Fire-i™ Digital Board Camera

November 2001

Unibrain introduces the Fire-i™ Digital Camera, a FireWire low cost VGA color camera for general consumer use.

  • Focal length : 4.65 mm, non removable lens
  • Product name : as reported in FireWire : "Unibrain Fire-i™ 1.2"
 

2002

Some industrial customers include the inside of the Fire-i™ Digital Camera as OEM component in their productions.

  • Focal length : 4.65 mm, non removable lens
  • Product name : "Unibrain Fire-i™ 1.2"
 

July 2003

Electronic design and connections are improved for better electromagnetic compliance. Firmware is improved to increase picture quality.

  • Focal length : 4.65 mm, non removable lens
  • Product name : "Unibrain Fire-i™ 1.2"
 

August 2003

Fire-i™ Board color camera is introduced as official product. It differs from the full housed version by a different lens base, compatible with M12x0.5 standard.

  • Several compatible lenses are progressively introduced :
    2.1 / 4.3 / 12 mm focal
  • Product name : "Unibrain Fire-i™ 1.2"
 

March 2004

Fire-i™ Board camera monochrome version is introduced. Only difference is CCD and firmware. Product name differentiation is introduced:

  • "Unibrain Fire-i™ 1.2" for full housed color model
  • "Unibrain Fire-i™ BCL 1.2" for board color model, with M12x0.5 lens base
  • "Unibrain Fire-i™ BBW 1.3" for board monochrome model, with M12x0.5 lens base

Full housed model can be modified by customer with a M12x0.5 lens base, and can therefore accept different lenses than the standard original 4.65 mm

  

April 2005

Fire-i™ Board camera color RAW version is introduced. CCD is color but camera streams each pixel value in 8 bit like monochrome. There is no color processing inside the camera, user is free to select any algorithm for color reconstruction on computer side, based on Bayer array.

Product name: "Unibrain Fire-i™ BCR 1.2" for board color RAW model M12x0.5 lens base

  
     

May 2006

The Unibrain Fire-i board camera family becomes RoHS (Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electronic equipment) compliant, following the EU Directive 2002/95/EG.