Your Camera Experts: USB3.0, GigE, CamerLink, CoaXPress, HD, 4K

   Hitachi’s HD small compact camera, the KP-HD20A, offers a superb high quality solution for your machine vision camera needs and provides excellent views in applications that require precise image quality. Whether it’s inspection, 3D measuring or robotics, the right camera solution is needed.     Small sized and light weight, the 1/3” 2.1MP compact color HD camera, KPHD20A, has proven to...

Just as important as the interior when purchasing a new home, the exterior grounds (above and below ground) must come under careful inspection and this includes the sewage system. Trusted reputable inspectors with adequate cameras and equipment can prevent costly and surprising damage when using high quality standard block cameras. According to http://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/plumbing/repair-a-sewer-main/ , homeowners could spend on average upwards...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states on their website that the average depth of the ocean is approximately 14,000 ft with the deepest being 36,200 ft.  Offshore drilling and rigging applications in these depths of the ocean require rigorous and innovative technology to solidify accurate images and video. Watec, the industry leader in miniature CCD camera technology, presents their...

For some years now we have all been flipping through the TV channels, on any given day and come across the show, “How It Works”.  The music alone is enough for us to stop and watch but then the manufacturing of some products keeps us on the channel.   From motor homes to refrigerators or computer chips, I’ve seen a lot...

Formatting and converting digital video streams to interface standards: DVI/HDMI, VGA, 3G-SDI, HD-SDI, SDI, CVBS and USB, with great output has never been better then with the Aegis SDI-FIBER-EH-GM Interface Board.  Paired with select FCB High Definition Sony Block Cameras: FCB-EH6500 (FCBEH6500), FCB-EH6300 (FCBEH6300), FCB-EH3400 (FCBEH3400), FCB-EH3300 (FCBEH3300), FCB-EH3150 (FCBEH3150), FCB-EH3410 (FCBEH3410), FCB-EH3310 (FCBEH3310), FCB-H11 (FCBH11) and FCB-SE600 (FCBSE600), this...

Portability is key with the introduction of Pleora’s iPORT™ Analog-Pro External Frame Grabber with analog camera owners now benefitting from the speeds of GigE without updating existing hardware.  GigE, (Gigabit Ethernet) ratified in 2006 by Pleora and other manufacturers (AIA), makes it possible to transfer video and control devices over networks that include GigE, 10 GigE.  With the iPORT-Analog Pro, analog...

Video circuitry and high quality cameras are both equally important to aid in an exceptional image capturing system.  Clear and precise imaging is vital especially when it comes to production monitoring and surveillance with every frame just as crucial as the next.  dPict offers that quality with the new Aexeon HDS frame grabber, 10042-001, and for the complete package, Hitachi’s best selling...

Sony Corporation, the largest image sensor manufacturer in the world, producing over 100 million sensors each year, has once again revolutionized the CCD (Charged Coupled Device) image sensing industry.   Their latest fine-tuning of the 960H, Effio-V™ and Effio-A™ (Enhanced Features and Fine Image Processor) produces incredible enhancements to their already high quality cameras with sensors that produce horizontal resolutions of...

Kiosk Image Courtesy of Bestbuy.com If rapid transfer and connectivity speeds are what you’re looking for, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 delivers up to 5.0Gbps and soon, USB 3.1 (late 2014) will double the 3.0 speed (up to 10Gbps) providing zooming transfers for applications that are in need of fast connectivity and precise image quality. Social media has taken over in...

“Thermal imaging (via infrared cameras) detects infrared energy (heat) and converts it into an electronic signal, which is then processed to produce a thermal image on a video monitor and perform temperature calculations.” (Carton & Roebroecks, 2013). Invented in 1929, “Hungarian physicist Kálmán Tihanyi built the first prototypes for an infrared sensitive camera (also called a night vision camera) that would...