PhoXi 3D scanners family

This page contains technical description of PhoXi 3D Scanners. For scanning guide, see Scanning best practices.

General specification

Projection unit

Projection angle horizontal	47.5° ± 1°
Projection angle vertical	36.0° ± 2°
Laser Class 3R
Model	XS, S	M, L, XL
Light Source	Visible red light (laser)	Visible red light (laser)
Wavelength	639 nm	637 nm
Average Power	314 uW	4.32 mW
Pulse Energy	382 nJ	93.7 uJ
Pulse Length	960 us	1.32 ms
Laser Class 2
Light Source	N/A	Visible red light (laser)
Wavelength	N/A	637 nm
Peak Power	N/A	18.6 mW
Average Power	N/A	340 uW
Pulse Energy	N/A	18.6 uJ
Pulse Length	N/A	1 ms

For model/size specific parameters see our product showcase.

Specification Parameters Explanation

Depth Map resolution

Maximum number of rendered points (the resolution of camera sensor)

Point size

The average distance between two neighboring points on the point cloud of a plane located in the focus distance of the camera. Alternatively, the square of the point size is the average surface sampled by one 3D point on the plane scanned in the focus distance of the camera.

Relation of point size to scanning distance

Calibration accuracy

The accuracy of point measurement as the result of device calibration (can be understood as the space deformation). It is the standard deviation of the measurement error in the whole measurement range of the device.

Calibration accuracy is measured by scanning multiple planes at different distances from the scanner. Below you can see a scan of the plane done by the PhoXi 3D Scanner model S at the distance of 411mm. The red points are closer to the plane and the blue points are further away form the plane

Calibration accuracy is the average distance of the 3D points from this plane.

Temporal noise

The standard deviation of the noise (measured on a diffuse surface with 80 percent albedo). The noise level describes the quality of the sensor to capture local surface details. The noise distribution of our sensor is similar to the Gaussian distribution.

Below is a graph depicting the Standard deviation of depth (Z-noise) values of 3D points for different scanning distances for the PhoXi 3D Scanner model S.

Equivalently, Temporal noise can also be defined as the average distance of the 3D points from the average Z-value of the 3D points.

FPS

Maximum number of triggered frames per second, in fastest acquisition mode

Data acquisition time - best case

Fastest possible acquisition time

Data acquisition time - worst case

Longest expected acquisition time (bad lighting conditions, dark shiny objects)

3D points throughput

Number of 3D points that can be reconstructed in a second in sequential scans

Connectivity

Status LEDs meaning
⚫ Power status Power cable connected	⚫ Processing unit connected On => Suitable power connected Off => Under/overvoltage
⚫ Reserved -	⚫ Reserved -
⚫ Ethernet speed Off => Indicates 1 Gbps On => Indicates 100 Mbps	⚫ Ethernet activity Off => Link is down Flashing Green => Link is up, with activity Steady Green => Link is up, no activity

Pinout

Power + GPIO Pinout

Power + GPIO port:

• Use 12 VDC to power the scanner.
• Use only the supplied power adapter.
• The I/O ports are reserved for future use.

View from the mating side

Pin #	Pinout	Note
1	IN2	Opto-isolated
2	IN1	Opto-isolated
3	OUT2	Opto-isolated
4	OUT1	Opto-isolated
5	POWER_+12VDC	N/A
6	POWER_GND	N/A
7	GPIO1	Non-isolated
8	GPIO3	Non-isolated
9	GPIO2	Non-isolated
10	IN_GND	N/A
11	OUT_GND	N/A
12	GPIO4	Non-isolated

Ethernet Pinout

Ethernet port:

• Powering the device through the ethernet port (PoE) is not possible.
• Connect 1 Gbps ethernet adapter with RJ45 socket (supplied with scanner).
• Use category Cat5e or better ethernet cables (cables capable of 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps transfer rate).

View from the mating side

Pin #	Cable Color	Pinout
1	White green	MD1_P
2	(+) Red	12V_IN
3	White blue	MD2_N
4	Blue	MD2_P
5	White orange	MD0_P
6	Orange	MD0_N
7	White brown	MD3_P
8	(-) Black	GND
9	Green	MD1_N
10	Brown	MD3_N

Please contact support@photoneo.com for specific explanation regarding pin outs.

Maintenance

To preserve performance of PhoXi 3D Scanners and quality of the scans, please check and maintain their outer optical parts regularly. The glasses covering the camera unit and the projection should not be touched by bare hands to avoid staining of the glass. This could interfere with light passing through them. In case when the glass was touched or lightly stained by any other mechanism, wipe the glass with lint free wipes intended for optical components.

In cases where the scanner is used in an environment with lots of dust, especially when the dust contains sharp or hard particles that could potentially damage the glass, clean the glasses with specialized cleaning solution for optical components, eg: First Contact™ Cleaning Solution.

See Cleaning instructions for PhoXi 3D Scanners for further details about cleaning the scanners.

CAD data

Contains 3D Scanner body and its scanning volume as a solid object.

Available CAD models for download:

Device	Mounting space coordinate space	Camera coordinate space
PhoXi 3D Scanner XS	XS - mounting space	XS - camera space
PhoXi 3D Scanner S	S - mounting space	S - camera space
PhoXi 3D Scanner M	M - mounting space	M - camera space
PhoXi 3D Scanner L	L - mounting space	L - camera space
PhoXi 3D Scanner XL	XL - mounting space	XL - camera space
	All in mounting space	All in camera space
L-shaped mounting plate	L-shaped mounting plate

Note: Camera coordinate space is only approximate.

Mounting plate drawing