Built around the Onsemi AR1335 back-side-illuminated CMOS sensor, the Falcon-1335MRH combines 13MP monochrome imaging, 4K resolution, software-controlled autofocus, and Real-Time Dynamic ROI through a USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface. As a 13MP Monochrome USB Camera, it gives OEM developers and machine vision integrators high-resolution monochrome imaging with the ability to dynamically adjust the region of interest during operation, making it a flexible Dynamic ROI Camera for industrial inspection, embedded vision, medical imaging, and security applications.
FORT WORTH, TX / ACCESS Newswire / September 16, 2026 / Vadzo Imaging today announced the validation of Real-Time Dynamic ROI on the Falcon-1335MRH, a 13MP Monochrome USB Camera designed for applications that require high-resolution imaging while focusing processing and bandwidth on specific areas of a scene. Built around the Onsemi AR1335 back-side-illuminated CMOS sensor, the camera provides 13MP monochrome capture with 4K output, autofocus, and USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectivity, giving OEM developers and system integrators greater flexibility in managing high-resolution image data during operation.
The validation of Dynamic ROI extends this capability by allowing the region of interest to be adjusted in real time based on changing application requirements. This makes the Falcon-1335MRH a Dynamic ROI Camera for machine vision, industrial inspection, medical imaging, security, and other embedded vision applications where the area requiring detailed analysis can change from one frame or scene to the next.
The Engineering Challenge: High Resolution Monochrome Imaging Without Sacrificing Autofocus or Bandwidth
Machine vision inspection, optical character recognition, document capture, and biometric enrollment systems increasingly require higher pixel density to resolve fine surface detail, small text characters, or fine biometric features. Raising resolution alone does not solve the integration problem facing OEM engineering teams building an AR1335 USB Camera platform for production. A fixed focus lens design cannot adapt to the variable working distances that appear across real deployments; a full-frame readout at 13 megapixels can saturate USB bandwidth and host processing budgets on embedded or multi-camera platforms, and many monochrome sensors in this resolution class are only available on MIPI or GigE interfaces that require custom driver development rather than USB plug-and-play.
For teams evaluating a 13MP USB Camera for machine vision or embedded deployment, the practical requirement is a module that resolves fine detail, adjusts focus without mechanical intervention, keeps data volume manageable at the interface level, and still enumerates as a standard video device on connection. The Falcon-1335MRH is engineered to close that gap on a single board.
Sensor-Level Engineering Behind the AR1335 Monochrome USB Camera
The Onsemi AR1335 is a 1/3.2″ back-side-illuminated CMOS sensor with 1.1 µm x 1.1 µm Pixel Size, delivering 13MP resolution at 4208 x 3120 through a rolling shutter readout architecture. Backside illumination relocates the sensor wiring layer behind the photodiode rather than in front of it, reducing the light-blocking effect of on-chip metal routing. At a pixel pitch as small as 1.1 micron, this architectural choice has a direct bearing on quantum efficiency, since a front-illuminated design at the same pitch would lose a larger fraction of incoming photons to wiring occlusion before they reach the photodiode.
Removing the Bayer color filter array is the defining engineering decision behind a monochrome variant of any CMOS sensor. Color filters absorb roughly two out of every three photons arriving at a given pixel so that only the intended color channel passes through, and the resulting mosaic then requires demosaicing interpolation to reconstruct a full-resolution image. An AR1335 Monochrome USB Camera skips both steps: every photon reaching a pixel contributes directly to the luminance value, and no interpolation step introduces color fringing or softened edges. The practical result is a higher effective signal-to-noise ratio at a given exposure and a sharper edge response, both of which matter directly to grayscale-first workloads such as optical inspection, document scanning, and biometric pattern matching where color information carries no classification value.
