Five megapixels with uncompromisingly high image quality

Ahrensburg – Basler Vision Components introduces a new member of the pioneer series. This camera is based on Sony’s new ICX625 CCD sensor, which features a resolution of 2456 x 2048 pixels.

Basler is addressing the market demand for high-speed, low-cost cameras with proven CCD technology and more than two megapixels. The response is Basler’s piA2400 Gigabit Ethernet camera running at 12 frames per second at 2456 x 2048 resolution. The piA2400 is available in mono and color and features a fully GigE Vision compliant interface. Its small, industrial-sized footprint of 29 mm x 44 mm is one of the benefits leveraged from a pioneer and scout platform concept that includes more than 50 camera models.
The piA2400 is based on Sony’s new five megapixel ICX625 progressive scan CCD sensor with a global electronic shutter. This makes the piA2400 camera suitable for capturing fast events at high resolution. The piA2400 has been fully characterized using EMVA 1288 standard measurements. To ensure consistent image quality, Basler does a 100% calibration of all cameras during production and stores all measurement data.
Key camera features include binning modes (up to 4 x 4 binning), a programmable Area of Interest (AOI) feature with speed increase, programmable exposure controls, 12 bit readout, packed data transfer for high frame rates even in color modes (YUV), and asynchronous external triggering and synchronization. Because it connects directly to the Gigabit Ethernet port on a remote computer, the piA2400-12gm/gc does not require a frame grabber.
Basler’s pylon driver and viewer package are a perfect fit with piA2400-12gm/gc cameras. GigE Vision and GenICam compliance ensure that the camera and the Basler pylon software package will integrate into your application easily in a virtually plug-and-play fashion. Even with third party software such as image libraries, integration is seamless due to the piA2400-12gm/gc's GenICam and GigE compliance. This combination makes the camera perfect for inspection tasks in electronics production, medical and microscopy applications, intelligent traffic systems, and many other applications.
In the pioneer series, Basler VC has leveraged years of experience in balancing dual tap sensors. Dual tap sensors have a split readout architecture with separate readout channels for the left side and the right side of the sensor. This normally reflects in a slight mismatch between the output put from the left and right sides. Eliminating the mismatch by balancing the output is one of the camera manufacturer’s primary tasks. Basler has an automated balancing process that adjusts the channels over a wide range of operating conditions with different exposure times, gain settings, and lighting situations. The result is a balanced image over the entire sensor area.

Key features at a glance:
- Five megapixel resolution – 2456 x 2058 pixels
- 12 frames per second at full resolution
- Progressive scan
- GigE Vision compliant
- Area of Interest (AOI) feature with speed increase
- Long cable lengths up to 100 meters
- Color and monochrome models

Basler-VC designs and manufactures advanced vision components for industrial users. Products include color and monochrome line scan, area scan, and intelligent area scan digital cameras ideal for high-speed and/or high-resolution applications. Product designs are driven by industry requirements and offer easy interfacing, compact size, and a strong price/performance ratio.

For more information, e-mail us at [email protected], or visit us on the web at http://www.basler-vc.com.

Courtesy of Basler