On the ZedX product page it mentions
Multi-camera synchronization
Hardware synchronization for multiple connected devices at frame-level within 100 microseconds. Capture multiple RGB and depth images of the same scene, all aligned.
Is this different/better than the Zed2i? I couldn’t find more details on either cameras page or in the multi cam documentation
Despite the claims on the store page, SL have not yet delivered any utility to trigger the zed x image capture, and have advised that it will require the purchase of a new GMSL card which is not yet developed.
I would recommend sticking with the 2i until such time as their engineers catch up with their marketing team.
Hi @robots
the ZED X has native hardware synchronization for all the cameras connected to the same GMSL2 capture card.
The USB3 cameras do not have this feature and can only synchronized by using the timestamp information.
@multicore-manticore hardware synchronization and hardware triggering are different features. The triggering feature requires a different type of electronics that the current model of the GMSL2 capture card cannot provide.
I’m once again looking to capture frames across multiple cameras while the cameras are on a moving platform.
I’m still struggling to find good documentation on how the hardware synchronization works. Could you please link that?
Also could you further explain what you meant by hardware triggering? Have there been any software/firmware/hardware updates on this front? I’m willing to buy new capture cards if it enables better syncronization across 3-6 ZedX cameras.