Machine Vision

 

Ahrensburg, 16 March 2009 – Basler Vision Technologies is starting series production of four scout camera models that are based on Sony’s new ICX618 sensor.

The cameras feature a compact 29 mm x 44 mm x 73.7 mm housing and are equipped with a C or CS-mount lens adapter. They are available in monochrome and color and with a Gigabit Ethernet or IEEE 1394b interface.

The EMVA 1288 data for the new scout scA640-120gm camera shows the same total Quantum Efficiency (QE) and the same absolute sensitivity threshold as Sony’s bestselling ICX285 sensor. In addition to their superb sensitivity, the new scout models are fast. They offer an acquisition rate of 120 frames per second at full VGA resolution.

The excellent sensitivity and frame rate of these new models make them suitable for a wide variety of applications where speed counts, ranging from factory automation to semiconductor and electronics manufacturing. The scout with the ICX618 sensor also targets outdoor applications such as security or intelligent traffic systems where lighting conditions are often critical.

“With the addition of the scA640-120 cameras, Basler strengthens its range of lower resolution scout cameras with new models that are attractive in terms of performance and price,” explains Werner Borchert, Product Manager at Basler Components. “The starting price for both the GigE Vision and IEEE 1394b versions is 499 Euro.”

These models can be easily operated via Basler’s pylon driver package. The pylon drivers provide reliable image data transport from the cameras into PC memory at the lowest possible CPU Load. And with the upcoming pylon 2.1 release, the driver can directly address a virtually unlimited amount of PC memory on 64 bit Microsoft Windows based systems.

The free pylon software package provides the drivers and the camera C++ API, a viewer tool as well as comprehensive documentation and code samples to make it easy to start using and integrating the cameras.



Press Contact:
Eva Tischendorf – Basler Components
Tel. +49 4102 - 463 258
Fax: +49 4102 - 463 599
eva.tischendorf@baslerweb.com