The A1312 image sensor series is designed and fabricated in 0.35µm CMOS technology to achieve an outstanding sensitivity and quantum efficiency and optimized for applications in the visible as well as the Near Infra-Red range up to 1100nm.

Due to a difference in internal design, **DSP-based smart cameras consume much less power than CPU-based cameras and so the DSP camera does not need a cooling fan.

The cameras target users with image processing and C/C++ programming experience and this smart cameras are compatible with existing image processing libraries offered by Halcon Embedded, OpenCV and others. A framework program makes the use of the SM2-D1312 much easier as there is no need to deal with memory access, DSP register etc. if they are not required.

Another optional highlight is the JPEG compression running on the FPGA which allows storing high-speed image sequences at a rate of 70 fps on an 8GB SD flash card. The stored images can then be downloaded via a FTP server running on the smart camera or processed directly on the DSP.