Sony FCB camera block
The Sony FCB-EV7520 were once classic high-definition camera modules that swept across the country and the world. Due to technological updates and iterations, SONY has announced the discontinuation of the FCB-EV7520 and launched their “upgraded version”, the FCB-EV9520L. It provides a perfect answer for the industry to achieve a “seamless upgrade” – on the basis of maintaining the same body size and LVDS output pin definition as the FCB-EV7520, through breakthroughs in core technologies such as sensors, image stabilization, and low-light imaging, it realizes a leap from “classic” to “benchmark”.
I. Physical Compatibility: The underlying guarantee for seamless upgrades
The size matches the interface 100%
The body dimensions of SONY FCB-EV9520L and FCB-EV7520 are both 50.0×60.0×89.7mm, and their weight has been reduced from 255g of FCB-EV7520 to 238g (a reduction of 6.7%). More importantly, the LVDS interface pin definitions are fully compatible. Users do not need to modify the mechanical structure or circuit design of their original devices and can directly replace them.
Typical scenarios: The upgrade cycle of old monitoring dome cameras, unmanned aerial vehicle pan-tilt units, and surgical robot vision modules in ports has been significantly shortened.
The center of the lens has been slightly adjusted, which does not affect the actual deployment
Although the center position of the SONY FCB-EV9520L lens has shifted down by approximately 2mm, actual measurements show that in 99% of security, industrial, and drone scenarios, this shift does not cause field of view obstruction or imaging deviation. However, in extremely precise scenarios (such as micron-level medical endoscopes), the focal length needs to be calibrated or a new mold needs to be made.
Ii. Performance Dominance: The Leap from “Classic” to “Excellence”
Parameter comparison table
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Indicator |
FCB-EV9520L | FCB-EV7520 |
Lifting amplitude sensor |
| Sensor | STARVIS 2 CMOS | Exmor R CMOS | Sensitivity ×2 |
| Minimum illuminance (color) | 0.009Lx | 0.1Lx | Sensitivity +90% |
| Minimum illuminance (black and white) | 0.00008Lx（Starlight level） | 0.001Lx | Sensitivity +125 times |
| Image stabilization | Image stabilization (S/S+ dual Settings available) | EIS | The Image stabilization performance has been greatly enhanced |
| Wide dynamic range | 130dB | Yes | Backlighting makes the details clearer |
| Core new features | Infrared color mode, point light source obstacle avoidance, and three-zone 3A function | No | Enhance scene-free adaptability |
Iii. Interface Control Board: Fully compatible
As an officially authorized distributor of SONY (China), the coding control boards developed by Xuanzhan Technology must be mutually compatible. Compatible with the 3G-SDI, HD-HDMI, VRS-UD350 network, USB3.0, USB TYPE-C, SDI/HDMI/CVBS and LVDS to MIPI encoding control board and video capture module of SONY FCB-EV7520 high-definition camera module The SONY FCB-EV9520L is also seamlessly compatible, facilitating “zero modification” intelligent upgrades for scenarios such as drones, security monitoring, ports, digital healthcare, and industrial inspection.
IV. Cost Truth: What is expensive is the unit price, and what is saved is the total investment
Short-term account: The unit price of SONY FCB-EV9520L is higher than that of FCB-EV7520, but FCB-EV7520 has been discontinued, and the scarcity of inventory has led to an increase in second-hand prices, and it is almost impossible to find inventory either.
Long-term account
No modification fee: SONY FCB-EV9520L is compatible with old molds of FCB-EV7520, eliminating the cost of re-wiring/mold opening.
Reduce operation and maintenance costs: High ISO sensitivity, anti-shake + wide dynamic range, outstanding performance combined with intelligent functions, reduces manual verification work, significantly lowering cost expenditures.
Conclusion: Substitution is not a choice but an inevitability
“The same body size and LVDS interface, but more outstanding performance” – SONY FCB-EV9520L, with 100% physical compatibility, carries the greater performance leap of FCB-EV7520, redefining the connotation of “substitution”. During the upgrade and replacement process, if you have any questions, you can contact Danny Wong, a senior engineer with 16 years of practical experience in the field of high-definition video secondary development.