Rolling shutter readout exposes and reads sensor rows sequentially rather than capturing the entire array at a single instant, which is how a global shutter sensor operates. This introduces the possibility of geometric distortion when a subject moves quickly relative to the row scan rate. For the majority of inspection, document capture, and enrollment scenarios where the subject is static or moving at conveyor-level speeds, this distortion risk is negligible, and rolling shutter architecture allows a smaller pixel pitch and higher resolution at a more accessible cost point than an equivalent global shutter design. Selecting the AR1335 rolling shutter USB camera architecture for the Falcon-1335MRH is therefore a deliberate engineering trade for deployments where resolution and detail take priority over capturing fast relative motion without any distortion.
Dynamic ROI windowing allows the host application or the VISPA ARC SDK to define a rectangular subregion of the full 4208 x 3120 active array for readout, rather than transferring every frame at full resolution. Because the windowed pixels are read directly from the native 1.1 µm x 1.1 µm Pixel Size, image sharpness within the window is unchanged, while the data volume crossing the USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface and the pixel count the host must process per frame both drop in proportion to the window size. A barcode region, a document field, or a tracked object bounding box can be windowed down to an area comparable to a 1080p full HD USB camera module output for bandwidth-constrained applications, while the full sensor resolution remains available whenever the application calls for it.
Falcon-1335MRH: Vadzo’s AR1335 4K USB Camera for Machine Vision and OEM Integration
The Falcon-1335MRH packages the AR1335 sensor, M12 VCM autofocus, and Dynamic ROI control into a single USB 3.2 Gen 1 UVC-compliant module. As a 13MP 4K USB Camera, it targets embedded vision engineers, machine vision developers, OEM integration teams, and firmware engineers who need 4K-class monochrome resolution alongside software-controlled focus, without introducing MIPI or GigE driver development into the program schedule. Because the module is a standard AR1335 USB 3.2 Camera from the host operating system’s perspective, it streams immediately on connection under the UVC class specification.
Key specs: 13MP (4208 x 3120) | AR1335 CMOS Sensor from Onsemi | 1/3.2″ Sensor Format | 1.1 µm x 1.1 µm Pixel Size | Rolling Shutter | Monochrome | M12 VCM Autofocus | Dynamic ROI | USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C Interface Backward Compatible with USB 3.0 | UVC Compliant | RoHS 3, REACH, NDAA Compliant | VISPA ARC SDK
A 13MP USB 3.2 Camera platform of this kind is best understood as a system level answer to a recurring OEM requirement rather than a single feature upgrade. As a 13MP Monochrome USB Camera, it fits directly into Vadzo’s monochrome USB camera lineup for teams that have already ruled out color as a requirement. Engineering teams building document scanners, inspection stations, biometric enrollment kiosks and mobile robotics platforms have historically needed to choose between resolution, autofocus and simple USB integration. The Falcon-1335MRH is built so that choice is no longer necessary.
Key Capabilities and Engineering Benefits of the Falcon-1335MRH
13MP AR1335 Monochrome BSI CMOS Sensor for Low Noise 4K Imaging: At the center of the Falcon-1335MRH is the Onsemi AR1335, delivering 13-megapixel resolution at 4208 x 3120 through a back-side-illuminated pixel architecture. As an AR1335 4K Monochrome USB Camera, the module removes the Bayer filter layer entirely, which raises the effective sensitivity of every pixel and eliminates the soft edge response that demosaicing introduces on color sensors. A 13MP 4K Monochrome USB Camera of this class is particularly suited to grayscale-first pipelines including optical character recognition, surface defect detection and biometric feature matching, where the noise floor at a given exposure time directly affects classification confidence. Paired with the M12 lens mount, the AR1335 M12 Monochrome USB Camera configuration accepts a wide range of S-mount optics, and the same sensor is available across Vadzo’s broader 4K mono USB camera lineup for teams standardizing on monochrome imaging across a product family. An AR1335 Monochrome Autofocus USB Camera built on this sensor gives inspection and biometric systems both the resolution and the sensitivity that grayscale workloads demand, and a 13MP Monochrome Autofocus USB Camera configuration is available under the same board footprint for OEM programs that need a drop-in upgrade path.
