November 12, 2020
Ver1.06

USB3.0 InGaAs NIR CAMERAARTCAM-TNIR series
INSTRUCTION BOOKLET
0.32 M pixels ARTCAM-032TNIR
0.08 M pixels ARTCAM-009TNIRARTRAY CO., LTD.
- 1 -Contents
1. Attention ········································ 3
2. Introduction····································· 6
3. Main Features································· 6
4. The Product···································· 7
5. Connect the Camera ························ 76. Specifications·································· 87. Spectral sensitivity characteristics ······· 98. External Dimensions ························ 109. Optional function······························ 1110. System Requirements ······················ 15- 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 to prevent the risks of fires
and electric shocks. If the product is defective, please contact us for repair or exchange. For your safety, please do notdisassemble, 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 the heat 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 is being used. Thesurface 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 thecamera under strong lights even when the product is not being used because the sensor might be damaged.
Maintenance● Wipe the dirt on surface with soft cloth or tissue paper. Do not use alcohol, thinner or benzene to avoid damaging thesurface paints.

- 4 -■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, Tradeand Industry is required. It is also necessary for our company to manage the information of users and the purposes ofuse. 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, Trade and 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 the warranty 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 ofthe dispose, and make sure the disposed camera cannot be accessed or used 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 theusers’ 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 that is 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 2 kinds of NIR camera which adopts a 640 x 512 / 320 x 256 InGaAs (Indium galliumarsenide) sensor. The cameras have a high sensitive spectral response from 900 nm to 1700 nm.
ARTCAM-TNIR series adopts USB3.0 interface, so image data can be delivered to PC directly without a capture board.
Also, this camera is equipped with an on board memory which avoid data missing during transfer.

3. Main Features
・NIR Detection with High Sensitivity
The InGaAs sensor can detect radiation invisible to human eyes and CCD/CMOS cameras in the wavelength range
between 900 nm to 1700 nm bond.
・High Resolution, High Frame Rate
ARTCAM-032TNIR uses a higher resolution sensor of 640 x 512 pixel and delivers image at maximum 62.28
frame/second
ARTCAM-009TNIR uses 320 x 256 pixel sensor and delivers high-speed imaging maximum 228.1 frame/second.
・USB3.0 Interface
This camera adopts USB3.0 interface, so the data can be delivered to PC directly. No capture board is needed.
・InGaAs Camera Viewer Software
The camera comes with ArtMeasure the bonded viewer software (Windows 7/8/10). With this software, 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 other applications, weprovide SDK upon requests.
· NTSC / PAL
Analog output in NTSC / PAL system is possible.

- 6 -4. The Product1) Camera2) USB3.0 Cable Type A-microB connector cable, 3m approx.
3) AC adapter (DC12V)
4) Introduction Booklet5) Special viewer software/Device Driver CD6) Software Development Kit, ARTCCM-SDK<Options>
1) NIR Lenses (C Mount Lens)

5. Connect the Camera
5-1 How to connect a camera

DC12VAC adapter

NTSC compatible
TV monitors, etc.

5-2 Shutter Speed
The shutter speed can be set with standard viewer software.
ModelMethod

ARTCAM-032TNIR

Range : 0~10000(Exposure Time：1/1,000,000~1sec)
Exposure Time=Shutter Value x 100 [μsec]* When setting is 1 [μsec]

ARTCAM-009TNIR

Range : 0~10000(Exposure Time：1/1,000,000~1sec)
Exposure Time=Shutter Value x 100 [μsec]* When setting is 1 [μsec]- 7 -6. Specifications
ARTCAM-032TNIR

ARTCAM-009TNIRSensor TypeInGaAs Image Sensor

Number of effective pixels

640(H)x512(V)

320(H)x256(V)Resolution

640(H)x512(V)

320(H)x256(V)

12.8(H)x10.24(V)mm 1”6.4(H)x5.12(V)mm 1/2”

