PixeLink PL-B742F 1.3 MP FireWire Colour Camera (PL-B742F)

PL-B742F description

The PL-B742F is a high performance, 1.3 megapixel color camera designed specifically for machine vision applications. Fully IIDC 1.31 compliant, the PL-B742F uses a standard FireWire interface for plug-and-play operation with the host computer. Extended features, such as trigger and general purpose outputs add a level of functionality to the PL-B742F, providing excellent performance for the price. Factory calibrated Digital Pixel Correction and on-board Flat Field Correction (FFC) provides image quality similar to high-end CCD cameras.



The PL-B742F has a rich set of features and capabilities all controllable through software. A global shutter and external trigger allows for synchronization in demanding machine vision applications. In video mode, the camera can deliver up to 33 fps at 1k x 1k resolution, up to 107 fps at VGA resolution (640 x 480) and up to 8000 fps at 724 x 8, all with user-definable region of interest (ROI). Full field-of-view images can be decimated for high speed transmission. The camera has a user-selectable 8 or 10-bit output. The CMOS sensor architecture provides excellent anti-blooming capability. With the Software Developer’s Kit (SDK), PixeLINK supplies an extensive Application Programming Interface (API) and camera control Graphical User Interface (GUI) for fast and easy application development. This functionality includes additional trigger modes, general purpose outputs that can be used as communication lines for strobe signals for lighting and motion controllers. Included is an on-board user-programmable lookup table (LUT) applied in real time, on-board non-volatile memory for camera configuration and camera configuration descriptors for quick changes to camera settings between frames. Multi-slope dynamic range controls, enables balanced exposure in images with large inner-scene dynamic range. This extended Shutter logarithmically increases the linear dynamic range of 54db to greater than 100db.

PL-B742F features

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  FireWire Interface
  

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  Color
  

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  Global Shutter
  

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  40-48 MHz Pixel Clocks
  

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  1.3 Megapixel
  

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  General Purpose Outputs
  

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  External Trigger
  

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  Powerful, Easy to Use and Cost Effective
  

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  Generic Commands for all Camera Models
  

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  Capture and save still images and AVI video clips
  

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  Fast and flexible access to streaming video
  

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  On-Board Flat Field Correction
  

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  Excellent Anti-Blooming
  

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  ROI Sub-Windowing
  

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  Software Development Kit
  

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  Direct Show Compatible
  

PL-B742F specification

Camera Specifications
Color / Mono	Color
Resolution	1280 x 1024
Frame Rate at Full Resolution	27
Sensor Type	CMOS
Shutter Type	Global
Lens Format	C 2/3”
Pixel Pitch	6.7 µm
Sensor Diagonal	11.01 mm
Bit Depth	8 or 10
Power Consumption (Watts)	2.9W
Variable ROI	Yes
Right-angle Capable	Yes
Interface (FireWire)	6 pins x 2
Camera Features via FireWire
Trigger Options	Hardware - Optically Isolated 5-12V @ 4-11mA, Software and Free Running
General Purpose Outputs	2 Optically Isolated - Maximum 40V Differential. Maximum 15mA
Image Quality Measures
Responsivity (Peak)	7.3DN/(nJ/cm2)
Dynamic Range	54.6 dB
FPN	< 1%
PRNU	< 1%
Read Noise	< 2 DN
Image Quality Measures
PixeLINK Capture OEM	Free
SDK (incl. LabView Wrappers)	Optional
Direct Show Compatible	Yes
Windows Compatible	2000/XP
IIDC DCAM Compatible	Version 1.31) Including Format 7 Extensions