Software Controlled M12 VCM Autofocus for Variable Working Distance: The Falcon-1335MRH integrates a Voice Coil Motor, or VCM, autofocus mechanism on an M12 S mount lens interface, giving the host system direct software control over focus position rather than relying on a fixed calibrated distance. As an AR1335 4K Autofocus USB Camera, it addresses the core limitation of fixed focus modules: a single working distance becomes the ceiling of deployment flexibility. Document scanners encounter paper at varying heights, biometric enrollment stations see subjects at different standing distances, and mobile robotics platforms change their distance to a target continuously during operation. An AR1335 Autofocus USB Camera resolves each of these scenarios by adjusting focus dynamically through the VISPA ARC SDK or through UVC extension controls, and a 13MP Autofocus USB Camera at this resolution keeps fine detail in focus across the full adjustment range rather than only at a single calibrated point.
The AR1335 VCM Autofocus USB Camera design pairs the voice coil actuator with closed-loop focus algorithms, so a 13MP VCM Autofocus USB Camera build can refocus in response to a change in scene depth without any mechanical intervention from an operator. Because the actuator operates on standard M12 optics, an AR1335 M12 USB Camera configuration accepts alternate S-mount lenses for teams that need a different field of view or working distance range, and a 13MP M12 USB Camera variant can accept a different lens for a new application without a board redesign. This combination produces a 13MP M12 Autofocus USB Camera platform, and where a project also calls for the sensor’s full 4K output, the same hardware operates as an AR1335 4K VCM Autofocus USB Camera or 13MP 4K VCM Autofocus USB Camera without any additional configuration. Readers who want the underlying actuator theory can review how VCM autofocus technology operates before scoping integration work, and Vadzo’s broader 4K autofocus camera module lineup shares the same control interface across the AR0830 and AR1335 sensor families, so an AR1335 4K M12 USB Camera share firmware behavior with related Falcon products in the same portfolio.
Dynamic ROI Windowing for Bandwidth-Efficient High-Resolution Streaming: Validated Dynamic ROI operation lets the Falcon-1335MRH transfer only the pixel region that a given application actually needs, rather than the complete 13MP frame on every capture cycle. As an AR1335 Dynamic ROI USB Camera, it targets deployments such as barcode reading, document field extraction, and object tracking, where only a fraction of the sensor’s field of view carries relevant data on any given frame. A 13MP Dynamic ROI USB Camera configured this way reduces both the data volume crossing the USB 3.2 Gen 1 link and the pixel count the host must decode, without discarding the option to capture at full resolution when the application calls for it.
Because the rolling shutter readout underlying this windowing shares the same row scan architecture as full frame capture, an AR1335 Rolling Shutter USB Camera or 13MP Rolling Shutter USB Camera retain identical per-pixel sharpness whether reading the full array or a cropped window. At native 4K output, this is an AR1335 4K Rolling Shutter USB Camera platform, and on the M12 lens interface it operates as an AR1335 M12 Rolling Shutter USB Camera build. Combined with autofocus, the same hardware functions as a 13MP Rolling Shutter Autofocus USB Camera, keeping a windowed region in focus even as a tracked object changes distance from the lens. Engineering teams evaluating a windowed output comparable to a 1080p full HD USB camera module for bandwidth-constrained links can configure that resolution directly through Dynamic ROI rather than sourcing a separate lower resolution sensor.
Plug and Play USB 3.2 Gen 1 with Full UVC Class Compliance: The Falcon-1335MRH connects over USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C and enumerates as a standard UVC class video device on any compliant host, streaming immediately on Windows, Linux, and Android without custom driver development. This is significant for teams standardizing on an AR1335 USB Camera platform across a product line, since UVC compliance removes driver maintenance from the long-term support burden as host operating systems update over a product’s service life. A 13MP USB Camera at this resolution still benefits from UVC’s plug-and-play behavior for standard streaming, while the VISPA ARC SDK remains available alongside the UVC stream for applications that need direct control over autofocus, Dynamic ROI, and other parameters beyond what the UVC class specification exposes. As an AR1335 USB 3.2 Camera and 13MP USB 3.2 Camera, the module is backward compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 hosts, which keeps integration options open for legacy embedded platforms already in production.
