PST Base HD technical specifications

Performance

  • Accuracy: Position: < 0.5 mm RMSE
    Orientation: < 1 deg RMSE
  • Latency: 5 ms (depending on the shutter time and the filter settings)
  • Tracking distance: 20 cm up to 3 m
  • Field of view: 75° (horizontal), 70° (vertical)
  • Refresh rate: Up to 200 Hz
  • Intended use: Tracking in small and compact spaces (e.g. simulators, desktop)

Usability

  • Set up: Plug and play
  • Calibration: Pre-calibrated unit
  • Origin definition: One click process – dedicated tool included
  • Units needed for 6 DoF tracking: One, each PST Base HD is a full 6DoF motion tracker
  • Expandable tracking area: n/a
  • Aligning units: n/a
  • Ambient conditions: Normal indoor lighting conditions
  • Illumination: Integrated IR LED illumination (wavelength 850 nm). Flash illumination fully adjustable in PST Software Suite
  • Operating temperature: 15 – 35 deg. C

Devices and Markers

  • Number of targets: At least 15 independent 6DoF bodies. For instance: simultaneous head and object tracking
  • Markers: Passive (retro-reflective flat and spherical) – Active (LED)
  • Device creation: Simple procedure: mark, train and use new device in seconds

Interfaces

  • Processing: n/a
  • Tracking application: PST Software Suite (license included with each PST tracker)
  • Client operating system: Windows 10, 11 (32 and 64 bit) and Linux (64 bit)
  • Software interface: The tracker comes with an easy to use native C/C++ SDK and bindings for C# and Python. Interfacing is also supported via VRPN, Dtrack emulation, data export to .CSV
  • Hardware interface: Requires two USB 3 ports each with full bandwidth and capable of providing 2.7 Watts min. and 5 Watts max. (ethernet connection to the PST available through the PST Software Suite)
  • Output: Positional coordinates (x, y, z), orientation angles, Euclidean transformation matrix
  • Synchronization: n/a

Hardware

  • Weight: Approx. 1.4 kg
  • Size: 320x62x125 mm (WxHxD)
  • Mounting: 1/4”-20 UNC tripod mounting point
  • Power supply: Output 9V, 40W. Input 100-240V, 50-60Hz
  • Power consumption: Max. 12 W