Basler pulse
AREA SCAN CAMERAS
Compact, low-weight camera with elegant
metal housing
Most pristine and colorful images with
high-quality CMOS sensors
Your secure investment due to future-
proof USB3 Vision technology
Designed to fulfill long-term availability
Excellent price/performance ratio
OVERVIEW
Basler pulse – Your New Sophisticated
Partner in Elegant Design
In over 25 years of experience in the vision industry,
we have gathered the technical expertise to develop
cameras with the highest quality standards and
very attractive pricing. The pulse camera series
has been developed to meet the requirements of a
broad variety of vision applications, and combines
the established Basler quality with a lightweight and
small-size metal housing.
The Basler pulse is an ideal mix of latest technology
and sharp design. It offers a robust yet high quality
metal housing with tripod socket, and a CS-mount
which can easily be converted to C- or S-mount.
Equipped with the future-proof USB3 Vision inter-
face, the Basler pulse has great stability and impres-
sively low power consumption – only 1.3 watts. It also
provides backwards compatibility to USB 2.0.
With PGI, the pulse camera offers a proprietary new
feature set. PGI is a powerful in-camera image opti-
mization that improves your images using the full
speed of your camera, and has a unique combination
of features consisting of 5x5 debayering, color-an-
ti-aliasing, denoising and improved sharpness. This
gives you the opportunity to get the best pictures
directly from your camera without any additional
CPU load. Use the options of Basler pylon Camera
Software Suite to enable PGI, or change settings for
selected PGI components for optimal results. Learn
more about PGI at
www.baslerweb.com/PGI.
This compact camera is available with the newest
generation of CMOS sensor technology. These
sensors come with global or rolling shutter, and are
available in a broad variety of resolutions from 1.2
MP up to 5 MP. Thanks to frame rates from 14 up to
60 fps, this series is also a very good choice for live
images. The new image enhancement algorithms
offer precise image adjustments for specific project
requirements as well as for human vision.
The Basler pulse is suitable for the following appli-
cations, and several more:
Educational, routine, and scientific microscopy
Laboratory scientific, diagnostic equipment,
and automation
Ophthalmology
Dermatology
Patient positioning control and virtual patient
observation
Border and access control
People recognition, counting, and tracking
In-vehicle automatic license plate recognition
(ALPR)
Wheel alignment
If you are looking for a sophisticated high-quality
camera, the Basler pulse is the right solution for you
and your application!
Your benefits include:
Compactness: Very low weight, small size
and low power consumption
Easy system integration: Robust and high
quality metal housing incl. CS-mount and
tripod socket
Long-term availability of camera series
Secure investment: USB3 Vision interface as
one-cable standards-based solution
Comprehensive support for your operating
system
Excellent price/performance ratio
PGI
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TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Microscopy
In digital microscopy, cameras for image acquisition and
processing must provide outstanding image quality, excellent
color fidelity, fast live images and short reaction times.
Clear contrasts are essential for real-time monitoring,
documentation or reproducible analytics.
The pulse provides all these features, making it a great
fit for educational practice, routine laboratory, scientific
applications or process/quality control. With its multiple
resolution options, USB 3.0 interface, one-cable solution
and sophisticated design, the pulse is a natural choice
for a broad range of microscopy applications.
Dermatology
In dermatology, it is crucial to watch, document and
analyze skin texture, especially in the context of early
cancer diagnosis. Skin lesions are assessed and docu-
mented, and wound repair processes monitored. In
cosmetics, high resolution images of skin, hair and
scalp are used to measure and analyze a variety of
health parameters.
The pulse camera offers elegant design, durable housing,
and outstanding image quality. With its small size, ease
of integration and operation, it is a suitable choice for
dermatoscopy or cosmetic skin analysis.
People Recognition, Counting and Tracking
In retail shops, cameras support counting and tracking of
people to record customer behavior. Heat maps can
define areas of interest such as in advertising panels
and grocery displays. Together with face recognition
software, a customer’s age, gender or ethnicity can be
identified. This counting and profiling data helps to opti-
mize advertisement or product arrangements in stores.
With high image quality of up to 5 MP, the pulse series
is a perfect fit to provide data for precise profiling of
customers and their behavior. Its small and elegant
metal housing ensures a discreet installation.
In-Vehicle Automatic License Plate Recognition
Cameras deliver images for automatic license plate recog-
nition (ALPR), to support enforcement, tolling and police
investigation. Equipped with the simple-to-use USB 3.0
interface and tripod socket, the pulse camera can easily
be integrated into these mass surveillance systems.
For in-vehicle use, this system blends in well due to its
compact, elegant housing and one-cable set-up. With the
Aptina AR0134 (1.2 MP global shutter) sensor, the pulse
provides high image quality even with low light condi-
tions or moving targets, for a very attractive price.