Teams unfamiliar with the class specification can review how a UVC camera works before scoping a new integration, and Vadzo’s wider portfolio of UVC USB camera products shares this driverless behavior across resolution and shutter type variants.
Extended Operating Range for OEM Production Environments: The AR1335 sensor platform underlying the Falcon-1335MRH is qualified for an operating range of -30 degrees Celsius to 70 degrees Celsius, consistent with the temperature specification published for other Vadzo camera products built on the same sensor family. Engineering teams should confirm the exact board-level rating against the product page before committing to a design for outdoor or thermally extreme enclosures, since board-level components can narrow a sensor’s native range. Within its qualified range, the module supports indoor industrial, semi-outdoor, and light outdoor deployment without additional thermal management hardware, and the compact board-level design integrates into inspection stations, kiosks, robotics platforms, and diagnostic instruments without a custom enclosure redesign.
Product Specifications
The table below summarizes the confirmed technical specifications for the Falcon-1335MRH AR1335 sensor platform. Engineering teams requiring the full datasheet, mechanical drawings, or SDK documentation can request these directly through the AR1335 4K Autofocus USB Camera product page.
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Sensor
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AR1335 CMOS Sensor from Onsemi
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Sensor Format
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1/3.2″
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Active Resolution
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13MP (4208 x 3120)
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Pixel Size
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1.1 µm x 1.1 µm
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Pixel Architecture
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Back Side Illuminated (BSI)
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Shutter Type
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Rolling Shutter
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Color Filter
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Monochrome
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Autofocus
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M12 VCM (Voice Coil Motor), Software Controlled
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Lens Mount
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M12 S-Mount
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Region of Interest
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Dynamic ROI
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Interface
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USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C (Backward Compatible to USB 2.0)
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Compliance
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UVC, RoHS 3, REACH, NDAA
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Software Support
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VISPA ARC SDK (C, C++, C#, Python) on Windows, Linux, Android
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Operating Temperature
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-30⁰C to 70⁰C
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“Monochrome imaging at 13 megapixels only pays off for an OEM program if the system integration stays simple. That is exactly what we targeted with the Falcon-1335MRH: the sensor level performance of the AR1335 back side illuminated architecture, autofocus that adjusts to real deployment distances rather than a single calibrated point, and Dynamic ROI control that keeps bandwidth in check, all delivered over a single USB 3.2 Gen 1 UVC connection that our customers already know how to integrate.” – Alwin Vincent, Product Manager, Vadzo Imaging.
Target Applications for the AR1335 Monochrome USB Camera
Machine Vision and Industrial Inspection: Surface defect detection, dimensional measurement, and print quality verification depend on resolving features that are often smaller than a millimeter across the field of view. A 13MP AR1335 sensor provides the pixel density to resolve those features without digital zoom artifacts, while the monochrome sensor removes the color noise that would otherwise reduce contrast sensitivity on grayscale defect signatures such as scratches, voids, and edge chips. Dynamic ROI lets an automation and robotics inspection cell restrict readout to the active inspection zone on a moving line, keeping cycle time predictable even as line speed increases.
Medical Device and Diagnostic Imaging: Diagnostic instruments and patient-facing imaging devices frequently need to resolve fine tissue or sample detail at variable working distances between procedures, without introducing a driver stack that complicates regulatory software validation. The Falcon-1335MRH’s M12 VCM autofocus adjusts focus without any mechanical recalibration between uses, and its UVC-compliant USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface simplifies integration into medical device platforms where validated, unmodified operating system drivers are a practical requirement. Monochrome capture is well suited to modalities where luminance detail, not color, drives the diagnostic decision.
Security, Surveillance and Biometric Recognition: Iris, vein and facial enrollment systems rely on high contrast, low noise capture to extract reliable feature points for matching algorithms. Because the AR1335 sensor in the Falcon-1335MRH forgoes the Bayer filter, more of the available light at each pixel contributes to the luminance signal that biometric feature extraction depends on. Combined with autofocus that keeps a subject sharp across a range of approach distances, the camera is well matched to security and surveillance access control systems and biometric enrollment kiosks that must produce consistent capture quality regardless of where a subject stands relative to the sensor.
