SEPTEMBER 14, 2009--The Currera line of smart cameras is powered by the Intel Atom processor, with a full range of CCD and CMOS sensors. Optical mounts including standard C-mount and active Canon lens mount with complete lens control by wire. The enclosure measures 70 x 70 x 94 mm for top-of-the-line 24 x 36-mm Kodak 16-Mpixel CCD Canon mount model, including Power over Ethernet (PoE), USB, isolated GPIO ports, and MicroSD card storage. It is ready to run Linux, Windows XP, or XP Embedded from the onboard SSD.
Softhard Technology
Marianka, Slovak Republic
www.softhard.com
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009--All scout and pilot area-scan cameras produced from September 2009 on will be fully equipped with new firmware during production. Additional features include very short exposure times, a trigger delay feature, a combined auto-gain and exposure feature, and a mirroring function at full grabbing speed. Multicast support that makes camera image data available on more than one PC will also be added via the free pylon driver package. Compliance with the GenICam standard means existing customers will not need to make changes to their software. New features will be included on every new camera at no additional cost and will be fully compatible with cameras that have recent firmware revisions.
Basler Components
Ahrensburg, Germany
www.baslerweb.com