IDS presents USB 3.0 industrial cameras

Compact, fast and lightweight: The new USB 3.0 uEye CP from IDS will certainly set trends in the market. The powerful camera offers a bandwidth of 400 MByte/s via USB 3.0. With its lockable Micro USB connector the camera is perfectly suited even for rough environments. Power is supplied via the USB bus, hence an extra power cable is obsolete.

An easy installation for both Windows and Linux is guaranteed via plug & play and the IDS camera manager. Initially the USB 3.0 uEye CP is available with three different sensors with resolutions ranging from VGA to 5 Megapixel and offering monochrome and color variants.

Available at the end of Q1/2012.  		USB 3.0 uEye CP camera family 
  

 Features:


  • USB 3.0
  • Fast CMOS sensors (Aptina and e2v) with global shutter and rolling shutter + global start
  • C-Mount
  • Trigger, flash, 2 GPIOs (usable as serial interface)
  • Lockable Micro USB connector 
  • Lightweight and robust thanks to its magnesium housing (less than 45 g)
  • Compact: only 29x29x29 mm
  • Horizontal and vertical binning
  • 12 Bit Bit-depth
  • 12 Bit Lookup-Table and hardware gamma
  • Pulse width modulation
  • Color rendering in camera
 

New software version 3.90


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Great features for uEye USB and GigE cameras.

It’s so easy… and now it gets even easier! IDS just released its new driver version for Windows. The Linux and OEM versions will be available next week. 

The new uEye software 3.90 features include sequence mode for e2v sensors, pulse width modulation (PWM), and boot booster.

The e2v sensor sequence mode allows to capture high dynamic range image sequences by using multiple exposures or to capture different AOIs automatically. Parameter sets comprising AOI position, exposure time, and gain can be set individually for each image in the sequence. The sensor applies each parameter set automatically, allowing for faster and more accurate recordings. 

GigE uEye models now boast pulse width modulation (PWM) for the camera’s digital strobe output. This feature enables the camera to e.g. control the brightness of a light source connected to the strobe output. You can adjust frequency and duty cycle of the output signal and thus turn the camera into a function generator!

You can experiment with both the sequence mode and pulse width modulation in uEye Cockpit, the comprehensive camera viewer included in the setup.

The boot booster enables you to access your GigE camera even faster. With this features, cameras boot automatically when the computer is turned on. Hence the cameras are available immediately. 

All features of the software development kit can be used with popular programming languages like C/C++, C# or VB. The drivers are available for Windows and Linux 32 and 64 bit and are identical for all camera models. Thus switching between camera models, camera families or even operating systems is very easy.

Download the software package for free at www.ueyesetup.com. 

 

 

New CCD camera electronics

IDS 5 Megapixel USB and GigE cameras with Sony ICX-655 CCD sensor feature a set of newly developed camera electronics. 

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The new camera electronics in combination with driver version 3.90 enables the cameras to capture with a bit depth of 12 bits per pixel and allows for a 16 times more accurate mapping of the pixel values compared to an 8 bit camera. The camera is ideal for capturing moving objects thanks to its global shutter mode.

The camera models are particularly suited for applications in microscopy, traffic monitoring and quality control. Typical applications are print inspection, solar wafer production, or automatic number plate recognition.

Read More about the new cameras on the IDS website.
   

CCD Advantages in a CMOS Sensor

IDS extends their uEye camera family with several models at once. What they all have in common is a sensor that many of our customers have been waiting for: A very fast and light sensitive 1.3 Megapixel CMOS sensor with global shutter!

Previously, applications with fast moving objects often required high-power flash lighting or expensive CCD cameras. Now, with the new UI-1240 / UI-5240 we are happy to provide a camera which combines all the advantages of CCD and CMOS sensors in a single product.

The most important features at a glance:
  • 1280 x 1024 Pixels (1.3 Megapixel)
     
  • 1/1.8“ CMOS sensor (5.3 µm pixel pitch)
     
  • Monochrome and color version
     
  • Up to 60 frames/s with GigE
     
  • 25 frames/s with SB
     
  • High, CCD like, color fidelity
     
  • Scaler downsizes the image while keeping field of view
     
  • Extremely short exposure time (9µs possible) thanks to precise timing
In addition, the sensor type „e2v EV76C560B“ provides a wide range of innovative functions – we keep you posted!

Read the technical data for our new models on the website of IDS:
uEye cameras with 1,3MPixel Global Shutter CMOS
 

Brand new TC12M series: The state-of-the-art lenses for 12MP cameras!

 tcm12mTelecentric lens with long WD (170mm or 237mm).• Supports up to 12M pixel CCD sensors
• No perspective error over the whole F.O.V.
• Perfect for SMT, PCB, LED
  inspection applications
• IRIS manual adapted for
  adjusting D.O.F.
   

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