Robotics and Autonomous Guided Vehicles: Pick and place systems, warehouse robotics and autonomous guided vehicles track markers, parts and navigation fiducials at distances that change continuously as the platform moves. VCM autofocus keeps these targets resolved without a fixed focus compromise, while Dynamic ROI reduces the pixel volume the onboard compute platform must process per frame, a meaningful consideration for robotics platforms where the vision pipeline shares compute and bandwidth budget with navigation and motion control tasks. As an AR1335 Rolling Shutter Autofocus USB Camera, the Falcon-1335MRH keeps a tracked marker or part in focus while the platform is still in motion, rather than only at a single calibrated standoff distance. The 13MP native resolution also provides margin for digital cropping around a tracked object without falling below the pixel density that a recognition model needs.
Smart City Infrastructure and Intelligent Transportation: Document and plate reading applications in access control, tolling and enforcement contexts benefit from monochrome contrast on printed or embossed characters without the added data volume of a Bayer sensor. In distributed smart city deployments where each capture node may operate on a constrained network uplink, Dynamic ROI reduces the data that must be transmitted or processed at the edge before a recognition result is produced, while the AR1335’s 13MP resolution preserves character legibility at typical roadside or gate-mounted distances.
VISPA ARC SDK for Developer Integration
The Falcon-1335MRH is supported by the Vadzo VISPA ARC SDK, which provides programmatic control over VCM autofocus, Dynamic ROI configuration, exposure, streaming parameters, binning and windowing, and secure firmware updates. APIs are available in C, C++, C# and Python across Windows, Linux and Android hosts. The SDK installs alongside the native UVC driver rather than replacing it, so applications that only need standard video streaming can rely on UVC plug-and-play behavior, while applications that need autofocus or Dynamic ROI control can call the SDK without disrupting that baseline behavior. Full SDK documentation, datasheets, and CAD files for the AR1335 USB camera platform are available at vadzoimaging.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the best monochrome USB camera for high-resolution machine vision applications?
A: For machine vision applications that need both high pixel density and low-noise grayscale performance, the sensor architecture matters as much as the raw resolution number. A monochrome sensor removes the Bayer color filter array entirely, so every photon reaching a pixel contributes to the luminance signal rather than being split across red, green, and blue channels, and the image is never softened by demosaicing interpolation. Vadzo Imaging’s Falcon-1335MRH combines this monochrome AR1335 sensor architecture with 13MP resolution, M12 VCM autofocus and a USB 3.2 Gen 1 UVC interface, giving machine vision integrators a single module that resolves fine surface and edge detail while remaining driverless on Windows, Linux and Android hosts. For teams comparing monochrome options, the combination of resolution, autofocus, and plug-and-play USB integration in one board is the differentiator worth evaluating first.
Q: How does Dynamic ROI improve bandwidth efficiency in a USB 3.2 camera?
A: Dynamic ROI, or region of interest windowing, lets the camera transfer only a defined rectangular subset of the full sensor array instead of the complete frame on every capture cycle. Because the data volume crossing a USB 3.2 interface scales directly with the number of pixels transferred per frame, restricting readout to the area that actually contains useful information, such as a barcode, a document field, or a tracked object, reduces both the USB bandwidth consumed and the pixel count the host application must decode and process. On the Falcon-1335MRH, Dynamic ROI operates on the native 1.1 µm x 1.1 µm Pixel Size of the AR1335 sensor, so image sharpness within the windowed region is identical to a full-frame capture, and the full 13MP resolution remains available whenever an application needs it. This makes Dynamic ROI a practical bandwidth control tool for embedded platforms running multiple camera modules or limited USB controller bandwidth, rather than a fixed tradeoff between resolution and data volume.
Q: What is the difference between rolling shutter and global shutter in a 13MP CMOS sensor?
