New USB Cameras and CameraLink Cameras
At Vision 2008 Videor presented product innovations from Fujinon and Tamron as well as the extended USB camera series from Sentech: In the new T Series all cameras can be triggered by software command, and hardware-triggered models are in the pipeline. The cameras are available in VGA, XGA, SXGA and UXGA, with a choice of colour or black/white, as a board camera or in a housing.
Their resolution ranges up to 1,600 x 1,200 pixels, the 2-megapixel versions come with the latest 1/1.8” CCD sensors from Sony and deliver a frame rate of 15 frames per second at full resolution. The shipping package includes DirectX drivers for Windows XP and Vista, as well as a viewing and configuration package. Additionally, a complete SDK is available free of charge as well as drivers for certain Linux distributions.