Purpose-built for industrial, commercial, and defense integrations, Boson SX8 delivers 4× more pixels than a 640 × 512 VGA module, extending detection, recognition, and identification (DRI) range and providing clear imagery at long distances. Multiple lens options, including a factory-integrated continuous zoom lens, support a wide range of platforms, from uncrewed systems and counter-UAS to seekers, perimeter security, visual augmentation, and handheld devices. With high-speed performance and SXGA output, Boson SX8 helps operators see more, see farther, and do more.
Boson SX8 helps accelerate development and reduce integration risk with an available graphical user interface (GUI), germanium-free lens configurations, and compatibility with Teledyne FLIR OEM’s Prism™ intelligent digital products. Manufactured at scale in the USA, it offers lower supply-chain risk, high reliability, and world-class support from a trusted volume supplier—setting a new standard for SWaP-optimized thermal imaging.
SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH SXGA LWIR
High-performance 1280 × 1024 clarity in a SWaP-optimized package
STREAMLINE SMART THERMAL CAMERA DEVELOPMENT
Integration-ready design that is AI-ready
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Specifications
Performance
- Thermal Spectral Range
- Longwave infrared; 7.5 µm – 14 µm
Radiometry
- Temperature Accuracy
- ±5° C accuracy or less, depending upon operating conditions.
- Temperature Measurement
- No
Imaging & Optical
- Boresight Drift Through Zoom
- < 0.10mm
- Digital Zoom
- 8x
- Distortion
- WFOV <7%; NFOV < 3%
- Focal Length
- NFOV = 75mm +4% / -0%; WFOV = 15mm +0% / -4%.
- Frame Rate
- 60Hz default; 30 Hz runtime selectable
- Image Orientation
- Adjustable (vertical flip and/or horizontal flip)
- Minimum Focus Distance
- NFOV > 18M
WFOV > 3M
- Non-Uniformity Correction (NUC)
- Factory calibrated; updated FFCs with FLIR’s Silent Shutterless NUC (SSN™), Standard configuration also includes physical shutter
- Optical Continuous Zoom
- 5.35x
- Parfocality
- At 20°C the lens shall stay in focus thru zoom within 1/4-wave at 10.6um
- Pixel Pitch
- 8 µm
- Relative Illumination
- NFOV = 70%
WFOV = 96%
- Resolution
- 1280 x 1024
- Scene Dynamic Range
- to 140 °C (high gain)
- Sensitivity [NEdT]
- Industrial: ≤35 mK
Professional: ≤45 mK
(factory filters enabled)
- Symbol overlay
- Re-writable each frame; alpha blending for translucent overlay
- Time to Focus
- < 0.5 sec
- Time to Zoom
- < 1.5 sec
Connections & Communications
- Peripheral Channels
- I2C, SPI, SDIO
- Serial Communication
- The following serial communications shall be set: RS232, 38400 baud, 1 stop bit, 8 data bits, no parity
Electrical
- Power Supply
- Nominal voltage 12V ± 1V
Mechanical
- Size (L x W x H)
- 110 (L) x 84.3 (w) x 84.3 (h) mm
- Weight
- 530g
Environmental & Approvals
- Design and Construction
- Lens assembly to meet MIL-STD-1472 and MIL-HDBK-1686
- DLC Option
- With DLC front coating, lens to withstand Humidity, Severe Abrasion, and Salt Fog Exposure
- ESS Thermal
- Lens assembly to be subjected to -35 °C to +70 °C temperature extremes with a maximum of 5 deg/min ramp rate and a minimum dwell of 60min at each temperature extreme
- ESS Vibration
- Random vibration, from 10 Hz to 500 Hz with the following vibration profile along the optical axis for a minimum of 10 minutes:
at 10 Hz, 0.01 G2/Hz
at 50 Hz, 0.01 G2/Hz
at 80 Hz, 0.04 G2/Hz
at 350 Hz, 0.04 G2/Hz
at 500 Hz, 0.01 G2/Hz
- Focus Over Temperature
- Maintain focus from -35 °C to 70 °C
- IP Rating [At Front of Lens]
- IP67
- Non-Operating Temperature Range
- -40 °C to 80 °C (-40 °F to 176 °F)
- Operating Temperature Range
- -35 °C to 70 °C (-31 °F to 158 °F)
- Operational Altitude
- 12 km (max altitude of a commercial airliner or airborne platform)
- Shock
- 9G with 11msec half-sine pulse, minimum 3 pulses for each of 3 axes
- Solar protection
- Lens attenuates solar energy below pass band.
Resources & Support
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Whitepaper
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Learn moreAssets below are shared by all models in this product family.
Boson SX8 CZ Datasheet
Boson SX8 Datasheet
Boson - RoHS - Declaration of Compliance - 20000-00-67 Rev 150
Boson REACH - Declaration of Compliance
BosonSX8 GUI User Guide, Rev 100
IDD CAD Boson SX8, 12mm-f1.0, 50-deg HFOV STEP
IDD CAD Boson SX8, 18mm-f1.0, 32-deg HFOV STEP File
IDD CAD Boson SX8, 24mm-f1.0, 24-deg HFOV
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