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  • Board level camera integration guide

    Board level cameras provide embedded system designers and integrators even greater design freedom when building machine vision cameras into their products.

  • Camera compatibility with M12 microlenses

    M12 (sometimes referred to as S-mount) optics are often a popular alternative to C- or CS-mount optics due to their smaller size and lower cost. We offer a variety of M12-based products, including lens mounts (plastic or metal), lenses, a CS-to-M12 adapter, and some cameras with M12 lens mount pre-installed.

  • Can 32-bit applications communicate with cameras on 64-bit operating systems?

    Applications built using the 32-bit versions of the following SDKs: Spinnaker SDK (all versions) FlyCapture SDK (version 1.8.1.13 and newer) Ladybug SDK (version 1.4.0.1 and newer

  • Change Windows default camera driver search location to avoid start-up delays

    When you first connect your FireWire or USB camera to a Windows computer, the computer searches for the required camera driver. If you are using a PGRUsbCam or PGRCam driver, the computer searches Windows Update for a driver before searching the host computer where the driver is installed. This additional search causes a delay when enumerating and starting the camera.

  • Different color processing algorithms in FlyCapture2

    This article provides an example of each of the color processing algorithms implemented in FlyCapture2 and discusses the advantages of each.

  • Extended shutter mode operation for IIDC-compliant Imaging Products

    Most of our IIDC-compliant imaging products have extended shutter functionality for increasing the maximum integration time to several seconds or more.

  • How can I power my machine vision USB 3.1 camera?

    Generally speaking, USB 3.1 cameras draw adequate power through the USB 3.1 interface. However, some users have experienced intermittent power issues causing the camera to temporarily stop streaming or fall off the bus.

  • How does the Ladybug3 rectification process work?

    This article describes the rectification process of the Ladybug3 camera system.

  • How do I increase the dynamic range of my camera?

    For the sake of this article, dynamic range is defined as the difference between the maximum and minimum amounts of light that a sensor can measure. This is bounded on the upper end by the sensor’s full well depth (the maximum charge, measured in electrons, that any pixel can contain) and at the lower end by the camera’s read noise. It is measured in a number of different ways, but one simple method is to examine the number of different levels of grey that can be distinguished. The greater the dynamic range of a camera, the more grey levels that will be distinguishable in the resulting image.

  • How is color processing performed on my camera’s images?

    This article explains how color images are achieved with color sensors that use the Bayer Tile Pattern.

  • How is depth determined from a disparity image?

    This article details how users can determine the depth of a pixel based on the disparity image.

  • How is the electronic shutter on a CCD implemented?

    Like conventional film cameras, digital cameras require a shutter (either an external mechanical or electronic shutter) to control exposure for image quality. This article describes how the electronic shutter on a CCD is implemented.