Alrad Instruments Ltd

PCI Express grabber

• Video standards: PAL/NTSC, RS-170/CCIR
• RCA (Cinch): 2 inputs
• Y/C (S-Video): 1 input
• 32 Bit - PCI Express, Bus Mastering
• Manufactured by The Imaging Source
• Windows software included

For more information on Frame Grabbers, contact Alrad.

The Neon-DIF

The machine vision industry is constantly advancing with new buses, new interconnect standards and new software standards. However, many applications do not require cutting edge technology or require "tried and true" standards. Some applications are simply recycling older technology, following the "why throw it out if it still works?" motto. With this in mind, BitFlow has introduced the Neon-DIF. We have taken our robust Neon platform and replaced the camera link front end with a 32-bit differential interface. In some ways, this board is the best of both worlds - it melds the latest PCIe speed and features with older, but very robust, differential data devices.

Simplify your industrial, medical, or semiconductor imaging application with BitFlow's Neon-DIF, the easiest to use and most reliable differential frame grabber available anywhere. The Neon-DIF captures images at speeds up to the camera's highest frame/data rate, with precision image acquisition suitable for the most demanding applications.

The Neon-DIF is designed for the OEM customer looking for the performance of the PCI Express bus, a differential interface, and one of the lowest price points in the industry. The target markets are applications where the current frame grabber is no longer available but the camera and application are still important. Another niche that this product fills is differential applications where the PC needs upgrading, but the frame grabber has a PCI interface. Motherboards with PCI slots are getting harder and harder to find. Finally, customers who want to port their application to 64-bit Windows are finding that their differential frame grabbers are not supported on newer operating systems. The Neon-DIF can handle all of these situations.

The Neon-DIF is not just for legacy situations, however. There are still a tremendous number of devices that output differential data that may not even be cameras. The Neon-DIF can acquire from just about anything and efficiently DMA the data into host memory.

Adding the Neon-DIF to your application is simple with our SDK, which supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. The SDK provides high level APIs for sophisticated buffer management and low-level direct access to the board for speedy custom control.

Base Camera Link for PCI

FEATURES

• PCI bus frame grabber
• 132 megabytes per second burst DMA transfer rate
• 100 megabytes per second sustained transfer rate
• 32-bit memory addressing

CAPTURE

• Base Camera Link camera
• Line scan or area scan cameras
• Monochrome or color cameras
• Individual lines or frames
• Continuous video
• Up to 4,096 pixels per line
• Up to 4,096 lines per image (area scan)
• Up to 65,534 lines per image (line scan)
• Triggered image sequence

TRIGGER AND I/O

• Camera exposure and asynchronous reset control
• Trigger and frame enable inputs
• Strobe output
• General purpose inputs and outputs
• 26 pin MDR Camera Link connector
• 9 pin Dsub for trigger and I/O

KEY SPECIFICATIONS

• 5 volts @ 530 mA
• 32 bit / 33 MHz PCI bus master, or 64 bit / 66 MHz PCI bus master slot
• 3.3 or 5volt PCI signaling
• 12.5 cm long, 8.3 cm high, 4.91” long by 3.27” high
• 77 grams, 2.7 ounces
• 0 to 70 degrees Celsius operation
• CE, FCC, ROHS compliant
• Camera pixel clocks from 20 to 85 MHz
• Made in U.S.A.

SOFTWARE

• XCAP-Lite image capture, display, and save program included with frame grabber purchase
• XCAP-LTD captures video to computer memory and more..
• XCAP-STD streams video to disk and performs image processing and more..
• PIXCI Selection Guide  lists cameras supported with dedicated Capture & Adjust dialogs
• XCAP supports all camera link cameras connected to PIXCI® frame grabbers
• XCLIB programmer libraries for frame grabber and camera control
• PXIPL image processing, measurement, and analysis libraries
• Windows & Linux, 32 & 64-bit
• TWAIN compatible
• 3rd Party software solutions also available.

TTL MODULE

The optional TTL Module minimizes false triggers when using a TTL trigger with a cable longer than one foot. The TTL MODULE converts the TTL trigger into a differential signal for reliable triggering with up to 200 feet of cable. The TTL MODULE also can generate a TTL strobe from the attached PIXCI® board. Compatible with PIXCI® CL1, CL2, CL3SD, D2X, D3X, SI, and SI4.

 

PCI Express x8 Camera Link Frame Grabber

FEATURES

• PCIe x8 frame grabber
• Operates in PCI express bus x16 or x8 slot
• 20 gigabit per second burst DMA transfer rate
• 850 megabytes per second sustained transfer rate
• Power over Camera Link selectable
• Two 26-pin MDR Camera Link connectors
• 64-bit memory addressing

IMAGE CAPTURE

• Base, medium, full, or 80-bit camera
• Two base cameras
• Line scan or area scan cameras
• Monochrome or color cameras
• Individual lines or frames
• Triggered image sequence

TRIGGER, STROBE, AND I/O SIGNALS

• Camera exposure and asynchronous reset control
• Trigger and frame enable inputs
• Strobe output
• General purpose inputs and outputs

KEY SPECIFICATIONS

• 12 volts @ 120 mA, 3.3 volts @ 720 mA
• 13.1 cm long, 10.6 cm high, 5.15" long, 4.15" high
• 102 grams,  3.6 ounces
• 0 to 70 degrees Celsius operation
• CE, FCC, ROHS compliant
• Camera pixel clock frequencies from 20 to 85 MHz
• Made in U.S.A.

