CMOS Cameras & CCD Cameras: Industrial and scientific applications

Adept Turnkey's range of scientific cameras and industrial cameras for machine vision and scientific applications. Models range from Ultra-high resolution, high-bit-depth CCD cameras to ruggedised, standard-resolution industrial cameras, as well as video cameras suitable for security applications.

	Standard-Resolution Monochrome Cameras CCD and CMOS sensors
	Interlaced and Progressive Scan CCD Camera Analog CCIR, RS170 Video security and Machine Vision Digital Firewire, USB2, GigE Vision, RS-422, LVDS, Camera Link Jai, Pulnix, Dalsa, AVT, iPD, QImaging, Photonfocus, Unibrain
	Standard-Resolution Colour Cameras CCD and CMOS Sensors
	Interlaced & Progressive Scan CCD Camera Analog CCIR, RS170 Video security and Machine Vision Digital Firewire, USB2, GigE Vision, RS-422, LVDS, Camera Link Jai, Pulnix, Dalsa, AVT, iDS, QImaging, Unibrain
	High-Resolution Monochrome video CCD Cameras and CMOS Industrial Cameras
	Analog Progressive scan CCD Cameras Digital Firewire, USB2, GigE Vision, RS422, LVDS, Camera link Jai, Pulnix, Dalsa, AVT, Dalsa, iDS, Photonfocus, QImaging
	High-Resolution Colour CCD and CMOS Cameras
	Analog interlaced and Progressive scan CCD camera 1x CCD and 3x CCD Video security and Machine Vision Digital Firewire, USB2, GigE Vision, RS422, RS644, Camera link Jai, Pulnix, Dalsa, AVT, iDS, Photonfocus, QImaging
	Ultra-High Resolution Monochrome CCD sensor and CMOS sensor Cameras
	Digital Firewire, USB2, GigE Vision, RS422, LVDS, Camera Link Jai, Pulnix, Dalsa, AVT, Dalsa, QImaging
	Ultra-High Resolution Colour Cameras
	Digital Firewire, USB2, GigE Vision, RS422, LVDS, Camera Link Jai, Pulnix, AVT, Dalsa, iDS, QImaging
	Smart Cameras
	Dalsa iPD's Vision Appliances Vison Components DSP cameras Photonfocus 3D and Pixel Professor Dalsa iPD, Vision Components, Photonfocus
	Firewire Cameras
	Monochrome and Color CCD and CMOS Cameras Low resolution, High resolution AVT, Unibrain, QImaging
	High Speed video Cameras
	Digital Firewire, USB2, GigE Vision, RS422, LVDS, Camera Link Monochrome or Colour Phantom High Speed, Optronis, Jai, Dalsa, AVT, Dalsa
	Line Scan Industrial Camera Range
	Monochrome and Color linescan camera GigE Vision, RS422, LVDS, Camera Link Jai, Dalsa
	High Sensitivity Camera Range
	Digital Firewire, GigE Vision, RS422, LVDS Intensified, Cooled, Back-thinned Jai, AVT, Cooke, DVC
	2 CCD , 3 CCD, 4 CCD and 3 CMOS Cameras
	Multiple CCD Cameras RGB, Vis/NIR, extended Dynamic range Area scan and Line scan Jai, Dalsa
	Gigabit Ethernet Cameras
	High Speed GigE Vision Standard Long Transmission Distance (100m) No Framegrabber Required Jai, Dalsa, iDS, Photonfocus
	Multispectral Cameras
	Multispectral cameras work by imaging different wavelengths of light. A multispectral camera is made up of multiple imagers, each with a special optical filter that allows only a precise set of light wavelengths to be captured by that imager. Once processed, the output of the camera data is a set of images where the value of each pixel is equal to percent reflectance of light for that particular wavelength. These sets of images are then stitched together to create geographically accurate mosaics, with multiple layers for each wavelength. Multispectral imaging is used for applications like fluorescence-guided surgery, pathology, or other life sciences applications, food and vegetable sorting/inspection, agriculture and vegetation analysis or weed removal systems, multi-layer electronic circuit board inspection and package inspection, especially printed plastic packages plus much more.
	10Gigabit Ethernet Cameras
	Very fast, high resolution 10-fold increase in data and frame rate compared with 1GigE GigE Vision- and GenICam-compliant Lower power consumption Longer transmission distance
	USB2 Cameras
	USB 2 Camera interface Industrial and low cost Compact iDS, Photonfocus
	USB3 Cameras
	Third major review of the USB standard New "Super Speed" level of performance More efficieny, resource-friendly data transmission - data rate is increased by a factor of ten to reach 5 Gigabits-per-second Optimised power management Reduces the load on the CPU as the polling procedure is omitted and USB3 cameras can send data on their own
	Infrared Cameras
	Near-Infrared, Short-Wave Infrared, Mid-Wave Infrared and Long-Wave Infrared Covering the most active IR wavelength ranges 1 to 14um Night vision video applications Xenics
	3D Cameras
	Captures the entire "scene" in 3D High-resolution 3D image data in real time High speed Compact and rugged Available in both GigE and CameraLink interfaces Use a range of different techniques to measure object shape Automation Technology; LMI Technologies; MESA Imaging; Vision Components; iDS Imaging
	Hyperspectral Cameras
	Range of cameras and systems for spectral imaging Solutions for airborne and defence applications, drill-core mineral mapping and chemical imaging
	CoaX Cameras
	• Transfers high frame rates and megapixel images over more than 100 metres. • Direct evaluation and processing of high-speed data received by the PC become possible. • Provides real-time control, reliable communication and precise triggering, even with multi-camera applications. • Integration is simplified as only one single cable carries data, communication and power. • Consolidating all the previously-used cables into one reduces costs and strengthens the system, even in the roughest environments

