Canadian manufacturer of high-performance digital cameras 541 Point Grey has begun producing its new Blackfly camera, which the company says is suited to applications in open road tolling and machine vision.
The first model, the BLFY-PGE-13E4, features a 1.3MP, 60fps, CMOS global shutter sensor available in both monochrome and colour, and consumes less than two watts of power in what the company claims is the world’s smallest and lightest GigE Power over Ethernet (PoE) camera package.
Future Blackfly models include 0.5 and 0.9 MP CCD resolutions with high quantum efficiency and wide dynamic range.
The BFLY-PGE-13E4 model uses the EV76C560 CMOS sensor from e2v, which uses a global shutter readout architecture to prevent geometric distortion when capturing images of fast moving objects.
The CMOS pixel design addresses blooming and smearing artifacts caused by bright sources or reflections in the camera’s field of view. Point Grey says the BFLY-PGE13E4 is deal for cost-sensitive applications in automation, 3D imaging or license plate recognition.
The Blackfly camera measures just 29 x 29 x 30mm and provides features including temperature and status monitoring, in-field updatable firmware, colour interpolation, look-up table, gamma correction, and a pixel binning function.
“The Blackfly camera is generating huge interest in the industry by addressing customer demand for modern sensor technology, small footprint and an attractive price point,” comments Michael Gibbons, director of sales and marketing. “We are excited to address traditional machine vision, 3D imaging, automated inspection, open road tolling and many new and future applications with the camera.”
The first model, the BLFY-PGE-13E4, features a 1.3MP, 60fps, CMOS global shutter sensor available in both monochrome and colour, and consumes less than two watts of power in what the company claims is the world’s smallest and lightest GigE Power over Ethernet (PoE) camera package.
Future Blackfly models include 0.5 and 0.9 MP CCD resolutions with high quantum efficiency and wide dynamic range.
The BFLY-PGE-13E4 model uses the EV76C560 CMOS sensor from e2v, which uses a global shutter readout architecture to prevent geometric distortion when capturing images of fast moving objects.
The CMOS pixel design addresses blooming and smearing artifacts caused by bright sources or reflections in the camera’s field of view. Point Grey says the BFLY-PGE13E4 is deal for cost-sensitive applications in automation, 3D imaging or license plate recognition.
The Blackfly camera measures just 29 x 29 x 30mm and provides features including temperature and status monitoring, in-field updatable firmware, colour interpolation, look-up table, gamma correction, and a pixel binning function.
“The Blackfly camera is generating huge interest in the industry by addressing customer demand for modern sensor technology, small footprint and an attractive price point,” comments Michael Gibbons, director of sales and marketing. “We are excited to address traditional machine vision, 3D imaging, automated inspection, open road tolling and many new and future applications with the camera.”
