JAI cameras offer HDTV format and GigE or Camera Link output
-- Test & Measurement World, 6/7/2007 11:08:00 AM
JAI's new TM-2030 series consists of four high-performance cameras featuring a wide (16x9) aspect ratio and a full HDTV resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The cameras include software-selectable operation that lets users choose dual-tap mode at 32 fps (with automatic channel balancing) or single-tap mode at 16 fps.
The cameras employ a 1-in. Kodak progressive-scan IT CCD sensor (KAI-2093) to produce low-noise images, and JAI says that the typical signal-to-noise ratio is greater than 57 dB. The cameras output 12-bit linear images or 10-bit/8-bit images that can be modified by a user-defined look-up table (LUT).
The series includes monochrome and color models, equipped with either a Camera Link digital interface or with a GigE Vision standard Gigabit Ethernet serial interface. Color models produce raw Bayer CFA output for host-based interpolation.
The TM-2030 series provides continuous, synchronous, and asynchronous trigger modes that can be operated with preselected or no-delay pulse-width-controlled electronic shuttering. Users can specify the shutter speed to any speed from 1/32 to 1/16,000 s, in increments of 27.5 microseconds.
JAI reports that the wide field of view makes the TM-2030 series appropriate for machine-vision inspection of objects with a long and narrow shape.
