Starlyte Imaging has completed support for Allied Vision array scan cameras. The driver suite fully supports:
This addition enables users with existing cameras to easily integrate Nebula on machines used for inspection, materials processing, and other industrial applications.
-Austin
High QE, small pixel size
Recently Tucsen had a presentation on their new Libra CMOS cameras which includes some nice improvements in sensor performance.
Key highlights were:
In a recent presentation here a series of improvements were listed, among them a smaller pixel size selection option which supports a drop in pixel size to ~ 3.27um. From the explanation I assume the camera runs natively in a binned mode to produce 7.x um pixels, but can be optionally de-binned.
Each of the cameras (3 models announced) appear to have this feature, as shown below.
I’m more interested in the full well, as having a ~50k e full well seems a nice improvement in dynamic range over current options. Once item that was very interesting to me is that the full well capacity does NOT reduce when enabling the higher resolution mode. If this is correct, a 3.x um pixel with a 48ke full well would still be quite a nice bump in range and quite a feat!
For pricing, the presentation noted 0.4x the cost of a “classic CMOS”. I’m curious what that means in an actual dollar amount.
-Austin
Here’s a project I can finally talk about! This is one of my clients, PEOVI, who makes rugged, high speed camera mounts for anything from race cars, to airplanes. If you need to mount a Black Magic Micro, or GoPro, to your high speed vehicle, this is the product for you. The engineering team behind this company has decades of experience in manufacturing airborne cinematography platforms. No plastic on these bad boys 🙂
Here’s a link to the company store, where you can get anything from a simple fixtured mount, up to a tilt/roll/pitch enclosure.
Above is an example of the “speed ball” enclosure, which is used with GoPro cameras. The bottom mount us for a cinematic type tube, so it can be used with normal video production equipment if desired. Of course, it might also be attached to the strut of an experimental aircraft wing… 🙂
– Austin