Odd Systems Unveils Svitlych, Its First Daytime Camera
Odd Systems, a Ukrainian defense tech company specializing in thermal imaging cameras for combat missions, has introduced its first tactical digital daytime camera powered by a next-generation sensor.
Svitlych-662 is a full-color 1920x1080 px camera based on the powerful next-generation sensor. Featuring a MIPI CSI-2 interface, the camera was developed specifically for drones utilizing computer vision – ranging from small UAVs to ground robots and stationary observation posts. It provides direct connection to single-board computers with minimal latency for CV algorithms.
The Svitlych daytime camera, much like the Kurbas thermal imaging series, is part of the company's strategic goal to provide the front lines with high-quality domestic products – the "vision for defense."
Key features of the camera include:
Low-Light Vision: The new sensor ensures high-quality Full HD (1080p) imagery even in minimal lighting conditions.
Optimized for CV Algorithms: The MIPI CSI-2 interface guarantees ultra-low latency and minimal motion blur for precise tracking.
Raspberry Pi Optimization: Full compatibility and verified performance with RPi Zero 2W, featuring a stable pipeline and ready-to-use driver stack.
Mission Customization: Capabilities to adapt mechanics for mounts, housings, lenses with various FOV, and custom cable lengths/types.
Coaxial Ribbon Cable: Provides stable signal transmission with less noise and interference compared to FPC, offering flexibility for integration into complex form factors.
Rugged Design: Reinforced housing for field operations, offering superior mechanical reliability and optical protection.
Expert Support from Odd Systems: Hands-on assistance from the engineering team for adaptation and solution development.
Roman Medvedev, CEO of Odd Systems:
"The Svitlych daytime camera, developed by our experienced engineering team, is a mass-market digital combat camera, adapted to military requirements and ready for mass production and deployment. Our key task is to create optical systems that help the military effectively perform diverse missions, including the interception of aerial targets. We are expanding our line of proprietary cameras, building industry expertise, and strengthening the capabilities of the Ukrainian industry. In the long term, this bolsters the country's technological sovereignty."
Odd Systems' products have received positive feedback from the military and manufacturers (notably the Kurbas thermal series used by "Wild Hornets," "Warbirds of Ukraine," and "Vigilant Works") for high quality, low defect rates, and the effectiveness of custom firmware.
Odd Systems, along with its sister company The Fourth Law, continues the tradition of naming equipment (Kurbas cameras and Stus, Lupynis, Horska, and Zerov drones) after prominent figures of the "Executed Renaissance" and the "Sixtiers"—Ukrainian intellectuals of the 20th century persecuted and destroyed by the Soviet regime. The Svitlych camera is named in honor of Ivan Svitlychnyi, a leader and ideologue of the national-democratic movement of the 1960s and 1970s, a critic, literary scholar, poet, and translator. For his views and pro-Ukrainian stance, he was repressed by the regime and spent a long period in labor camps.