Digital Camera Head and Digital PCI Frame Grabber

Two new members of the company's Camelia family of digital imaging systems include both a digital camera head, a digital PCI frame grabber and associated Windows software.

These new models, Camelia 8M and Camelia Color 8M, are based on a large format (close to 35mm film size) progressive scan CCD featuring 2300 (H) x 3500 (V) square pixels -- 8 megapixels.

The complete Camelia system is delivered with application and interface software for metrology, file management and RS232 settings, making it ideal for applications like slide/film scanning, reprography, archiving, microscopy and cell biology semiconductor and PCB inspection, ophthalmology, skin analysis and metrology in machine vision.

Camelia8M and Camelia Color 8M capture and deliver respectively 12 bit and 12 bit/color data to the host PC memory at a rate of 2.5 frames/s.

Camelia 8M provides 8-megabyte files in black & white mode and 24-megabyte files in 3 shot-color mode for high-resolution display or printing.

Camelia Color 8M also provides 24-megabyte files after correction and interpolation. Binning up to 4x4 pixels enables black & white live video preview modes up to 9 frames/s.

Both systems are fully controlled through an RS232 serial port and feature either continuous grab or asynchronous operation (frame on request) triggered by an external event and/or in full synchronization with flash, shutter and filter wheel, if used.

Atmel Corporation, 2325 Orchard Parkway; San Jose, Ca 95131. Phone: 408-441-0311.