PIXELINK PL-A741 Product Description:

The new PL-A741 from PixeLINK combines the functionality of a frame grabber with a CMOS imager to provide a solid machine vision camera in a simple to use package. With triggering and GPO capabilities on-board the camera and no need for a separate frame grabber in the computer, your system complexity and cost are reduced. Data from the camera is transferred to the computer over a standard, inexpensive FireWire adapter and cable, which supplies camera power and provides all control inputs.

The PL-A741 is a feature rich camera with DCAM (IIDC V1.31) compatible functionality including multiple image formats and modes, including Format 7, shutter, gain, brightness (black level offset), frame-rate controls, and trigger (Modes 0 to 4 with variable polarity). In addition, the PL-A741 has extended functionality that can be accessed using the PL-SDK-VERSION-4 Application Programming Interface (API). This functionality includes additional trigger modes, general purpose outputs that can be used as communications lines or strobe signals for lighting or motion controllers, on-board user-programmable lookup table (LUT), applied in real-time, on-board non-volatile memory for camera configuration, and camera configuration descriptors for rapid changes to camera settings between frames.

The PL-A741 was designed for generic machine vision and OEM applications such inspection, testing, OCR tasks, positioning and high-contrast imaging. It can also be used as a line-scan camera for low-speed applications.

FEATURES:

• Easy to Use
• Cost-Effective
• IIDC 1.3 (DCAM) Compatible with Extended Features
• FireWire Interface
• 33 fps at 1k x 1k, 105 fps at 640 x 480
• Extended Dynamic Range (>100dB)
• Global Shutter—Frame on Demand
• External Trigger (TTL to 12 V)
• Available in "Right Angle" Configuration
• Fully Supported by Software, for Operation "Out of the Box"

PIXELINK PL-A741 Technical Information

• Color/Mono : Mono
• Resolution : 1280 x 1024
• Frame Rate : 8000 max, 105 @ 640 x 480, 27 @ 1280 x 1027
• Bit Depth : 8 or 10
• Pixel Pitch : 6.7 um
• Lens Mount : C 2/3
• Interface : FireWire
• Trigger Type : H/W or S/W
• Shutter Type : Global
• Gen Purpose Outputs : 2 Multi-function