Conversa® - Low Light USB Camera with Microphone
Conversa®, camera for conversation (See3CAM_CU38), is a 3.4 MP low light USB 3.1 Gen1 camera with built-in stereo microphone providing 16bit audio @48KHz. This low-light USB camera is the next advanced version of our flagship product See3CAM_CU30, with built-in stereo microphone for crystal clear sound. It is a plug-and-play (UVC and UAC) compliant USB 3.1 Gen1 SuperSpeed camera and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 host ports. It has S-mount (M12) lens holder which allows customers to choose and use the lens according to their requirement. It has a dedicated, high-performance Image Signal Processor chip (ISP) that performs all the Auto functions (Auto White Balance, Auto Exposure control).
Key Features of Conversa®
- Houses e-CAM36_CUMI0330_MOD - 3.4 MP AR0330 Color Camera Module
- Fixed Focus with M12 lens holder
- Electronic Rolling Shutter
- Output format: Uncompressed UYVY format and Compressed MJPEG format
- Plug-&-Play (UVC and UAC compliant - No drivers required) and Backward compatibility with USB 2.0 hosts with limited features and capabilities
- Frame Rate* :
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Resolutions USB 3.0 USB 2.0 UYVY MJPEG UYVY MJPEG 3.4MP (2304 x 1536) 24 fps & 12 fps 48 fps 5 fps & 2.5 fps 48 fps 3MP (2304 x 1296) 30 fps & 15 fps 60 fps 6 fps & 3 fps 60 fps 3MP (2048 x 1536) 42 fps & 21 fps 50 fps 5 fps & 2.5 fps 50 fps 1280P (1920 x 1280) 50 fps & 25 fps 50 fps 6 fps & 3 fps 50 fps FHD (1920 x 1080) 60,30 & 15 fps 60 fps 8 fps & 4 fps 60 fps 960P (1280 x 960) 52 fps & 30 fps 52 fps 14 fps & 7 fps 52 fps HD (1280 x 720) 60 fps & 30 fps 60 fps 16 fps & 8 fps 60 fps XGA+ (1152 x 768) 60 fps & 30 fps 60 fps 19 fps & 9.5 fps 60 fps VGA (640 x 480) 60 fps & 30 fps 60 fps 30 fps & 15 fps 60 fps - Supported OS - Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux and MAC **
- Connector/Interface type: USB 3.1 Gen 1 device with Type C reversible interface connector
- Stereo microphone providing 16 bit audio @ 48KHz
- Operating Voltage: 5V +/- 5%, Current - 512mA
- Operating Temperature Range: -30°C to 70°C
- Power requirements
- Max : 2.55W
- Min: 1.20W
- 10 pin GPIO header
- External Hardware Trigger input
- Digital Zoom - Upto 8x
- Size in mm (l x b x h): 30 x 30 x 30.2 mm (without lens & with M12 holder)
- Weight in Grams: 14 Grams (without lens)
19 Grams (with lens) - RoHS compliant
- Lightweight, versatile, and portable two-board solution
- Unique ID for each camera
- Launched on:
- * - Frame rate achieved is subject to ambient lighting of the scene and varies with light. Also varies with rendering Software
- ** - For MAC OS support, please contact sales@e-consystems.com
Camera Module Features:
Sensor:AR0330 from ON Semiconductor
Sensor Resolution and Optical Format:3.4 MP CMOS Image Sensor. 1/3" Optical format
Sensor type:3.4 MP CMOS Electronic Rolling Shutter Sensor
Image Signal Processor:External ISP
Output Format:Uncompressed UYVY format and Compressed MJPEG format
Sensor Features:
Pixel size:2.2μm x 2.2μm pixel
Sensor Active Area:2304(H) x 1536(V)
Responsivity:2.0 V/lux-sec (550 nm)
SNR:39 dB
Dynamic Range:69.5 dB
Shutter type:Electronic Rolling Shutter
Focus Type:Fixed focus
Array Size:2304 x 1536 pixels
DFOV: 3.4MP – 118°(with the lens provided by e-con)
Microphone Features :
Channels:2 (Stereo)
Bit depth:16 bit
Sampling Frequency:48 KHz
- Supported OS - Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux and MAC *
- Sample Application:
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- e-CAMView - Windows Camera application for Video Preview and Still Capture.
- QtCAM - Linux Camera application for Video Preview and Still Capture.
- Still Image Resolutions:
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- 3.4 MP(both MJPEG and BMP)
- Still Capture:
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- External trigger signal control
- Software application control
- Zero Shutter Lag:
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- 3.4 MP still capture with Zero-lag-shutter (*Not for cross resolution still captures)
- UVC Controls:
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- Brightness
- Contrast
- Sharpness
- Saturation control
- Gamma control
- Gain
- Exposure (Manual and Auto)
- White Balance (Manual and Auto)
- Digital Zoom (Upto 8x)
- Pan-tilt-zoom
- UAC Controls:
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- Audio properties (supports only 2 Channel (Stereo), 16bit @ 48KHz)
- Volume
- Mute
- Additional Capabilities:
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- Support for external trigger
- LED Strobe control
- Document Mode
- ROI based Exposure
- Q-Factor control
- Face Detection
- Smile Detection
- Orientation controls
- Frame Rate control
- Image capture - burst mode
- Exposure compensation
- Average Bit Rate
- * - For MAC OS support, please contact sales@e-consystems.com
- Customization of firmware and hardware as per customer requirement is possible. Please contact sales@e-consystems.com for more details.
Ordering Info:
Customers who own platforms that support USB 3.0 and are interested in evaluating the 3.4 MP USB camera module can directly buy the Conversa® from e-con Systems. Customer can order Conversa® with/without lens.
In addition to Conversa®, the evaluation kit comes with e-CAMView (Windows) / QtCAM (Linux) - Sample application for Video Preview and Still Capture along with the UVC Extension features (for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux and MAC *). For more details, please refer the evaluation kit contents below.
For all enquiries please write to sales@e-consystems.com
Kit Contents:
- Hardware:
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- Conversa® - 3.4 MP USB Camera with M12 Lens (S-Mount) Holder
- USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C Cable
- Lens (Optional)
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- Software: (Customers will have to download the software from e-con Developer Resource)
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- Supported OS: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Linux and MAC *
- e-CAMView (Windows) / QtCAM (Linux) - Video Preview and Still Capture Application
- Documents:
- * - For MAC OS support, please contact sales@e-consystems.com
Conversa® - Customization
- Do you need a different lens mount (C-mount/CS-Mount) ?
- Do you need assistance in choosing lens?
- Do you need lens correction?
- Do you want a smaller form factor?
- Do you need LED?
- Complete customization of firmware and hardware as per customer requirements. Please contact us for any customization and additional features.