User`s manual
Physical Interface
24 Basler sprint Mono Cameras
2.1 General Description of the Connections
The camera is interfaced to external circuitry via connectors located on the back of the housing:
one or two, 26-pin, 0.050 inch Mini D Ribbon (MDR) female connectors used to transfer pixel
data, control data, and configuration data. The number of MDR connectors present on the
camera varies by camera model as shown in Table 4.
a 6-pin, micro-miniature, push-pull receptacle used to provide power to the camera.
An LED located on the back of the camera is used to indicate power present and to display the
camera’s status. Figure 12 shows the connectors and the LED for 2k and 4k cameras. The
connectors and the LED for 8k cameras are analogous.
Fig. 12: Connectors and LED (2k and 4k cameras; 8k cameras are analogous)
Model MDR Connectors Camera Link Configuration
spL2048-39km, spL2048-70km,
spL4096-20km
MDR Conn. 1 only Base
spL2048-140km, spL4096-39km,
spL4096-70km, spL4096-140km
spL8192-20km, spL8192-39km,
spL8192-70km
MDR Conn. 1 and MDR Conn. 2 Medium/full
Table 4: MDR Connectors by Camera Model
MDR Conn. 2
26-Pin Female MDR Connector
(only present on Camera Link
medium/full configuration cameras)
LED
6-Pin
Micro-miniature
Receptacle
MDR Conn. 1
26-Pin Female MDR Connector
(present on all cameras)