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SOFTWARE
Basler pylon Camera Software Suite
n:
Get your free versio
/pylon
www.baslerweb.com
The pylon Camera Software Suite operates with all Basler line scan and area scan cameras - no matter what
interface they use. It offers stable, reliable and flexible data exchange between Basler cameras and PCs, for
Windows and Linux on x86 as well as on ARM based systems and OS X – at a very low CPU load.
pylon
Viewer
IP
Configurator CL
Configurator
Direct
Show
TWAIN
C++ API
C
.NET
GenICam XML File
XML
USB
Configurator
pylon Camera Software Suite
(Windows/Linux/OS X, 32/64 Bit)
USB3
Vision Driver
GigE Vision
Filter Driver
GigE Vision
Performance Driver
Camera Link
Configuration Driver
IEEE 1394
Driver
BCON
Adapter API
The architecture of the pylon Camera Software Suite is
based on GenICam Technology, which offers you easy
access to the newest camera models and the latest
features. Changes to an existing camera device in your
application essentially become a plug-and-play process.
An easy-to-use set of tools lets you configure the
camera’s interface. Use the
pylon Viewer
to set camera
parameters, to capture and display images, and to
evaluate the camera.
The pylon
USB3 Vision Driver
fully supports the USB3
Vision standard. It allows Basler USB 3.0 cameras to
use the full speed and bandwidth of USB 3.0 for image
transmission while reducing resource load and using
off-the-shelf hardware components.
The
pylon GigE Vision Drivers
quickly separate
incoming packets carrying image data from other
traffic on the network and make the data available
for use by your vision application while requiring the
lowest CPU resources.
The pylon
IEEE 1394b Driver
gives you access to a
well-established interface technology, and the pylon
Camera Link Configuration Driver
offers comfortable
access to all camera parameters of Basler’s latest
Camera Link families ace, aviator, and racer.
The
BCON Adapter API
allows easy implementation
of an adapter to communicate with the systems I²C
interface. A ready to use sample adapter implemen-
tation is also provided.
The pylon Camera Software Suite also contains a
powerful SDK that supports any type of application
development. The pylon package contains the following
main modules. Each one can be individually selected/
unselected during the installation process, preventing
the installation of unneeded modules on your system:
USB3 Vision Driver
GigE Vision Filter Driver
GigE Vision Performance Driver
IEEE 1394 Driver
BCON Adapter API
Camera Link Serial Communication Driver
pylon Viewer
SDK for all cameras; C, C++, .NET (C#, VB.NET, ...);
the ‘pylon for Linux’ version only supports the GigE
and USB 3.0 interface via a C++ API
The pylon Camera Software Suite can be downloaded
for free at
www.baslerweb.com/pylon.
For more infor-
mation on the installation process, refer to the pylon
Installation Guide. The helpful pylon Release Notes
contain all improvements and bug fixes since the
first pylon version.
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TECHNICAL DETAILS
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Specifications
Basler pulse
Camera
Resolution (H × V pixels)
Sensor
Sensor Size (optical)
Sensor Technology
Pixel Size [ m
2
]
Frame Rate [fps]
Mono/Color
Video Output Format
Interface
Exposure Control
Mechanical/Electrical
Dimensions (d × L)
Housing Temperature
Lens Mount
Power Requirements
Power Suspend Mode
Power Consumption (typical)
Weight (typical)
Conformity
Software/Driver
Driver
Operating System
Conformity
Basler pylon Camera Software Suite or 3rd party USB3 Vision Software
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
USB3 Vision, GenICam
38.8 mm × 28.2 mm
Up to 50°C
CS-mount
Via USB 3.0 interface
Yes, less than 20 mW, configurable
~1.3 W
<60 g
CE, RoHS, UL, USB3 Vision, USB-IF (in preparation)
1280 × 960
Aptina AR0134
1/3"
CMOS, global
shutter
3.75 × 3.75
54
1600 × 1200
EV76C570
1/1.8"
CMOS, global
shutter
4.5 × 4.5
60
Mono/Color
Mono (8,12), YUV 4:2:2 Packed (YCbCr 422), Bayer (8,12), RGB
USB 3.0
Programmable via the camera API
1920 × 1080
Aptina MT9P031
1/3.7"
CMOS, rolling
shutter
2.2 × 2.2
30
2592 × 1944
Aptina MT9P031
1/2.5"
CMOS, rolling
shutter
2.2 × 2.2
14
puA1280-54um/uc
puA1600-60um/uc
puA1920-30um/uc puA2500-14um/uc
Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
Latest specifications and availability can be found on our website www.baslerweb.com/pulse. Please visit www.baslerweb.com/manuals
for the detailed camera User’s Manual and www.baslerweb.com/thirdpartyfor information on third party software.
Dimensions
(in mm)
Ø38.8
Photosensitive
surface of the sensor
28.24
View A
A
max. 12.526
puA1600-60um/uc max. 12.071 + spacer ring 0.5 = 12.571
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37.4
20.1
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