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Using ROS with Spinnaker
Spinnaker has a package (flir_camera_driver) which bridges ROS and the Spinnaker SDK for use with Teledyne FLIR machine vision cameras. This application note provides a guide on how to use cameras with ROS and Linux Ubuntu 20.04 Spinnaker.
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Bogus warnings on non-Intel hosts
On host computers that have AMD processors, users may experience a benign warning
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Configuring a NI-MAX .icd File to Save Camera Settings
Not all camera settings are saved in an NI-MAX .icd file.
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Configuring default start-up settings the camera
This article describes how to configure the camera to use user-configured settings at power-up.
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Configuring Grasshopper GRAS-50S5 to output 5MP images at 15 FPS.
This article describes how to put the GRAS-50S5 into a 5MP 15 FPS mode, and the method used by the camera to achieve this data rate.
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Creating color disparity images from mono images using Bumblebee2 and BumblebeeXB3 cameras
This article explains how to create color disparity images from Bumblebee2/XB3 cameras. By default, the Triclops API does not support color disparity images. Use the following code snippet from the triclopsDemo.exe to remap a mono disparity image into a color disparity image.
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Recommended codecs for AVI output in FlyCapture1 and Ladybug SDKs
This article provides recommendations for using third-party codecs to play AVI files produced from the FlyCapture 1.x and Ladybug SDKs.
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Determining my camera's firmware version
This article describes the different ways of determining the firmware version of your camera. For details on the numbering system for firmware and software, see "FLIR machine vision software and firmware version numbering systems".
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Some 1394b network configurations cause bus resets and image acquisition problems.
This article discusses one of the possible causes of freezing images and bus resets in some multi-node 1394b configurations.
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Stitching Ladybug images without using the Ladybug SDK
This article explains how to obtain stitched images from a Ladybug2 or Ladybug3 spherical camera on a system such as Linux that is not supported by the Ladybug SDK.
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Support for Windows 7 with FireWire Cameras
This article presents our official support of Windows 7 with FireWire cameras and the known issues users may encounter. Information on support for cameras on Windows 8 is found in "What Windows versions are supported by Spinnaker, FlyCapture, Ladybug, and Triclops SDKs?"
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Synchronizing image acquisition of multiple FireWire cameras.
This article describes how to synchronize the image acquisition of multiple Firewire cameras in a variety of different configurations.