What is an Industrial Camera?

Industrial cameras are designed to be used in machine vision systems and typically images are output in real time to be captured and processed in order to determine a result. Often at high speed and with no human intervention. The applications that use industrial cameras in this way include food processing, manufacturing quality control, packaging, robotics, border control and many more. Industrial cameras are also used in other applications that do not require real-time processing, these include medical instrumentation, speed and red-light cameras, document control and more.

An industrial camera is typically made up of a sensor with circuitry to capture and control images that is designed using an FPGA, a System On Chip or an Application Specific Integrated circuit. Following this there is typically a memory buffer followed by output interface circuitry.

Industrial and Machine Vision cameras are typically designed to be robust, reliable and to use the full bandwidth allowed to them by the output interface for maximum frames per second. The sensors used in industrial cameras in modern times are typically CMOS sensors with a wide variety of features; from low to high resolutions, with global or rolling shutters, colour or monochrome and NIR, with interfaces that include USB, GigE, 5GigE, 10GigE, 25GigE, Cameralink, Coaxpress and some embedded interfaces like MIPI CSI-2, GSML and more.

Industrial cameras typically offer a very granular control capability and features such as asynchronous reset triggering to synchronise to external events, sequence mode to capture a series of consecutive images with different settings, high dynamic range mode and more.

Machine builders who use industrial cameras for machine vision require long product life-times with extended support from manufacturers in order to minimise the cost of ownership. They also require fully featured robust software development kits in order to integrate the cameras into their systems.

Industrial cameras are focused on image quality but not at the expense of the truth. Consumer and surveillance cameras are designed for visual aesthetics whereas industrial cameras are designed to produce real images in which data is accurate and measurable.

Industrial cameras are available as both ccd cameras and cmos cameras and can be used for video security, automated inspection, packaging inspection and many other applications.

It is important that the correct industrial cameras,whether ccd video cameras or those using cmos senors are selected in order to ensure that the best possible image is obtained. Adept Turnkey has a wide range of industrial cameras for any imaging application and if you require any further assistance with selecting ccd cameras or cmos cameras, we have highly-qualified machine vision specialists who are ready to help you with your imaging solutions..

For more information on CCD Cameras and Industrial Cameras and how you can use them for your machine vision, scientific or video security application please contact us.