Legacy Products

There are many reasons why legacy products are still in circulation – they are in older systems that are still functioning or it’s too expensive to replace them without changing or redesigning the system.

An example of a legacy product is the Dalsa CT-P1-1024W-ECEW camera. This Line scan camera, Piranha CT-P1, dates back to 2001. Even by today’s standards the camera has excellent features but it should not be used in new applications. The camera specifications boast resolutions of 1024 / 2048 / 4096.

As time goes by it becomes more and more difficult to find replacement parts or cameras for these legacy products but a little digging around and a few phone calls later sometimes these little treasures can be found.

Call or email me if you need help finding legacy products for machine vision systems. You never know what might be hiding behind all the boxes!

Seeing Lens to Lens

I can show you the world shining, shivering and splendid through the lens of my camera...

Welcome back!!!!!

The similarity between my first date and the first day at Uniforce Sales was that both were strenuous. Lots to learn, everything I saw was absolutely new to me. I had used a Toshiba IEEE 1394 b camera as an undergraduate and therefore I knew its workings. On my first day at Uniforce Sales, Gary wanted me to get hands on experience with our lab equipments and asked me to play around with various cameras, frame grabbers, lenses and lighting. To be honest, I was astonished looking at various cameras, camera interfaces and frame grabbers. I must admit that I am a techno crack and I love developing new applications. I do get bored easily if I have nothing new to play with. Uniforce Sales through its clients has eliminated boredom in me by keeping me busy all the time...

Analogy between a human eye and a camera (click image to enlarge):

Classification of Cameras

Classification based on cameras:

• Line Scan Camera
• Area Scan Camera

Classification based on Sensors:

• CCD Cameras
• CMOS Cameras

Classification based on Camera-PC interface:

• Analog Camera (NTSC, PAL, RS-170, CCIR)
• USB Cameras 2.0
• IEEE 1394 a and b (Where a= 400 Mb/s and b= 800 Mb/s)
• Camera Link ( Base, Medium and Full)
• GigE

Next post will be a brief history of CCD cameras.

- Sudeep