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News Release from: Kane Computing | Subject: DRS Lightning RDTPlus
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 11 January 2007
Camera promises flexible motion analysis
The Lightning RDTPlus features extended recording times to capture long duration events such as vehicle rollovers and missile flights.
Kane Computing is shipping DRS's Lightning RDTPlus (research, design and test) camera The RDTPlus combines high-speed digital video, intuitive camera control software and powerful analytical functions with the capabilities of a standard PC to provide an integrated, high-speed imaging system with sufficient performance and flexibility to address all motion analysis requirements
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Consisting of a small camera head, detachable cable and custom frame grabber board, the Lightning RDTPlus captures 512 x 512 resolution images at 5000 full frames per second.
A blazing 100,000 frame/s can be achieved at reduced resolution for recording extremely rapid events.
The Lightning RDTPlus features extended recording times to capture long duration events such as vehicle rollovers and missile flights.
More than 13 seconds of full resolution recording at 5000 frame/s are available without compression.
Greater than one minute of record time can be achieved by reducing the frame rate to 1000 frame/s.
The ability to daisy chain multiple frame grabber boards further extends the record time.
A digital interface on the Lightning RDTPlus custom frame grabber board allows the output of a continuous, real-time stream of digital image data.
The digital interface is capable of streaming image data at up to 1.25Gbyte/s - the maximum performance of the Lightning RDTPlus camera.
The Lightning RDTPlus is supplied with Midas software from Xcitex, allowing operators to perform vital motion analysis, to control up to four cameras simultaneously, and to save digital video data in different file formats including AVI, BMP, JPEG and TIFF.
Optional Midas modules provide the synchronisation of high-speed video with instrumentation data from a variety of sensors, gauges, tachometers, IRIG encoders and other devices.
The Lightning RDTPlus is available with several distinct camera head configurations: monochrome, colour and low-light (for light challenged environments).
A single system can be purchased with multiple, interchangeable camera heads, providing the flexibility to record high-speed events in different situations. Request a free brochure from Kane Computing ...
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