Overview

UAV Vision's latest and most popular option for light weight, stabilised cameras is the gyro stabilised, multi-sensor CM160. The standard configuration is a combined EO/IR sensor array, however the user is able to customise the internal sensors to their particular application. Examples of sensors include colour cameras (EO), infrared (IR), Laser Range Finders (LRF) & Point Laser designators.

The CM160 is IP66 rated, meaning it is dust and water proof. Further, it can be mounted in a number of different orientations and it is suitable for operations for airborne platforms, land vehicles and sea vessels. The CM160 has been certified on a number of full sized aircraft and is an industrial grade camera gimbal made from only quality components.

The CM160 boasts a massive field of view. In the tilt axis the CM160 has a large 250 degree viewing angle and pan is continuous 360 degrees. This large viewing angle allows continuous tracking and surveillance of all objects in the viewing hemisphere. Split rings are used on the pan and tilt axis, so the camera gimbal never has to worry about wind up on any axis, and can continue to rotate on each axis indefinitely. For the airborne application, due to the large field of view, the CM160 is able to continue to track objects even when the aircraft is at large bank angles where other camera gimbals loose their targets.

The CM160 is your best choice for a high quality multi-sensor stabilised camera gimbal at an affordable price.

Benefits

Benefits of the CM160 include:

• No ITAR / Export restrictions
• A single gimbal solution for day and night operations
• The weatherproof (dust and water tight) design ensures the CM160 is suitable for many applications - air, land, sea
• Can be mounted in any orientation
• Proven safe and robust technology, being certified for a number of manned aircraft
• Can be tightly integrated with you current system or is completely plug and play with UAV Vision's range of communication and other modules to form complete end-to-end solutions
• Ideal for any platform - small to large:
  • Lightweight
  • Low power consumption
  • Small form factor
• No calibration required
• Users can customise the exact sensor payloads for their mission

Specifications

The two axis gimbal, is a gyro stabilized system that is protected against wind loads, humidity and dust by a robust carbon fibre housing and 2 lenses covering the camera lenses, The IR lens is a Germanium Glass lens which has a Diamond Like Coating enabling you to clean the whole system thoroughly even with thinners, the daylight lens is a scratch resistant and anti reflective lens for best optical results.

UAV Vision's CM160 system is a two axis gyro stabilised camera gimbal which is controlled via a 16 bit Micro-controller and has motor control electronics running at 250Khz which gives it extremely high reaction speeds, the system is also temperature stable as the electronics/software compensate for the fluctuations giving a very low drift rate.

The CM160 has a total weight of only 1.7 kg including the EO and IR payload sensors. This, coupled with the small form factor and low power consumption, make the system a great option for platforms ranging from small all the way up to large full sized platforms.

Please refer to the Technical specification datasheet for more information in the downloads tab menu above and in the comparison table below

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Payloads

The CM160 has been specifically designed to cater for many different end-user missions. The user is able to completely configure the camera gimbal with a range of different internal sensor options (listed below) as well as defining the internal vibration damping of the sensors.

Sensor #1a - Daylight Camera with Zoom Lens
Model: FCB-EX980S or FCB-EX980SP
Effective Picture Elements: 0.74 Megapixels
Field of View (deg): 1.6 (Wide) - 42.0 (Tele)
Zoom Range: 26x Optical Zoom (3.5 - 91 mm); F1.6 - F3.8

Sensor #1b - HD Daylight Camera with Zoom Lens
Model: FCB-H11
Effective Picture Elements: Approx 2.0 Megapixels
Field of View (deg): 5.4 (Wide) - 50.0 (Tele)
Zoom Range: 10x Optical Zoom (5.1 - 51 mm); F1.8 - F2.1

Sensor #2a(1) - 320 Uncooled IR Sensor Digital Zoom
Model: FLIR Tau 320
Field of View (deg): 18 x 14
Resolution: 324 x 256 FPS: 9 or 25 Hz

Sensor #2a(2) - 320 Uncooled IR Sensor Digital Zoom
Model: Thermoteknix Miricle 110K Xti
Field of View (deg): 15.6 x 11.7
Resolution: 384 x 288 FPS: 9 or 25 Hz

Sensor #2b - 640 Uncooled IR Sensor Digital Zoom
Model: FLIR Tau 640
Field of View (deg): 18 x 14 OR 25 x 20
Resolution: 640 x 480 FPS: 9 or 25 Hz

Sensor #2c - GigE Daylight Sensor, Up to 16 MP
Model: Procillica GC / GE
Zoom Range: 35-50mm Fixed Zoom
Resolution: 0.5 - 16 Megapixels

Sensor #2d - USB Sensor
Any USB sensor within size limitation of the gimbal

Sensor #3 - Eyesafe Laser Range Finder (LRF)
Laser Type: Nd : YAG / OPO
Wavelength: 1,565 - 1,575
Pulse Rate: 12 ppm
Range: 6,500 m
Resolution: +/- 2m

Applications

The CM160 is the camera gimbal of choice for many applications, including but not limited to:

• Day and Night Observation
• Infrastructure Inspection
• Damage Assessment
• Search & Rescue
• Traffic Surveillance
• Coastal and Border Control
• Anti-Terrorist and Law Enforcement
• Surveillance
• Anti-Smuggling Surveillance
• Fire Control / Spotting
• Maritime surveillance

Downloads

Please click on the following links to access the different downloads for the CM160 gimbal:

• CM160 Product & Technical Specifications Overview
• CM160 Handout Brochure
• CM160 User Manual
• CM160 Communications Reference Manual
• Mechanical Mounting Diagram
• Mechanical Mounting Diagram - Including Anti-Vibration Mount
• Electrical Wiring Diagram

Photos

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Videos

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