Flir

We have 3 Flir Blackly S cameras on the WATonomous car that need to be mounted.

• Image resolution of 1920x1200 at 36FPS

1920x1200 → 1024x1024

We down scale to 1024x1024

The overview is super helpful.

• https://www.flir.ca/support/products/blackfly-s-gige/#Overview

The URDF of the camera is here:

• https://github.com/ros-drivers/flir_camera_driver/blob/humble-devel/flir_camera_description/launch/demo.launch.py It is over gige.

https://www.flir.ca/products/blackfly-s-gige/

Need to check the specs based on the specific model.

From Discord channel, it seems to be this? To confirm, should take picture

• https://www.flir.ca/products/blackfly-s-gige/?model=BFS-PGE-31S4C-C

It depends on the lens. What lens do we use?

• There are these cables
• Fujinon 12.5mm 2/3inch C mount Lens
• Tamron 12mm 1/1.2inch C mount Lens
• Tamron 16mm 1/1.2inch C mount Lens
• Tamron 25mm 1/1.2inch C mount Lens

Installing

sudo apt install ros-$ROS_DISTRO-spinnaker-camera-driver

The one we have is 35FPS.

Time synchronization

• https://www.flir.com/support-center/iis/machine-vision/application-note/configuring-synchronized-capture-with-multiple-cameras/?srsltid=AfmBOorGW9D5vawdM6aluCmKGZ6uAYZhUywZs9RTRX66DJZPoNeid5bJ