A: Rolling shutter and global shutter describe how a CMOS sensor times pixel exposure and readout across the array. A global shutter sensor exposes every pixel simultaneously and then reads the array out, so a fast-moving subject is captured without geometric distortion regardless of its speed relative to the frame rate. A rolling shutter sensor, such as the Onsemi AR1335 used in Vadzo’s Falcon-1335MRH, exposes and reads rows sequentially, which can introduce skew or wobble artifacts when a subject moves quickly during the row scan interval. The advantage of rolling shutter architecture is that it typically supports a smaller pixel pitch and higher resolution at a lower cost point than an equivalent global shutter sensor, because the pixel-level circuitry required to store a full frame charge simultaneously is not needed. For static or moderate speed scenes such as document capture, biometric enrollment, and most conveyor-level inspection, rolling shutter’s resolution and cost advantage outweighs its motion distortion limitation, which is why a 13MP rolling shutter sensor is a common choice for great detail, lower speed machine vision tasks.
Q: Why choose a monochrome sensor over a color sensor for industrial inspection or biometric imaging?
A: A monochrome sensor removes the Bayer color filter array that a color sensor uses to separate red, green, and blue wavelengths at the pixel level. This has two direct consequences relevant to inspection and biometric applications. First, removing the filter increases the light reaching each pixel’s photodiode, which improves the signal-to-noise ratio at a given exposure time and benefits low-light or short exposure capture. Second, a color sensor reconstructs a full-resolution image through demosaicing interpolation, a process that can soften fine edges and introduce color fringing artifacts near high-contrast boundaries, artifacts that a monochrome sensor never produces since no interpolation step is required. For workloads where color carries no classification value, such as surface defect detection, optical character recognition, and iris or vein biometric matching, these two properties translate into more reliable feature extraction. Vadzo Imaging’s monochrome Falcon lineup, including the AR1335-based Falcon-1335MRH, is built specifically for engineering teams that have already determined color is not a requirement and want the sensitivity and sharpness benefit that a dedicated monochrome sensor provides.
Q: How does VCM autofocus work in an embedded USB camera module?
A: Voice Coil Motor, or VCM, autofocus uses an electromagnetic actuator to move a lens element along the optical axis in response to an electrical control signal, rather than relying on a mechanical focus ring or a fixed calibrated position. A focus algorithm, running either in the camera’s own firmware or on the host through an SDK, analyzes image sharpness and issues position commands to the VCM actuator until the desired focus point is reached. Because the actuator responds to software commands rather than a mechanical adjustment, the same physical module can refocus continuously as a subject’s distance from the lens changes, without any manual intervention. On the Falcon-1335MRH, this VCM mechanism operates on standard M12 S mount optics and is controllable through the VISPA ARC SDK, giving OEM developers programmatic access to focus position, focus range limits, and autofocus trigger behavior for the AR1335 4K USB Camera platform, rather than a fixed focus lens calibrated to a single working distance.
Availability and Customization
The Falcon-1335MRH Onsemi AR1335 4K USB Camera with 13MP Monochrome resolution and M12 VCM Autofocus is available now for evaluation and pre-production sampling, with production quantities available for OEM deployment. Engineering teams can review full technical documentation and place orders through the AR1335 M12 VCM Autofocus USB camera page, and teams evaluating a broader monochrome lineup can buy an autofocus USB camera online across Vadzo’s Falcon series. The complete UVC USB camera portfolio from Vadzo Imaging, spanning resolution, shutter type, and autofocus configurations, is available for evaluation at vadzoimaging.com, alongside custom configurations covering optics selection, firmware customization, and mechanical form factor changes for OEM and volume production programs. Engineering teams evaluating the Falcon-1335MRH for a specific deployment can reach Vadzo’s technical team through the contact support page for application-specific guidance.
About Vadzo Imaging
Vadzo Imaging develops embedded vision camera products for OEMs and system integrators building production-ready vision systems. The company offers imaging platforms across USB, MIPI, GigE, Wi-Fi, and SerDes interfaces supporting applications in industrial automation, robotics, healthcare, security, and smart infrastructure. Beyond hardware, Vadzo provides end-to-end imaging support including sensor integration, ISP tuning, firmware development and SDK frameworks, giving engineering teams a single partner from initial evaluation through production lifecycle management.
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