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With Toshiba's recent announcement of the impending release of their IK-HR1DI, a one-piece 1080i/1080p 1/3" CMOS HD camera, people have asked, what is the difference between Toshiba's new camera and the new Hitachi Kokusai HV-HD30, a 3-1/3" CMOS HDTV camera? SENSOR TYPE: * TOSHIBA IK-HRID1 = 1 - 1/3" CMOS  (2000 x 1132) * HITACHI HV-HD30 = 3 - 1/3...

With the arrival of the new Sony HD block camera only weeks away, what are the key differences between the FCB-H10 and the FCB-H11? AUTO ICR FCB-H10 - NOT AVAILABLE FCB-H11 - YES! MINIMUM ILLUMINATION FCB-H10 ICR-OFF MODE: 12.0 lx (F1.8, 50 IRE) FCB-H11 ICR-OFF MODE: 12.0 lx (F1.8, 50 IRE) ICR-ON MODE: 1.0 lx (F1.8, 50 IRE) POWER CONSUMPTION...

The new Sony FCB-H11 color block camera employs a 1/3-type, HD CMOS image sensor with a 16:9 aspect ratio, boasting two million effective pixels. Not quite ready for High Definition? The FCB-H11 has a flexible multi format feature that also allows for NTSC and PAL Standard Definition (SD) modes. The FCB-H11 is equipped with a variety of convenient features such...

The new IK-HR1DI camera is the perfect answer to those users who have been asking for a one-piece 1080i/1080p HD camera from Toshiba Imaging for scientific, broadcast, and industrial users. This one-piece single-chip CMOS camera is in an ULTRA COMPACT sized housing measuring just 1 ¾" x 1 ¾" x 4 1/16" and weighs but 4.3 ounces. The IK-HR1Dl accepts...

Sony block cameras are extremely versatile given the many different applications the camera can be integrated into.  They also have integrated autofocus and zoom functions controlled through a serial interface and/or with the help of external pushbuttons. There are several different types of block cameras available for whatever your application needs are: FCB-EX11D 10x - 1/4" EXview HAD CCD...

In a recent posting about the 5MP industrial cameras available, the specifications for CIS' 2 new 5MP Gig-E vision industrial cameras were briefly mentioned. The two new cameras -- the color VCC-F60FV19GE and monochrome VCC-G60FV11GE -- both are equipped with 5-megapixel CCD sensors. With the GigE Vision standard, the cameras can deliver up to 15 frames per second at full...

When searching for industrial cameras people might run across products for sale listed as either "A" or "B" stock. What does each "grade" mean? "A" stock - refers to brand new, unopened/factory-sealed products from the manufacturer. Prices are typically higher because it is a brand new item. Pretty straight-forward, right? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "B" stock - refers to (1) items where the...

In an announcement made by Sony last week, the XCL-5000 Black/White 5 Mega Pixel Industrial Camera is scheduled to be discontinued as of September 2008. In its place, Sony is recommending the XCL-5005 (monochrome) or XCL-5005CR (color) ultra high resolution 5 mega pixel PoCL industrial cameras. These two cameras adopt the AIA’s PoCL standard (Power Over Camera Link) and feature...

The TM-200NIR camera offers high performance with excellent near-IR sensitivity at a very affordable price. Designed to meet a variety of application requirements, this camera has many standard and optional features. It is available in both EIA (TM-200NIR) and CCIR (TM-300NIR) formats. The most commonly needed adjustments – manual gain, gamma, AGC, and field/frame selection – are easily accessible on...

According to yesterday's press release from Intel, its "Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification revision 0.9 in support of the USB 3.0 architecture, also known as SuperSpeed USB" is now available." Industry rumors indicate that we should be seeing USB 3.0 demonstrations at next week’s IDF in San Francisco. USB 3.0's software and hardware interface, (xHCI), will give manufacturers...