How many R200 on the same computer?

[MCami1]

Hello. I need to connect more then 2 R200 Cameras on the same computer.

I've got 2 R200 on the same USB3 port, via USB3 HUB, and it's working. Probably is not the best solution for data bandwidth, but it is actually working on an Intel UP board.

I need to purchase other 10 cameras to build a tracking system. I want to connect 6/8 cameras on the same Computer, on different USB3.

Do anyone knows how many cameras i can connect to a single PC? Is there a limit (as for the Kinect One/Leap Motion, etc). Or is it just up to the machine power/performace?

Thank you.

Massimiliano

[MartyG · Accepted solution]

The official RealSense SDK can currently actively use one camera at a time. The open-source Librealsense SDK that Intel supports can use multiple cameras, though Librealsense does not contain all the functions that the official SDK does.

https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense GitHub - IntelRealSense/librealsense: Cross-platform camera capture for Intel® RealSense™ F200, SR300 and R200

I am not personally aware of a maximum camera limit in Librealsense. If this is the case then the limitation is likely the resources available on the machine.

In early 2015, an early RealSense-powered drone had six R200 cameras connected in a 360 degree arrangement to a single PC board on the drone.

http://mashable.com/2015/09/02/intel-realsense-drones/# .zSubfeSZPqh Intel wants to put RealSense everywhere, even on drones