MATLAB: Does Image Acquisition Toolbox support FLIR (Point Grey) Blackfly S model camera

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I have a USB3 Version of model Blackfly S camera from FLIR (Point Grey). The camera is supported by the manufacturer provided Spinnaker SDK libraries.
Is this camera model supported by Image Acquisition Toolbox?

Best Answer

MATLAB R2018b
As of MATLAB R2018b, a custom adaptor for Spinnaker is available for Image Acquisition Toolbox. Refer to instructions from the following File Exchange entry:
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/69202-flir-spinnaker-support-by-image-acquisition-toolbox
The 'pointgrey' adaptor included with Image Acquisition Toolbox Support Package for Point Grey Hardware currently supports only the FLIR (Point Grey) camera models supported by the vendor's "FlyCapture SDK" libraries.
For releases prior to MATLAB R2018b
"Blackfly S" camera models are NOT supported by the 'pointgrey' adaptor.
The manufacturer supports "Blackfly S" camera models only via the "Spinnaker SDK" library, but not via the "FlyCapture SDK" libraries.
https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/point-grey-camera.html
https://www.ptgrey.com/blackfly-s-50-mp-color-usb3-vision-sony-imx250
As a workaround, camera models supported only by the vendor's "Spinnaker SDK" libraries might be supported by other adapters: * 'gige' adaptor, if the camera model is a GigE Vision camera (such as "Blackfly S" BFS-PGE-* models)
https://www.ptgrey.com/blackfly-s-50-mp-color-gige-vision-sony-imx264
  • 'winvideo' adaptor, by installing the DirectShow drivers provided by the manufacturer
Another workaround would be to use the equivalent FLIR (Point Grey) camera models supported by the vendor's "Fly Capture SDK" with the 'pointgrey' adaptor in MATLAB.
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