SOFTWARE

• XCAP-Lite image capture, display, and save program included with frame grabber purchase
• XCAP-LTD captures video to computer memory and more..
• XCAP-STD streams video to disk and performs image processing and more..
• PIXCI Selection Guide  lists cameras supported with dedicated Capture & Adjust dialogs
• XCAP supports all camera link cameras connected to PIXCI® frame grabbers
• XCLIB programmer libraries for frame grabber and camera control
• PXIPL image processing, measurement, and analysis libraries
• Windows & Linux, 32 & 64-bit
• TWAIN compatible

 

 

ExpressCard - Notebook Camera Link Frame Grabber

The PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber supports all Full, Medium, and Base configuration Camera Link cameras with bandwidth requirements of 191 Megabytes (1528 Mbits) per second or less. Compatible with ExpressCard, the mobile PCI Express interface for notebook computers, the PIXCI® EC1 offers dedicated support to more than 70 of the newest, most advanced, highest bandwidth machine vision cameras.

The PIXCI® EC1 offers:

• 191 megabytes per second, sustained, data transfer rate to laptop. Faster notebooks may provide up to 204 megabytes per second, sustained, data rates. Burst transfers at 250 megabytes per second.
• Camera specific controls - exposure, bit depth, gain, frame rate, etc.
• Camera operation in free-run mode for maximum frame rate capture.
• Camera operation in control (trigger) mode.

The PIXCI® EC1 is a plug-n-play frame grabber requiring no hardware setup or adjustment. Install the board, load the software, connect the camera, and capture images. Upon startup, the XCAP imaging program reads a camera identification chip on the PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber, allowing XCAP to load the appropriate video format and display the camera's dedicated Capture & Adjust Dialog.

The XCAP imaging program offers video-to-disk capture subject to the performance of the notebook's hard drive. Capture 1600 x 1200 Bayer pattern color images, 14 frames per second, 8 bits per pixel, directly to notebook hard drive for 2 hours!

Interfaces to almost any camera link camera. The PIXCI® EC1 frame grabber requires a computer with an ExpressCard/54 slot. Few cameras exceed the frame grabber's 191 megabyte per second sustained data rate. Support for base camera link cameras in a notebook is available with the PIXCI® ECB1 Support for higher bandwidth camera link cameras is available with the  PIXCI® E4 frame grabber in a desktop computer with a x4 PCI Express bus. The PIXCI® E4 interfaces to cameras with a bandwidth requirement up to 700 Megabytes (5600 Mbits) per second.

Solutions and Support:

EPIX, Inc. has been providing imaging solutions and support for OEM machine vision manufacturers and engineers since 1984. EPIX, Inc. assembles complete imaging systems with cameras, frame grabbers, and high-performance notebook computers. EPIX imaging systems, custom-built to your specifications, typically feature Intel motherboards and processors. Contact EPIX, Inc., or an authorized distributor of EPIX® imaging products, for help selecting cameras, frame grabbers, imaging software, optics, and computer systems.

 

Fixed focal length lenses are applicable for Machine Vision and CCTV: the Machine Vision lenses feature high resolution, low distortion and a compact, lightweight design. 

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Pancake mica window-alpha-beta-gamma detector

 

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

• MAXIMUM LENGTH (INCH/MM) 3.00/76.1
• MAXIMUM DIAMETER (INCH/MM) 2.11/53.6
• GAS FILLING Ne +Halogen
• CATHODE MATERIAL (INTERNAL/EXTERNAL) 446 Stainless Steel
• EFFECTIVE DIAMETER (INCH/MM) 1.75/44.5
• CONNECTOR Grid Cap
• OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE °C -40 to +75
• EFFECTIVE DEPTH (INCH/MM) 0.5/12.7

WINDOW SPECIFICATIONS

• MATERIAL Mica
• EFFECTIVE DIAMETER (INCH/MM) 1.75/44.5
• AREAL DENSITY (MG/CM²) 1.5-2.0

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• RECOMMENDED OPERATING VOLTAGE (VOLTS) 500
• RECOMMENDED ANODE RESISTOR (MEG OHM) 4.7
• OPERATING VOLTAGE RANGE (VOLTS) 475-675
• MAXIMUM PLATEAU SLOPE (%/100 VOLTS) 10
• MINIMUM DEAD TIME (MICRO SEC) 40
• GAMMA SENSITIVITY CO60 (CPS/mR/HR) 55
• TUBE CAPACITANCE (PF) 3
• WEIGHT (GRAMS) 125
• MAXIMUM BACKGROUND SHIELDED 50MM PB + 3MM AL (CPM) 30
• MAXIMUM STARTING VOLTAGE (VOLTS) 425
• MINIMUM ANODE RESISTOR (MEG OHM) 3.3

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