December 8, 2022
Ver1.31USB2.0 I n G a A s NIR CAMERAARTCAM-TNIR series
INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

0.32M pixels

ARTCAM-031TNIR series

0.08M pixels

ARTCAM-008TNIR series

0.016M pixels

ARTCAM-0016TNIR series

ARTRAY CO., LTD.

- 1 -Contents
1.

Attention ................................................................................................................................................... - 3 -2.

Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. - 6 -3.

Main Features .......................................................................................................................................... - 6 -4.

The Product .............................................................................................................................................. - 7 -5.

Connect the Camera ............................................................................................................................... - 7 5.1.

How to connect a camera ............................................................................................................... - 7 -5.2.

Shutter Speed................................................................................................................................... - 7 -6.

Specifications ........................................................................................................................................... - 8 -7.

Spectral sensitivity characteristics ....................................................................................................... - 9 7.1.

ARTCAM-031TNIR ........................................................................................................................... - 9 -7.2.

ARTCAM-008TNIR ........................................................................................................................... - 9 -7.3.

ARTCAM-0016TNIR ....................................................................................................................... - 10 -8.

External Dimensions ............................................................................................................................. - 11 8.1.

ARTCAM-031TNIR ......................................................................................................................... - 11 -8.2.

ARTCAM-008TNIR ......................................................................................................................... - 12 -8.3.

ARTCAM-0016TNIR ....................................................................................................................... - 13 -9.

Optional Functions ................................................................................................................................ - 14 9.1.

External trigger function ............................................................................................................... - 14 -9.2.

Trigger - Timing Diagram (ARTCAM-031TNIR series) ............................................................. - 15 -9.3.

Trigger - Timing Diagram (ARTCAM-008TNIR series) ............................................................. - 16 -9.4.

Trigger - Timing Diagram (ARTCAM-0016TNIR series) ........................................................... - 17 -10.

System Requirements ....................................................................................................................... - 18 -10.1.

Recommended System Requirements .................................................................................... - 18 -- 2 -1. Attention■ About this manual
1．Before using the camera, please read this manual thoroughly.
2．Please keep this manual reachable and always refer to the contents when needed.
3．Please contact us if the manual is lost or damaged. We will provide a replacement.
4．We cannot guarantee the safety of improper uses of the camera.
5．For your safety, please follow the directions of this manual.
6．All contents are subject to change.
7．Images in this manual may have been simplified to be easier comprehended.
8．Please contact us if you find any unclear points or mistakes in this manual.
9．Quoting, copying or altering some or all parts of the manual without our permission is prohibited.
10．We are not responsible for any lost or damages on your profits due to the use of our products.
11．Please understand that our oversea branches do not provide maintenance or repair services.
■ About the Icons
To keep the safety of the user, other people and their properties, please pay attention to the following
icons.

Warning
If the user fails to follow the instruction, serious injury or death may occur.

CautionIf the user fails to follow the instruction, physical injury on human or damages on hardware may occur.

- 3 -■ For Safe Use

Warning●In following circumstances, please stop using the product and turn off the power immediately toprevent the risks of fires and electric shocks. If the product is defective, please contact us for repair orexchange. For your safety, please do not disassemble, modify or repair the camera on your own.
Please stop using the product and turn off the power immediately when:
・The product becomes smoky or gets extremely hot on the surface, or makes unusual smells or sounds.
・Foreign material or water gets into the product.
・The product falls and becomes damaged.
●Do not place the product on unstable surfaces. The product may be fallen and people may get hurt.

Caution●Do not expose the product to steam or fumes to avoid electric shocks and fires.
●Do not leave the product in high temperature places such as inside of vehicles or under direct
sunlight. High temperature may cause damages to the camera, or even cause fires.
●Do not cover the product with cloth or other materials. The product may get extremely hot and theheat may cause deformations on the parts or even cause fires.
●Please avoid dropping or shocking the product as the product may be damaged.
●Do not touch the cable with a wet hand. Such action may cause electric shocks.
●Please avoid continuously contacting the surface of the camera to your skin when the camera isbeing used. The surface temperature of the camera may cause burns.
■ Other Notices●Please do not use the camera under strong lights such as sun light for a long period. Also, please do
not expose the camera under strong lights even when the product is not being used because thesensor might be damaged.

- 4 -■ Maintenance●Wipe the dirt on surface with soft cloth or tissue paper. Do not use alcohol, thinner or benzene toavoid damaging the surface paints.
■ Export Control
This product is a List Control item subject to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act and its
relevant legislations No.1 10 (2) and (4). To export this product from Japan, obtaining export licenses
from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is required. It is also necessary for our company tomanage the information of users and the purposes of use. If the end users or purposes of use change
after the purchase and thus cause the need to apply export licenses from Ministry of Economy, Tradeand Industry, please contact the sales representative in advance.
■ CE marking
This camera complies with CE marking certification.
This camera meets the criteria listed below.
EMC Directive, 2014/30/EU

EN55032:2012

Class A (industrial)

EN55035:2017
RoHS Directive, 2011/65/EU

EN50581:2012

Category 9 (industrial monitoring and control instruments)■ Guarantee
To save the environment, we do not issue warranty in printed format. Instead, all records of thewarranty periods, delivery dates and the customer information are well kept in our system.
For more details, please refer to the sites below:
Hardware Warranty: http: //www.artray.us/download/artray_warranty.pdf■ Dispose
To dispose this product, please return the camera to us. If you decide to dispose the camera without
returning it us, please follow related regulations and have the camera disposed as an industrial waste.
Please always keep records of the dispose, and make sure the disposed camera cannot be accessed orused by any 3rd party.
■ Limited Responsibility
We do not guarantee the functions of this product or the descriptions on this manual to be completely
adapted to the users’ end applications or marketing purposes. We are also not held responsible for any
direct or indirect damages caused by our products under any circumstances.
Please do not use this product on applications that require high reliability. This product is not
manufactured to be used as medical, nuclear, aerospace, transportation equipment or equipment thatis highly related to human safety. We are not held responsible for any damages on the users’ property,equipment or personal safety caused by this product.
- 5 -2. Introduction
ARTCAM-TNIR series include 3 kinds of NIR camera which adopts a 640 x 512 / 320 x 256 / 128 x 128
InGaAs (Indium gallium arsenide) sensor. The cameras have a high sensitive spectral response from900 nm to 1700 nm.
ARTCAM-TNIR series adopts USB2.0 interface, so image data can be delivered to PC directly without acapture board. Also, this camera is equipped with an on board memory which avoid data missing duringtransfer.

3. Main Features●NIR Detection with High Sensitivity
The InGaAs sensor can detect radiation invisible to human eyes and CCD/CMOS cameras in thewavelength range between 900 nm to 1700 nm bond.

●High Resolution, High Frame Rate
ARTCAM-031TNIR uses a higher resolution sensor of 640 x 512 pixel and delivers image at 27.4
frame/second
ARTCAM-008TNIR uses 320 x 256 pixel sensor and delivers high-speed imaging at 90 frame/second.
ARTCAM-0016TNIR uses 128 x 128 pixel sensor and delivers high-speed imaging at 258 frame/second.

●USB2.0 Interface
This camera adopts USB2.0 interface, so the data can be delivered to PC directly. No capture card isneeded.

●TEC(Thermoelectric Cooling) Function
ARTCAM-031TNIR equipped with Thermoelectric Cooling function to improve the data reliability.

●InGaAs Camera Viewer Software
The camera comes with ART-VIEWER the bonded viewer software (Windows 7/8/10). With thissoftware, users can easily preview images, save images and change camera settings.

●Software Development Kit
For customer who prefers to create their own image processing software or use our camera with otherapplications, we provide SDK upon requests.
- 6 -4. The Product1) Camera2) USB Cable Type A-B connector cable, 3m approx.
3) AC adapter (DC12V)
4) Introduction Booklet
5) Viewer software/Device Driver CD6) Software Development Kit, ARTCCM-SDK<Options>
1) NIR Lenses (C Mount Lens)2) 5m extension cable with USB2.0 repeater

5. Connect the Camera
5.1. How to connect a camera

DC12VAC adapter

5.2. Shutter Speed
Shutter speed can be changed on the standard viewer software ART-Viewer.
The shutter speed is set directly on the sensor register, so please refer to the following formulas for thereal exposure time.
ModelMethod
Range : 0~65500(Exposure Time：1/185185.185~4.408sec)

ARTCAM-031TNIRExposure Time=(640+33)

x

Shutter Valuex

0.1 [μsec]*1. When setting is 0, 12*0.1 [μsec]*2. To drive at 640×512 pixels, 10.00MHz
Range : 1~32767(Exposure Time：1/25706~1.27sec)

ARTCAM-008TNIR

Exposure Time＝(320+69)

xShutter Valuex0.1 [μsec]* To drive at 320×256 pixels, 10.00MHz
Range : 5~65535(Exposure Time：1/1000000~1/76.29sec)
ARTCAM-0016TNIR

Exposure Time＝Shutter Valuex0.2 [μsec]*To drive at 128×128 pixels, 20.00MHz- 7 -6. Specifications
ARTCAM-031TNIR

ARTCAM-008TNIR

Sensor TypeARTCAM-0016TNIRInGaAs Image Sensor

Number of effective pixels

640(H)x512(V)

320(H)x256(V)

128(H)x128(V)Resolution

640(H)x512(V)

320(H)x256(V)

128(H)x128(V)Pixel Size

25(H)x25(V)μm

30(H)x30(V)μm

20(H)x20(V)μm

Active Imager Size

16.0(H)x12.8(V)mm 1.28”

9.6(H)x7.68(V)mm

2.56(H)x2.56(V)mm

Detected Wavelength

900~1700nm

950~1700nm

Shutter Type

Global Shutter

Scan Mode

Progressive Scan

Operability>99%

InterfaceUSB2.0 Bulk Transfer

A/D Resolution

12bit

Frame Rate

27.4fps

Shutter Speed

1/185185.185~4.408sec

Full Well Capacity

90fps

258fps

1/25706~1.27 sec

1/1000000~13.107 msec

12Detectivity
Gain

14bit

≥5x10 Jones-High Gain : 23.6μV/e-

High Gain : 13.3μV/e-

Low Gain : 1.26μV/e-

Low Gain : 0.7μV/e-

High Gain : 118Ke-High Gain : 170Ke-Low Gain : 1.9Me-Low Gain : 3.5MeExternal synchronization (trigger mode option)

Lens Mount

C Mount

Power

DC12V

Power Consumption

Under Approx.20W

External Dimensions
Weight-Internal synchronization (preview mode)

Synchronization System

Ambient Conditions-Operating Temperature/Humidity : 0~35°C/10~80%(Non condensing)
Storage Temperature/Humidity : 0~60°C/10~95%(Non condensing)
71.6(W)x61.5(H)x125(D)mm

71.6(W)x61.5(H)x51.5(D)mm

71.6(W)x61.5(H)x61.5(D)mm*Lens, tripod mount and cables not included*Lens, tripod mount and cables not included*Lens, tripod mount and cables not included

Approx. 400g

Approx. 250g

Approx. 260g

*Lens, tripod mount and cables not included*Lens, tripod mount and cables not included*Lens, tripod mount and cables not included

Depending on lens you use, our product might not reach the best condition and problems, such as thelow resolution and lightness, might occur.
Please consult our sales representative for the recommended lenses.

- 8 -7. Spectral sensitivity characteristics
7.1. ARTCAM-031TNIR

7.2. ARTCAM-008TNIR- 9 -7.3. ARTCAM-0016TNIR- 10 -8. External Dimensions
8.1. ARTCAM-031TNIR- 11 -8.2. ARTCAM-008TNIR

Drawing of the basewithout a tripod mount*The design has changed into the small case modelof this outline drawing for orders after Jan, 2013.

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8.3. ARTCAM-0016TNIR

Drawing of the base without a tripod mount- 13 -9. Optional Functions
9.1. External trigger function
ARTCAM-TNIR series are designed to work with external trigger.

(Following input circuit diagram applies to 031TNIR, 008TNIR, 0016TNIR)
Trigger input circuit diagramCamera

3.3V

R2TRIG
BNC

FPGA

R1

TLP521R1 = 1.0kΩ
R2 = 1.0kΩ
*Please advise us if you need this function when you place an order.

- 14 -9.2. Trigger - Timing Diagram (ARTCAM-031TNIR series)

No.

