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PC/104 Bus Camera

Electrim Corporation has announced the EDC-104 series, a family of CCD camera systems using the PC/104 bus for low-power, embedded computer imaging applications. These systems provide resolutions up to 1134 ę 972 pixels with low-noise, high-quantum efficiency, and a wide range of exposure times. Applications include factory automation, robot vision, machine vision, industrial inspection, quality assurance, pattern recognition telecommunications, and security and surveillance.

Most of the cameras share common features such as 8-bits per pixel gray scale (256 levels) or more with signal averaging or color images, a maximum pixel rate of 1ę2 megapixels per second, and exposure time down to 1 ms (upper limit depends on CCD dark current), as well as sub-array scanning with software control (for frame rates greater than 30 per second). Other features include an anti-blooming control, asynchronous scanning (external trigger input), operation in TDI (time delay and integration) mode, and fixed pixels (direct correspondence between pixels and memory bytes).

The software furnished with the camera provides image acquisition and display, and contains features (varying with camera model) such as false color display, real-time zoom, histogram-based contrast enhancement, interlace mode (most models), flatfielding (pixel gain correction), and sub-array scanning. The software can save images as TIFF, PCX, or FITS files for compatibility with desktop publishing software and other applications. Adobe Photoshop plug-ins, which acquire images under Adobe Photoshop or compatible applications, are also provided.

Supported operating systems include DOS, Windows 95/98, and Windows NT (Linux support is planned).

All Electrim cameras are shipped with camera head, cable, interface hardware, software, owneręs manual, and one-year warranty. Prices start at $650.

Electrim Corp.
(609) 683-5546
Fax: (609) 683-5882
http://electrim.com

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