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Daily Product Highlights 2008 p18 of 24:

• Optical design software is enhanced
  The next generation of the company's Advanced Systems Analysis Program (ASAP) features SolidWorks Layering, which allows interoperability between the SolidWorks Parts Only 3D Modeling Engine and ASAP 2008 and allows users to assign layers and object names within SolidWorks. The ASAP 2008 release comes with numerous polarization ray-tracing enhancements, including a realistic polarizer model, Stokes-value inputs, and data views.
• IR light is compact
  Standard incandescent infrared (IR) light source offers broad light spectrum unachievable with LEDs. Compact in design, the MHAB-100 provides stable output (±1%) over a long life span (>1000 hours). The 100-W halogen light uses proprietary technology to deliver high illuminance across the 1000--1800-nm spectral region.
• Linear image sensor has high dynamic range
  The C640 linear image sensor with 4000 photodiode elements of 7 ? 7-µm pixels has integrated programmable gain amplifier, 12 bit-A/D converter, voltage regulator, low-voltage differential amplifier, and timing generator built to deliver a 28-mm imaging length. Thermal noise is less than 2 LSB. Saturation is 4096 LSB, giving the device more than 2000:1 of the dynamic range. The image-processing function controls include coarse gain (2 bits control) or fine gain (3 bits).
• Monitoring lenses resist radiation
  Compact in design, fixed-focus nonbrowning lenses range from 6- to 25-mm focal length with fields of view up to 108?. All lenses provide high image resolution and minimum geometric distortion from 400 to 750 nm. They have been designed for use with 1/2-, 2/3-, and 1-in. CCTV cameras, as well as Newvicon and Chalnicon tubes in a variety of nuclear monitoring applications.
• System produces IR sub-band images
  The ORION is an infrared multispectral imaging system capable of producing IR sub-band images at video rate within the SWIR, MWIR, or LWIR regions. It uses focal-plane-array detector technology along with large-dynamic-range, real-time electronics to deliver results from applications including IR signature analysis, gas detection, flame analysis, environmental studies, and target/background characterization.
• Smart camera is rugged
  VC4438 camera is a freely programmable, intelligent high-performance camera whose key component is a 1-GHz processor from Texas Instruments. It acts as a stand-alone image-processing system, renders additional PC stations unnecessary, and features a 1/3-in. CCD sensor with 640 ? 480-pixel resolution and a maximum frame rate of 63 frames/s (126 frames/s in binning mode). Standard equipment includes an RS-232 and Ethernet interface, a high-speed encoder interface, and an external trigger input.
• Camera Link cable is flexible
  Cable for Camera Link applications, which passes 17 million cycles when tested for flexion, includes standard cable and Power over Camera Link (PoCL)?Camera Link cable with power transmission capabilities. PoCL is available for standard Camera Link or mini Camera Link (MiniCL) assemblies. MiniCL uses a smaller connector than traditional Camera Link but incorporates the same hardware and software protocols.
• Camera is plug-and-play
  uEye UI-5480-C has a Gigabit Ethernet interface and a light-sensitive 1/2-in. CMOS sensor, which allows resolutions to 2560 ? 1920 pixels. Up to 12 frames/s are achieved at full resolution. Using subsampling and binning at sensor level, this frame rate can be increased. In addition, the camera features a variable power supply of 6 to 24 V, a C-mount lens adapter with adjustable mounting dimensions, and an RS-232 interface.
• Linescan camera has higher NIR line rate
  SU-LDH InGaAs digital linescan near-infrared (NIR) camera has been enhanced to increase line rates for 1024 pixels to greater than 46,000 lines/s, making it ideal for Fourier domain optical coherence tomography. For high-data-rate industrial process control and machine vision, the SU-LDH provides wavelength response from 0.8 to 1.7 µm. It features high sensitivity, room-temperature-stabilized operation, and integrate-while-read capability for faster readout speeds with minimal dead time.
• Small camera adds flexibility
  The In-Sight Micro is a full vision system the size of a remote-head camera (30 ? 30 ? 60 mm), making it ideal for mounting in very tight spaces on robots, production lines, and machinery. It has a nonlinear calibration tool that enables mounting at angles up to 45? for hard-to-reach applications. The system includes EasyBuilder configuration software and VisionView operator interface display.

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