Point Grey Flea3 FL3-U3 - 5.3 Supported Formats, Modes and Frame Rates

Point Grey Flea3 USB 3.0 Technical Reference 5 Video Formats, Modes and Frame Rates
Field Bit Description
Presence_Inq [0]
Presence of this feature.
0: Not Available, 1: Available
[1-30] Reserved.
Bayer_Mono_Ctrl
[31] Value
0: Disable raw Bayer output in mono modes, 1: Enable raw Bayer output in mono modes
Format:
5.3 Supported Formats, Modes and Frame Rates
The tables on the following pages show the supported pixel formats and mode combinations, along with achievable
frame rates at varying resolutions, for each camera model.
5.3.1 FL3-U3-13S2 Video Modes
5.3.1.1 FL3-U3-13S2 Standard Formats, Modes and Frame Rates
Models: •13S2M • 13S2C
Modes 3.75 FPS 7.5 FPS 15 FPS 30 FPS 60 FPS 120 FPS
1280 x 960 YUV422
• • (default) • • •
1280 x 960 RGB
• • • •
1280 x 960 Y8
•• •• • (default)• •• •• ••
1280 x 960 Y16
•• •• •• •• ••
5.3.1.2 FL3-U3-13S2 Custom Formats, Modes and Frame Rates
For FL3-U3-13S2 in Format 7 modes the image width must be a multiple of 16.
Many USB 3.0 PCI Express Gen 2.0 motherboards limit data rates to ~180MByte/s. The FlyCap2
Camera Selection dialog shows the supported PCIe bus speed. If you select a video format/mode
that requires data rates above what is supported, the camera will skip images.
For example: 1920 x 1080, 60 FPS, YUV422 = ~248 MB/s
Table 5.1: FL3-U3-13S2M Custom Formats, Modes and Frame Rates
Pixel Format 1328 x 1048 1280 x 960 640 x 480 320 x 240 160 x 120
8-bit (Mono) 120 120 120 120 120
12-bit (Mono) 97 109 120 120 120
16-bit (Mono, Raw) 73 81 120 120 120
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Revised 9/27/2012
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