OAK-FFC 4P PoE is a flexible and powerful prototyping platform that allows you to connect up to that best fit your project requirement (please se the list bellow) in terms of resolution, FPS, FOV, shutter type, and depth of focus. It also features on-device and capabilities.

• Up to 4 cameras: two 2-lane MIPI and two 4-lane MIPI
• Micro SD card connector for DepthAI SoM 3.3V SDIO
• 4 TOPS of processing power (1.4 TOPS for AI)
• PoE with passthrough support

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Description

This platform has on board offering 4 TOPS of processing power (1.4 TOPS for AI - ), capable of running any AI model (models need to ) and CV task on the device. It supports encoding in H.264, H.265, and MJPEG at 4K/30FPS, 1080P/60FPS. Computer vision features include warp, resize, crop via , , and , with the ability to .

It offers stereo depth perception with post-processing, RGB-depth alignment, and high configurability. Object tracking includes 2D and 3D tracking via the ObjectTracker node.

We suggest following getting started guide for smooth experience.

Key Features

• 4 TOPS of processing power (1.4 TOPS for AI - RVC2 NN Performance)
• Run any AI model, even custom architected/built ones (models need to be converted)
• Encoding: H.264, H.265, MJPEG - 4K/30FPS, 1080P/60FPS
• Computer vision: warp (undistortion), resize, crop via ImageManip node, edge detection, feature tracking. You can also run custom CV functions
• Stereo depth perception with filtering, post-processing, RGB-depth alignment, and high configurability
• Object tracking: 2D and 3D tracking with ObjectTracker node

• Dimensions: 125x63x34 mm (with heatsink)
• Weight: 81g (PCBA with heatsink)

• Power consumption: up to 5.5W
• Passthrough Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) power source
• Gigabit ethernet for data
• USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C for data (see technical details)

Note: It is not possible to power the OAK-FFC-4P-POE via the USB-C connector. So to connect through the USB-C, you will need to power via RJ45 (POE).

Compatible Camera Modules

Note: Please take note that the manual calibration is needed when the camera modules are connected. Please follow the calibration guide.

This board is also compatible with RPi camera interface. For that you will need a FFC from Arducam, which converts 26-pin Luxonis camera pinout to 22 pin RPi camera pinout.

Technical Details

• 2x 2-Lane MIPI interface
• 2x 4-Lane MIPI interface
• PoE for connectivity and power
• Interface for Luxonis OAK-SoM-Pro
• Pads for OAK-SoM 1.8V SPI
• Pads for OAK-SoM 3.3V SDIO
• Pads for OAK-SoM 1.8V Aux Signals (I2C, UART, GPIO)
• PSRBS connector for FSYNC
• 5V Fan OR USB Type-C
• Design files produced with Altium Designer 20

This device also supports PoE passthrough, so you can daisy chain multiple OAK-FFC 4P PoE boards. As the chip is PoE 802.3af, it can supply up to 15.4W of power, which means you can connect up to 3 devices in a row (as each consumes ~5W of power).
Note that if you have longer cables and/or utilize all available computation (NN, Stereo, CV, video encoder, CPU, etc.), it might be that you could only connect 2 devices in a row.

This OAK camera has an integrated BNO085, a 9-axis IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit). See IMU node for the API details on how to use it.

Most of the power is consumed by the RVC2, so the power consumption mostly depends on the workload of the VPU:

• Base consumption + camera streaming: 2.5W - 3W
• PoE circuitry: 0.5W
• AI subsystem consumption: Up to 1W
• Stereo depth pipeline subsystem: Up to 0.5W
• Video Encoder subsystem: Up to 0.5W

So the total power consumption can be up to ~5.5W if you are using all the features at 100% at the same time. To reduce the power consumption, you can reduce FPS of the whole pipeline - that way, subsystems won’t be utilized at 100% and will consume less power.

The ambient operating temperature of RVC2 based devices is between -20°C and 50°C when fully utilizing the VPU. To find out more, see our operating temperature range documentation.

Package Includes

• OAK-FFC-4P-PoE assembly
• Ethernet cable, 2m
• Flexible Flat Cable, 15cm (4pcs)

Note: PoE injector / switch is required to power the device and it is not included in the packaging. If you need an injector, you can buy it here.

Note: Camera modules are not included in the packaging. List of available cameras is here.

Files

1. 3D model (STEP file download)
2. Altium Design Files
3. Assembly Drawing
4. Assembly Outputs
5. Fabrication Drawing
6. Fabrication Outputs
7. Schematic