XIMEA Releases Camera Line With Sony CMOS Sensors and USB3 Interface
MUNSTER, GERMANY (PRWEB) September 29, 2016 -- More than two years ago XIMEA has presented the first model with Sony CMOS IMX174 sensor providing 2.3 Mpix at 165 Fps and today the offer grew with additional models based on USB3 interface under the camera line called – xiC: https://www.ximea.com/en/usb3-vision-camera/usb3-cameras-sony-cmos. Models currently on stock are equipped with IMX252 offering 3.1 Mpix at 122 Fps and IMX250 providing 5 Mpix at 76 Fps. More models from the line will follow soon.
All Sony’s next generation CMOS models based on the Pregius™ technology have Global shutter and are able to supply 8, 10 or 12 bit high quality pictures with Dynamic range higher than 70 dB, extraordinary low noise, exceptional light sensitivity and remarkable color reproduction.
Apart from the image quality of the newest Sony sensors and fast speed of USB3, you can also notice the small form factor with dimensions of only 26 x 26 x 33 mm and weight of mere 38 grams. Power requirements are as low as 3 Watt which allows the cameras to be bus powered directly through USB3 cable and the small heat dissipation can be further rectified by attaching special tripod bracket curtesy of XIMEA.
Few words about the interface definition – the new identification for well known USB 3.0 is actually USB 3.1 Gen 1 and that gives you the data throughput of 5 Gbit/s. XIMEA also offers various types of connectors, the default being standard USB 3.0 Micro-B, but it is also possible to supply camera variations with the new USB Type-C. This however will not increase the speed and for the moment serves as a convenience factor.
Free of charge XIMEA API/SDK supports Windows, Linux, Mac OSX and most popular Machine Vision Libraries including MVTec Halcon, National Instruments Labview, OpenCV or Mathworks Matlab. Interesting option is to combine these miniature cameras with Linux ARM boards and further enhance the mobility of the overall system package.
Next level of speed, unbeatable form factor, attractive price, compatibility and customizability are all important points where XIMEA USB3 Vision cameras are different and can help your application to be different as well.
The entire release and contact options are available at: https://www.ximea.com/en/products-news/usb3-camera-sony-pregius
About Ximea
Drawing on two decades of experience in the industry, XIMEA offer consists of state-of-the-art cameras with USB 3.0, USB 2.0, PCI Express and FireWire interface as well as X-RAY, Hyperspectral and Thunderbolt™ technology enabled cameras.
For more than 20 years XIMEA has developed, manufactured and sold standard or OEM cameras for machine vision applications in motion control, assembly, robotics, industrial inspection and security, as well as scientific grade cameras for life science and microscopy.
The main distinction is based on extremely robust way the cameras are built while still providing highest speed like for example the USB3 Vision camera line. Learn more about XIMEA at http://www.ximea.com
Ivan Klimkovic, XIMEA GmbH, http://www.ximea.com, +421 903270609, [email protected]
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