Does the SWIR Camera Require Heat Dissipation?#
You are using a Basler SWIR camera and wonder if you should to take further action to avoid overheating.
The SWIR cameras are currently available with USB and GigE interfaces, and the USB cameras have a significantly lower power consumption than their GigE counterparts.
Even if it is hard to provide a general answer, the experience shows that you do not need any cooling fins for the SWIR cameras. These will work as long as you adhere to our specs in the documentation (sensor temperature will probably be around 35-40°C).
With the new firmware features, Basler achieves a comparable image quality than with an actively cooled camera at a sensor temperature of 15°C.
To give you an impression, the pictures on the website were taken with a GigE camera at room temperature, without a heat sink, at 18 dB gain, and an exposure time of 50 ms.
If your expectations in terms of image quality are not met, the cooling fins (such as the Basler heat sink for ace 2) could certainly help to improve the result.