ITEM

TIME

t1

From the rising edge of external trigger input

1µs or less

Until rise of internal trigger signal(Delay due to photo coupler)t2

From the rising edge of the internal trigger input

26PCLK (1PCLK = 1/10000000s = 0.1µs)

Until the exposure starts
t3

Exposure time

Shutter speed setting value * 1H
* 1H = (effective horizontal pixel number + 33)* 1PCLKt4

Delay from completion of exposure to data transfer

4H

in the camerat5

Data transfer time (sensor to FPGA)

Number of effective vertical pixels * 1H

t6

From the completion of internal data transfer

30HTime until the next trigger input is enabled
t7

USB data transfer time

Approximately 16msec(depending on PC spec, USB transfer rate)- 15 -9.3. Trigger - Timing Diagram (ARTCAM-008TNIR series)

No.

ITEM

TIME

t1

From the rising edge of external trigger input

1µs or less

Until rise of internal trigger signal(Delay due to photo coupler)t2

From the rising edge of the internal trigger input

26PCLK (1PCLK = 1/10000000s = 0.1µs)

Until the exposure starts
t3

Exposure time

Shutter speed setting value * 1H
* 1H = (effective horizontal pixel number + 69)* 1PCLKt4

Delay from completion of exposure to data

4H

transfer in the camerat5

Data transfer time (sensor to FPGA)

Number of effective vertical pixels * 1H

t6

From the completion of internal data transfer

30HTime until the next trigger input is enabled
t7

USB data transfer time

Approximately 4msec(depending on PC spec, USB transfer rate)- 16 -9.4. Trigger - Timing Diagram (ARTCAM-0016TNIR series)

No.

ITEM

TIME

t1

From the rising edge of external trigger input

1µs or less

Until rise of internal trigger signal(Delay due to photo coupler)t2

From the rising edge of the internal trigger input

1PCLK (1PCLK = 1/5000000s = 0.2µs)

Until the exposure startst3

Exposure time

Shutter speed setting value * 1PCLK

t4

Delay from completion of exposure to data

4.55µstransfer in the camerat5

Data transfer time (sensor to FPGA)

3.84mst6

From the completion of internal data transfer

25.6µsTime until the next trigger input is enabled
t7

USB data transfer time

Approximately 4msec(depending on PC spec, USB transfer rate)- 17 -10. System Requirements
10.1. Recommended System Requirements●Host Controller
This camera is applicable to USB 2.0.
●CPUThe driver of this camera is applicable to computer architecture “x86” or “amd64”.
The specification of CPU effects directly the imaging process speed, therefore it is highly
recommended to utilize a high-end CPU if possible.
●Memory
In the viewer software, there is a data buffer which can store 4 to 8 frames.
Therefore, it is necessary to keep spare space at least for 8 frames in the memory.
(For example, when using 1.3MP color camera, 1280 x 1024 x 3 x 8 [byte] = 30[MB] isnecessary.)
It is highly recommended to keep enough memory space especially when using high resolution
camera.
●OSThis camera is applicable only to the architecture of Windows NT (32bit/64bit).
Standard functions are confirmed with OS after Windows 7.
In addition, it is recommended to use Windows 10.

Caution■Please refer the restrictions below when you use ARTCAM series.
(1) Recommended System Requirements
If the system specifications do not meet the requirements recommended above, it may be difficult
to run at the maximum frame rate.
(2) Connection of Multiple USB Devices
When connecting multiple USB devices to one USB host controller, some USB device may fail tofunction stably depending on the specifications of the host controller.
(Problem of power supply, data transfer bandwidth, etc.)
To avoid power supply problem, it is recommended to use powered USB hub.
(3) USB2.0 Cable Extension
We cannot guarantee the functionality of the USB2.0 camera if the user adopts USB2.0 extension
cables or repeaters which are not confirmed by us. With the extension cables or repeaters, thebandwidth of transfer may differ, and thus caused malfunctions such as a low frame rate orrecognition failure on the camera.
What may cause the problem is that the regulation of the power lines becomes not enough, and socauses impudence mismatch on data signals.
*For the recommended extension cable, please contact our sales department.
(TEL: +81-3389-5488)

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