Active Imager
Size
Scan Mode

Progressive Scan

Pixel Size

20(H)x20(V)μm

Detected
900~1700nm
Wavelength≧99.63%Operability
Shutter Type
Frame Rate

Rolling Shutter / Global Shutter(Be available to change before shipping. The standard is Global Shutter.)
62.28fps

228.1fps

Shutter Speed

1/1000000 ~ 1sec

Detectivity

0.8 A/W

Full Well

1100Ke-1100Ke-CapacityA/D Resolution

14bitInterface

USB3.0 Bulk Transfer / NTSC Video Output

Synchronization System

Internal Synchronization / External Trigger Synchronization

Lens Mount

C Mount

External I/O terminal

HR10A-7R-6S(73) (HIROSE)

Power

DC12V

Power Consumption

Under Approx.10W

Operating Temperature/Humidity : 0~35°C/10~80%(Non condensing)Ambient Conditions
Storage Temperature/Humidity : 0~60°C/10~95%(Non condensing)

71.6(W)x61.5(H)x58.5(D)mm

71.6(W)x61.5(H)x58.5(D)mm*Lens, tripod mount and cables not included*Lens, tripod mount and cables not included

About 302 g

About 302 g

External Dimensions
WeightDepending on lens you use, our product might not reach the best condition and problems, such as the lowresolution and lightness, might occur.
Please consult our sales representative for the recommended lenses.

- 8 -7. Spectral sensitivity characteristics
7-1

ARTCAM-032TNIR/ARTCAM-009TNIR- 9 -8. External Dimensions
8-1

ARTCAM-032TNIR/ARTCAM-009TNIR

Drawing of the base without a tripod mount※ Specifications are subject to change.

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9. Optional Functions
9-1 External trigger function
ARTCAM-TNIR series are designed with external trigger.

(Following input circuit diagram applies to 032TNIR, 009TNIR)

HR10A-7R-6S(73) (HIROSE)※ The connector pin assignment is subject to change.

9-2 External output function
You can use the external output function by factory option.
It is possible to output and monitor the vertical synchronization, horizontal synchronization, exposure
time etc controlled inside the FPGA.

HR10A-7R-6S(73) (HIROSE)- 11 -

9-3 Each terminal information on the back of the camera

External
I/O terminal
HR10A-7R-6S(73)(HIROSE)
Analog output
NTSC/PAL

USB3.0
microB port

Power port
DC12V- 12 -

9-4 Trigger - Timing Diagram- 13 -

(option)※ For details on how to use please contact us.

※1：The readout time is fixed depending on the model.
032TNIR=(5.76us+(0.16us×160))×512+0.24us =16056.56us009TNIR=(4.32us+(0.16us× 80))×256+0.24us = 4382.96us※2：The polarity of external input signal can be set register bit.
The delay time between falling edge and exposure start- 14 -

10. Recommended PC
10-1 Recommended System Requirements●Host Controller
This camera is applicable to USB 3.0.
Connecting to USB 2.0 host controller may cause low-speed or failure to function properly.
●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] is necessary.)
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 themaximum frame rate.
(2) Use of other USB3.0 Hardware
The data on our camera/converter is transferred in bulk mode. For this reason, when using our camera/converter,
please avoid using other bulk transferred USB3.0 hardware such as Memory stick, External HDD, External DVD,
CDROM etc.
As a solution, we recommend installing a PCI USB host card to the PC and connect external USB hardware tothis port only.
(3) USB3.0 Cable Extension
We cannot guarantee the functionality of the USB3.0 camera if the user adopts USB3.0 extension cables orrepeaters which are not confirmed by us. With the extension cables or repeaters, the bandwidth of transfer may
differ, and thus caused malfunctions such as a low frame rate or recognition failure on the camera.
What may cause the problem is that the regulation of the power lines becomes not enough, and so causes
impudence mismatch on data signals.
*For the recommended extension cable, please contact our sales department.
(TEL: +81-3389-5488)

ARTRAY CO., LTD. Obtained ISO 9001: 2015 2018/9/17
1-17-5 Kouenjikita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 166-0002 JapanTel: +81-3-3389-5488
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