Single-board cameras fit in tight applications

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jun 9, 2008

GB series CCD cameras are available in colour or monochrome models, with landscape or portrait orientation and with in-line or vertical connection orientation to ease integration.

Lambda Photometrics has released Prosilica's GB series of single-board OEM cameras with a Gigabit Ethernet interface.

The credit-card sized GB-series cameras (51 x 89mm) have been designed for OEM applications where there is a need to fit machine vision cameras within tight spaces.

The CCD cameras are available in colour or monochrome models, with landscape or portrait orientation and with in-line or vertical connection orientation to ease integration.

Cameras are fitted with a C-mount with adjustable back focus or an optional CS-mount.

The GigE Vision-compliant Gigabit Ethernet interface allows cable lengths of up to 100m long using conventional Ethernet cabling (Cat5e).

The GB series cameras feature progressive scan Sony CCD sensors for high image quality and excellent sensitivity and are most suited for applications such as machine vision, industrial inspection, avionics, traffic monitoring, license plate reading, public security, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), character recognition, biometrics, robotics and surveillance.

The GB series includes the GB650, GB660, GB1380H and GB2450 models, ranging from VGA to 5Mpixel resolution and full resolution frame rates to 120 frames a second.

Higher frame rates are possible using region of interest readout and/or advanced binning modes.

Te GB series incorporates features including snapshot/global shutter, pixel binning, area of interest readout, external trigger and sync I/O, auto-iris control, RS-232 peripheral port, exposure, gain and offset controls, nonvolatile configuration memory, event recorder capability, pre-trigger recording, programmable strobe functions, multicasting, configurable IP addresses, auto exposure and auto white balance controls.

It supports Windows (2000, XP and Vista), Linux and QNX operating systems on both Intel and Power PC platforms.

For users that prefer third-party imaging libraries and applications, Prosilica's GigE Vision cameras are plug-and-play compatible with software from Matrox, National Instruments, Stemmer Imaging, Norpix and MVTec.