pmd 3D Sensing Family
Add 3D vision
to your Robot!

Choose from the most flexible and advanced 3D Time-of-Flight product family on the market to add depth sensing and processing to your product.
  • Versatile out of the box!
    Our pmd 3D Sensing Family gives you the flexibility to easily add 3D vision and processing power to your product. It works out of the box and has all the tools and software you`ll need to start. When you get serious about integration into your final product you can profit from the extreme flexibility of the pmd 3D Sensing Family and its ecosystem.
flexx2 OEM/DevKit

pmd 3D Development Kit for prototyping, research, and mass production. Available in cased form (Class 1 Laser Product) and uncased (not laser certified).

ifm industrial grade 3D cameras O3D, O3R, O3X

Powered by pmd ToF for industrial applications like autonomous navigation or the detection of volume, distance, or fill level.

Emcraft i.MX 8M System on Module

3D Development platform with NXP i.MX 8M Mini processing unit and pmd ToF module & software.

Features
United by Core Strengths

Scaleability

Ready for single-unit development, prototyping, and full-scale mass production.

Flexibility

Choose the right resolution, framerate, field-of-view, and processing stack for your product.

Compatibility

Hardware and software are developed for maximum compatibility and seamless integration into your product. Build your own or Plug&Play.

Reliability

Proven reliability with over 20 years of experience and production know-how in depth-sensing hardware and software.

Easy Software Integration

Our product family and SDKs supports many different software frameworks and languages. Start developing with ROS 1/2, Python, OpenCV, OpenNI2, Matlab, C, DotNet, Windows, and Linux/ARM. Just to name a few.

Strong Ecosystem

A strong and global partner network of experts from the Time-of-Flight development on pixel level to mass production of industrial-grade 3D cameras.

Talk to our Experts!

Fill out the form to be one of the first to receive our latest 3D depth sensing Development Kits. Our 3D experts will then contact you to find the right solution for your project. We ask you to briefly describe your project to provide you with the right information and give us some time to answer all requests.

pmd flexx2
Flexibility Multiplied

  • The Depth Sensing Kit flexx2 is the peripheral, USB3-connected embodiment of a depth sensor. It features our latest 3D ToF sensor with 38k 3D pixels, flexible working ranges, flexible framerates, and reduced depth noise. The perfect tool for developers who want to be ahead of their time. The flexx2 is available with and without casing.
  • Are you a pico flexx or pico monstar customer? Find the old download and support section here: pmd picofamily.

Thanks for your interest in buying a flexx2 Development Kit. We will get back to you when flexx2 is available to order.

Get on the Waitlist now!

Reserve* your spot on the waitlist to be the first to receive the new flexx2, with shipments beginning in February. As a customer of the "old" pico flexx or pico monstar, you will get priority access to order the new flexx2.
 

*Starting price of one unit will be US$399/355€. With quantities of 20 units and more, the price will decrease. Production pricing for higher volumes is available. No binding order. Can be subject to change.

Emcraft i.MX 8M Mini System-On-Module
3D Sensing meets Processing Power

  • The Emcraft starter kit provides a modular hardware platform enabling development of embedded ToF applications using the NXP i.MX 8M Mini SOM and a pmd ToF module. The kit is assembled as a miniature multi-layer system. This stack, when assembled together, presents an i.MX 8M Mini-based embedded computer with ToF vision to develop powerful applications.

3D Cameras from ifm
Machine Vision for your Production Line

  • Industrial grade 3D cameras from ifm electronic use Time-of-Flight technology from pmd for a big number of applications. Example use-cases are autonomous navigation of robots, the detection of volume, distance or fill level, or completeness checking. ifm's 3D cameras are built for maximum reliability and durability and offer easy integration into existing automations.

Compare Specifications
For Development and Mass Production

  pmd flexx2 DevKit / OEM Emcraft System on Module ifm 3D Cameras
Version DevKit:
Encased, CE Certified,
Class 1 Laser Product
OEM:
No casing, no CE Certification,
not laser certified
(must be done by end-user)
i.MX 8M Mini Quad
2GB LPDDR4
16 GB eMMC
WiFi/BT
ToF Module: Sunny or LiteOn
O3R
Video Processing Unit (VPU)
connects up to six 3D+2D cameras
Size 72.1 x 19.2 x 10.2 mm 18.93 x 18.6 x 5.33 mm 90 x 31 x 26 mm (camera)
180 x 30 x 125 mm (VPU)
Resolution 224 x 172 224 x 172 224 x 172 (3D)
1280 x 800 (2D)
ToF Sensor IRS2381C Infineon® REAL3™ 3D Image Sensor LiteOn: IRS1645C Infineon® REAL3™ 3D Sensor
Sunny: IRS2381C Infineon® REAL3™ 3D Sensor
 
Illumination 940nm 1 Watt VCSEL (LC1) 940nm 1 Watt VCSEL (LC1) 940nm 1 Watt VCSEL (LC1)
Framerate Up to 60fps (3D frames) Up to 60fps (3D frames) 20fps (2D and 3D frames)
Field-of-View 56 x 44 FOV

LiteOn: 105 x 85 FOV




Sunny: 60 x 40 FOV
105 x 78 3D FOV
128 x 80 2D FOV


Range 0.1m - 4m 0.1m - 4m 0.1 - 4m
Interface USB3 Type-C Camera interfaces i.MX 8M Mini via 2-lane MIPI-CSI2 and I2C VPU: CAN, 2x 1GB Ethernet; GIGE, USB3.0; USBmini
IP Class - - IP54 (camera)
IP50 (VPU)
Accuracy <= 1% of distance (0.5 –4m @ 5fps)
<= 2% of distance (0.1 –1m @ 45fps)
<= 1% of distance (0.5 –3m @ 5fps)
<= 2% of distance (0.1 –1m @60 fps)
 
Software Royale SDK C/C++ based
supports Matlab,
OpenCV,
ROS 1+2
OpenEmbedded Linux OS running Royale SDK,
C/C++ based,
ROS 1 support available
Linux,
Docker,
Nvidia,
ROS 1+2