Beacon is an imaging application software package developed by Teledyne Photometrics for use with our full range of scientific cameras. Beacon allows users to configure and control scientific camera, verify functionality, and execute basic imaging experiments. Beacon is free of charge and available for download. We continually update Beacon with additional features such as fast streaming to disk, multi-ROI, and much more to come.
In Production
Beacon Features
- View images
- Acquire images with basic camera controls
- High speed stream acquisition to RAM or Disk
- Image quantification via histogram plus row/column profiles
- Live statistics
- Z-stack projection
- Drawing tool for line profile, area profile, or to establish regions of interest (ROIs)
- Colour processing (colour cameras only)
- Image scaling options
- Advanced camera control options
- Detailed post processing
- Full camera parameter browser
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Specifications
- Type
- Acquisition & Processing Application
- Camera/Frame Grabber Interface Supported
- All Photometrics PVCAM cameras
- Processor
- Intel/AMD
Resources & Support
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Beacon 2.1.228.0 - Windows 64-bit
Beacon 2.1.228.0 - Ubuntu/Debian AMD64
Beacon Download 2.1.160 - Windows 64-bit