
pco.edge 5.5 USB sCMOS Camera
The pco.edge 5.5 USB camera is equipped with a well-established scientific CMOS (sCMOS) sensor that provides crisp images and precise measurements. The pco.edge 5.5 sCMOS camera features an option to upgrade with a water-cooling system and is ideally suited for applications that require high resolution, high frame rates, best 16-bit dynamic range, selectable shutter variants and an optional color sensor.
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Interface |
USB 3.0 |
Sensor technology |
sCMOS |
Color type |
monochrome or color |
Resolution |
2560 x 2160Â pixels |
Sensor diagonal |
21.8Â mm |
Pixel size |
6.5 x 6.5 μm |
Maximum frame rate @ full resolution |
30Â fps |
Maximum pixel rate |
320Â MPixel/s |
Peak QE |
60 % @ 600 nm1 |
Typical read noise2 |
1.0Â e- |
Dark current @ sensor temperature |
 < 0.5 RS/GR e-/pixel/s < 0.8 GS @ 5 °C e-/pixel/s |
Maximum dynamic range |
30,000 : 1 |
Shutter type |
Rolling Shutter, Global Shutter, Global Reset |
Sensor cooling3 |
air & water |
Dimensions (H x W x L) |
76Â x 70Â x 99 mm |
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1 Monochrome version
2 The readout noise values are given as median (med). All values are raw data without any filtering.
3 air = air forced with fan | water = external water connection




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- Bright-field microscopy
- Fluorescence microscopy
- Digital pathology
- Single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) – PALM, STORM, dSTORM, GSDIM
- Lightsheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM)
- Structured illumination microscopy (SIM)
- Calcium imaging
- Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)
- Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP)
- High-speed bright-field ratio imaging
- High throughput screening
- High content screening
- Biochip reading
- Total internal reflection microscopy (TITF)
- Spinning disk confocal microscopy
- 3D metrology
- Ophthalmology
- Photovoltaic inspection
- Industrial quality inspection
- Wafer inspection
- Image intensifier imaging
- Lucky astronomy
- Disaster recovery
- Tunnel inspection
- Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV)
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Interface |
USB 3.0 |
Sensor technology |
sCMOS |
Color type |
monochrome or color |
Resolution |
2560 x 2160Â pixels |
Sensor diagonal |
21.8Â mm |
Pixel size |
6.5 x 6.5 μm |
Maximum frame rate @ full resolution |
30Â fps |
Maximum pixel rate |
320Â MPixel/s |
Peak QE |
60 % @ 600 nm1 |
Typical read noise2 |
1.0Â e- |
Dark current @ sensor temperature |
 < 0.5 RS/GR e-/pixel/s < 0.8 GS @ 5 °C e-/pixel/s |
Maximum dynamic range |
30,000 : 1 |
Shutter type |
Rolling Shutter, Global Shutter, Global Reset |
Sensor cooling3 |
air & water |
Dimensions (H x W x L) |
76Â x 70Â x 99 mm |
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Â
1 Monochrome version
2 The readout noise values are given as median (med). All values are raw data without any filtering.
3 air = air forced with fan | water = external water connection




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- Bright-field microscopy
- Fluorescence microscopy
- Digital pathology
- Single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) – PALM, STORM, dSTORM, GSDIM
- Lightsheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM)
- Structured illumination microscopy (SIM)
- Calcium imaging
- Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)
- Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP)
- High-speed bright-field ratio imaging
- High throughput screening
- High content screening
- Biochip reading
- Total internal reflection microscopy (TITF)
- Spinning disk confocal microscopy
- 3D metrology
- Ophthalmology
- Photovoltaic inspection
- Industrial quality inspection
- Wafer inspection
- Image intensifier imaging
- Lucky astronomy
- Disaster recovery
- Tunnel inspection
- Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV)