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1.8 Quickstart
• System Requirements (p. 19)
• Installing the mvIMPACT Acquire driver (p. 20)
• Connecting The Camera (p. 25)
• Driver concept (p. 25)
• Relationship between driver, firmware and FPGA file (p. 28)
• Settings behaviour during startup (p. 32)
• Optimizing USB Performance (p. 34)
• Using mvBlueFOX cameras In A Docker Container (p. 35)
1.8.1 System Requirements
The mvBlueFOX is an industrial camera which requires a reliable USB connection to the host system.
For this reason the following components are recommended:
Component Recommendation
Processor Preferably multi core Intel or ARM CPUs
RAM 4 GB in 32-bit OS; 8 GB in 64-bit OS
Mainboard USB connectors
There is a huge variety of ARM based devices available on the market. Some suitable platforms have been tested by
MATRIX VISION and a summery of the results of this test can be found here: Appendix C. Tested ARM platforms
(p. 219)
Please ask your system vendor for further advice and consult our technical documentation.
1.8.1.1 Supported Operating Systems
1.8.1.1.1 Windows The following versions of Windows are supported officially:
• Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows 11
Other Windows versions might work as well but will not be tested on a regular basis.
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