Px4flow Manual V1.3
px4flow_manual_v1.3
px4flow_manual_v1.3
px4flow_manual_v1.3
px4flow_manual_v1.3
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PX4FLOW – Smart Camera
QUICK START – HARDWARE VERSION 1.3
Description Features
Connectors and Dimensions
PX4Flow is an optical flow smart camera. It has a native 
resolution of 752×480 pixels and calculates optical flow 
on  a  4x  binned  and  cropped  area  at  250  Hz  (bright, 
outdoors), giving it a very high light sensitivy.
Unlike many mouse sensors, it also works indoors and 
in  low  outdoor  light  conditions  without  the  need  for  an 
illumination  LED  at  120  Hz  (dark,  indoors).  It  can  be 
freely reprogrammed to do any other basic, efficient low-
level computer vision task.
http://pixhawk.ethz.ch/px4/
●168 MHz Cortex M4F CPU (128 + 64 KB RAM)
●752x480 MT9V034 image sensor
●L3GD20 3D Gyro
●16mm M12 lens (IR block filter)
●Size 45.5 mm X 35 mm
●Power consumption 115mA / 5V
USART2
35 mm
45.5 mm
24 mm
Ø 3.1 mm (M3)
6                     1
I2C1
4                1
30.4 mm
Reset
Switch
Lens Mount
16mm M12 
(S-mount)
RST
USB
JTAG
USART3
1                     6
22 mm
16.7 mm
9.1 mm
Status Leds
Green: ON      Amber:  COMMUNICATION
Red: ERROR Blue:      ACTIVITY
Ø 2.1 mm (M2)
PX4FLOW v1.3
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x
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Pinout and absolute maximum Ratings
Open Hardware License
PX4FLOW open hardware design, following the OSHW 1.1 definition licensed under the Creative Commons 
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license.
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● Input: 4.3-6 V (VDD_5V),                 
  115mA onboard use,                        
  max. 800 mA for peripherial load
● Output: 3.3 V (VDD_3V3), 500 mA
Mates 4 pos Hirose DF13 housings
Part # DF13-4S-1.25C
Crimp terminals
Part # DF13-2630SCF (for AWG 26-30 wire)
I2C1
4                1
GND
I2C1_SDA
I2C1_SCL
VDD_5V
UART2
6                       1
GND
USART2_RTS
USART2_CTS
USART2_RX
USART2_TX
VDD_5V
Mates 6 pos Hirose DF13 housings
Part # DF13-6S-1.25C
Crimp terminals
Part # DF13-2630SCF (for AWG 26-30 wire)
Assembly Instructions
UART3
6                       1
GND
USART3_CTS
USART3_RTS
USART3_TX
USART3_RX
VDD_5V
Mates 6 pos Hirose DF13 housings
Part # DF13-6S-1.25C
Crimp terminals
Part # DF13-2630SCF (for AWG 26-30 wire)
USART2
6                    1
JTAG
USART3
1                  6
PX4FLOW v1.3
● Slave Configuration
USART
1                    6
AUTOPILOT
● Daisy Chain Configuration
● PX4FLOW acts as a slave and is    
  connected to a host device e.g.       
  autopilot board using the USART3  
  port.
USART2
6                    1
JTAG
USART3
1                  6
PX4FLOW v1.3
USART
1                    6
AUTOPILOT
USART2
6                    1
JTAG
USART3
1                  6
PX4FLOW v1.3
PX4FLOW modules can be              
 connected in series to attach            
 several modules on a single             
  USART port of a host device
connection straight,
only turned plugs