The Basler boost V boA5120-150cm is a high-speed industrial area scan camera built around the 25 MP Gpixel GMAX0505 CMOS global shutter sensor (5120 x 5120 px, 2.5 um pixels, 1.1" format). It reaches 150 fps at 8-bit using a 4x CXP-12 CoaXPress 2.0 interface (selectable down to 1x CXP-12 / CXP-6) for bandwidths up to 12.5 Gbps per cable. Power is supplied via Power over CoaXPress (PoCXP) or an external 24 VDC connector, with typical consumption around 12 W. The camera supports GenICam and CoaXPress 2.0 protocols and is rated IP30.
The Basler boost V boA5120-150cm is built around the Gpixel GMAX0505, a 25 MP global shutter CMOS sensor delivering a square 5120 x 5120 px image on a 1.1" optical format (12.8 mm x 12.8 mm active area, 18.1 mm diagonal). The global shutter is the decisive characteristic here: every pixel is exposed simultaneously, so fast-moving parts on a conveyor or rotating drum are captured without the skew and smear a rolling shutter would introduce. With 2.5 um pixels packing 25 megapixels into a compact 1.1" frame, this camera is aimed at applications that need both wide coverage and fine spatial detail in a single capture, letting one camera inspect a large field while still resolving small defects or characters.
The headline capability is throughput. The 4x CXP-12 CoaXPress 2.0 interface sustains 150 fps at 8-bit across the full 25 MP frame, with bandwidth up to 12.5 Gbps per cable, and it is selectable down to 2x/1x CXP-12 or 4x/2x CXP-6 when you want to trade frame rate for fewer cables or shorter cable runs. The frame rate ranges from 20 to 150 fps depending on configuration, so the camera scales from steady high-resolution capture up to genuinely high-speed inline imaging. CoaXPress also carries the trigger and control path alongside image data over coax, and Power over CoaXPress (PoCXP) can deliver power on the same cable, which simplifies cabling on machines where running separate power is awkward. A CoaXPress frame grabber is required at the host end; this is a grabber-based architecture, not a plug-and-play USB or networked camera.
Mechanically and electrically the camera is designed for an industrial cabinet or machine frame rather than a washdown line. It uses a C-mount, so lens selection should account for the 18.1 mm sensor diagonal and the demanding 2.5 um pixels, which need a high-resolution lens to actually resolve. Power comes from PoCXP or an external 24 VDC supply (22.8-25.2 VDC) at roughly 12 W typical consumption, and the body measures 66 x 65 x 65 mm (without lens mount and connectors) at 400 g. It is rated IP30 and operates from 0 to 50 degC, and it speaks GenICam and CoaXPress 2.0 so it integrates with standard machine-vision software stacks. As a monochrome camera it trades color information for full sensitivity and resolution per pixel, which suits contrast-, edge-, and texture-driven inspection.
Best for
High-speed inline surface and defect inspection of fast-moving electronics, semiconductor, or printed material where a global shutter is needed to freeze motion at 150 fps
High-resolution dimensional measurement over a large field, using the full 5120 x 5120 px frame to resolve fine features in a single capture
Industrial OCR/OCV reading of small printed or marked characters on parts moving at production speed
Semiconductor and electronics inspection requiring fine spatial detail from 2.5 um pixels combined with the sustained bandwidth of a 4x CXP-12 link
Automotive and print-line monochrome inspection tasks driven by contrast, edges, and texture rather than color
Selection notes
This is a CoaXPress 2.0 grabber-based camera, not USB or GigE: budget for a compatible 4x CXP-12 frame grabber and the coax cabling at the host, and confirm your PC has the slot and interface for it.
The interface is selectable (4x/2x/1x CXP-12, 4x/2x CXP-6); the full 150 fps requires the 4x CXP-12 configuration, while fewer lanes reduce frame rate but simplify cabling, so size the link to your real throughput target (20-150 fps range).
The 2.5 um pixels and 18.1 mm sensor diagonal demand a high-resolution C-mount lens with an image circle covering the 1.1" format; an under-spec lens will waste the 25 MP resolution.
Plan power early: choose between Power over CoaXPress on the same coax or an external 24 VDC supply (22.8-25.2 VDC), accounting for the roughly 12 W typical draw.
It is monochrome and rated IP30 for a clean industrial environment (0-50 degC); add task-appropriate lighting and triggering for high-speed capture, and provide separate protection if the install needs dust or splash resistance.
Matched automatically by: lens mount fits the camera mount · lens image circle covers the camera sensor — this camera: C-mount · 1.1" (12.8 mm x 12.8 mm, 18.1 mm diagonal) sensor.
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Get a first image quickly with the pylon Viewer, then move into the pylon SDK for your application. These cameras are GenICam/GenTL-compliant, so any compliant vision software can drive them as well.
Download and install the pylon Camera Software Suite for your OS from Basler. This provides the pylon Viewer, the GenTL transport-layer producers and the pylon SDK (C/C++/.NET/Python). On Windows the installer adds the needed drivers; on Linux follow the included setup notes for USB and network permissions.
2. Connect the camera and check the link
Cable the camera to its matching interface: GigE Vision to a GigE port (use a quality cable and, ideally, a dedicated NIC with jumbo frames enabled), USB3 Vision to a USB 3.x port with the supplied cable, or CoaXPress to the frame grabber. Provide power where required (PoE, USB bus power, or PoCXP). Open the pylon Viewer and confirm the camera appears in the device list; for GigE, make sure the camera and NIC are on the same subnet.
3. Grab a first image and set exposure, gain and pixel format
Select the camera in the pylon Viewer and start a continuous grab. Adjust exposure time and gain until the image is well exposed (avoid clipped highlights), set the pixel format (e.g. Mono8 or a Bayer/RGB format), and focus the lens. Use a test pattern if the lens or scene is not ready yet.
4. Configure triggering and acquisition
Decide between free-run and triggered acquisition. For synchronized capture, set the trigger source (software or a hardware line on the I/O connector), trigger mode and any debounce or exposure mode, then verify timing. Note the parameter names you change in the Viewer feature tree, as you will reuse them in code.
5. Move to the SDK or a GenICam-compliant library
Recreate your settings in code with the pylon SDK (C, C++, .NET or Python) to open the device, apply the same features and pull frames into your pipeline; pylon vTools and pylon AI can add processing blocks. Because the cameras are GenICam/GenTL standard, third-party vision libraries work too. Once the image stream is stable, you can route frames to a deep-learning inspection such as Rosepetal for automated defect detection.
Frequently asked questions
It uses the Gpixel GMAX0505, a 25 MP monochrome global shutter CMOS sensor with a 5120 x 5120 px resolution, 2.5 um pixels, and a 1.1" optical format (12.8 mm x 12.8 mm, 18.1 mm diagonal).
It reaches 150 fps at full resolution (8-bit) over a 4x CXP-12 CoaXPress 2.0 interface providing up to 12.5 Gbps per cable. The interface is selectable down to 2x/1x CXP-12 or 4x/2x CXP-6, with an overall frame rate range of 20 to 150 fps.
It is monochrome (mono), which makes it well suited to contrast-, edge-, and texture-based inspection tasks rather than applications that need color discrimination.
It has a global shutter, so the entire frame is exposed at once and fast-moving objects are captured without the distortion or smear associated with rolling shutters.
It can be powered over the CoaXPress cable via PoCXP or from an external 24 VDC supply (22.8-25.2 VDC), with typical consumption around 12 W. It uses a C-mount lens interface and is rated IP30 for operation from 0 to 50 degC.
