire-i 601c 
1/3” 
1024 x 768 
36 
Fire-i 511c 
1/2” 
640 x 480 
86 
Fire-i 501c 
1/3” 
 
New Features (September 2007 production models and later) 
Recent models have been enriched with new features such: Lookup table (LUT), additional external trigger modes (0 ~ 
5, 12, 13, 14, 15 – depending on the model), extended shutter speed (1 us ~ 3600 sec), RS232c pass through via 
firewire, Horizontal and Vertical binning modes (1x2, 2x2 for monochrome SXGA and UXGA models), optocoupler 
hardware trigger (SXGA, UXGA models) etc. 
 
Software support   
All cameras are fully supported from Unibrain’s Fire-i™ drivers and software and embed a Fire-i API™ SDK license. 
Latest versions of Fire-i™ software and SDK can be downloaded from our web 
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