VOXL Image Sensor Payload Options For Enterprise and Government Use Cases
Here at ModalAI® we understand the importance of using your drone as another set of eyes - especially for enterprise and government applications. Our VOXL computing platform is compatible with a diverse set of interfaces (on-board and add-on) which let us to support many image sensor payloads including electro-optical (EO) and infrared electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) sensors.
VOXL compatible image sensors can be purchased here.
Image sensor datasheets can be found here.
Many Use-cases Supported
| RGB Rolling Shutter | Global Shutter | Time of Flight (ToF) | Electro-Optical (EO) | Thermal and Infrared (EO/IR) | |
| Use Case | 4K FPV, Live video signal for navigation | Machine Vision, GPS-denied Navigation and Stereo Depth Mapping | High-fidelity depth mapping indoors up to 6m | Surveillance, security of sensitive sites, asset inspection | ISR night vision and thermal imaging |
| Interface | MIPI | MIPI | MIPI | MIPI to USB | USB |
| Example | Sony "Starvis" IMX412 | OV7251(Tracking and Stereo) | PMD ToF | Sony RX1R | FLIR Lepton and Boson |
Multiple Configurations of Concurrent Image Sensor Operation
| Interface | Type of Cameras | Information |
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MIPI-CSI2 (on-board VOXL) |
EO and RGB rolling and global shutter image sensors. Depth imagers such as PMD Time of Flight (TOF) and stereo cameras. The list of supported sensors includes: |
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| USB (UVC) | Webcams | Instructions |
| USB (libgphoto2) | Hundreds of DSLR and point-and-shoot cameras with varying capabilities based on support | Instructions |
| USB | FLIR Lepton and Boson |  |
*VOXL Flight Deck comes complete with: IMX214, OV7251 tracking and stereo image sensors
Want to add more image sensors?
For more details on the image sensor payloads VOXL supports, visit our technical docs page.