Frame Grabber
Here are some options for our future frame grabber:
Matrox Cronosplus PCI framegrabber with MIL-lite software
- Price unknown, but is probably the cheapest frame grabber listed as being supported in Matlab's Image Acquisition Toolbox.
- That should make it much easier for us to start using, since we presumably know how to use matlab.
- Might work on Linux.
- PCI.
Sensoray Model 22555 4-channel USB framegrabber
- Around $500
- Ease of use for us is unknown. Comes with an SDK, claims the API is "very simple". I'm guessing that means we'll have to do some coding just to get it to save a .bmp
- USB
Pixelsmart512-8
- $200
- Got a good review in 2003
- Don't forget to get the BNC option.
- Claims to come with windows software that will save a JPEG, and that there's a huge library of user-written Java modules.
- PCI
See Also
- supercircuits.com
Camera Lenses
The Watec cameras we use take C type lens mounts.
Rainbow 50mm F/1.8 - for looking at ITMs and ETMs. This is the unit that is installed on both the x-arm optics. We should get at least 2 of them. ($70)
Rainbow EX TUBE - a tube extension kit for focusing the lenses to close objects. When I changed the ITMX camera I needed the 5mm adapter. We should get a few of these kits if we don't have any already. ($50)
Camera Manuals
Better Cameras
camera |
bit depth |
resolution |
fps |
CCD/CMOS |
Notes |
Price |
14 bit |
640 x 512 |
1 - 125 |
CCD |
Designed for near-IR wavelengths |
likely much higher than the SI-1920HD |
|
14 bit |
2400 x 1800 |
480 |
CMOS |
1.5 GB internal memory, active cooling system (fans!), lots of HD output modes |
probably ridiculous |
|
12 bit |
1920 x 1080 |
20 @ max resolution |
CMOS |
small, has HD output |
$6000, "educational discount" available |
Notes: Many of the cameras with 14 bits are low-resolution or are supposed to be high-performance, with a bunch of features we might not care about, or some we don't want like the active cooling on the Pantera. It's really hard to find cameras with GigE fiber output, but many have CAT5/6 ports. Pricing for lower resolution cameras is probably much less, but it needs further investigation.
See Also: