BitFlow Announces Hardware Bayer Support for Basler's Color Sprint Line Scan Cameras
For Immediate Release
June 08, 2009 - Worburn, MA - BitFlow is pleased to announce that for the first time its Karbon-CL frame grabbers uniquely perform real-time "Bayer" color conversion for Basler's new Sprint color line scan cameras. Anyone that develops color line scan applications with the Basler Sprint color cameras can now capture and process the color data in real time. The Karbon-CL frame grabber performs the Bayer conversion in hardware, eliminating the need for using the CPU to perform conversions post acquisition.
he new Basler Sprint is the fastest color line scan camera on the market. The Basler Sprint color line scan family includes models with resolutions from 2k to 8k pixels, and maximum line rates from 10 kHz to 70 kHz. These extremely high line capture rates and the resulting short integration times require very high sensitivity and a low noise level to achieve excellent image quality.
BitFlow frame grabbers are the fastest and most capable frame grabbers in the world, with the highest camera to frame grabber densities in the industry. For example, the Karbon-CL4 is capable of capturing from two 8k color Sprint cameras at their full 80 MHz pixel clock, and processing the color data from both cameras at the same time. No CPU cycles are needed for color conversion of for the DMA of images to host memory.
The BitFlow Karbon-CL supports all of the monochrome Basler Sprint cameras as well. The monochrome Sprint line scan models have resolutions from 2k to 8k pixels and maximum line rates from 20 kHz to 140 kHz, making them the fastest monochrome line scan cameras available.
Together the Basler Sprint cameras and BitFlow Karbon-CL frame grabbers are perfect for use in applications such as Web Inspection (wood, paper, foil, etc.), Surface Inspection (printed circuit boards, flat panels and displays, semiconductors), Document Scanning / Postal Sorting / Currency, and Food Inspection.
For those who wish to develop their own industrial applications, BitFlow has an advanced SDK that makes it easy to control every aspect of real time image capture. BitFlow also provides Cognex VisionPro, MVTec HALCON, and other 3rd party software drivers to their customers at no cost.
About Bitflow
BitFlow has been developing reliable, high-performance Frame Grabbers for use in imaging applications for the past 16 years. BitFlow is the leader in Camera Link frame grabbers, building the fastest frame grabbers in the world, with the highest camera/frame grabber densities, triggering performance, and price. With thousands of boards installed throughout the world, into hundreds of imaging applications, BitFlow is dedicated to using this knowledge and experience to provide customers with the best possible image acquisition and application development solutions. BitFlow, located in Woburn, MA, has distributors and resellers located all over the world including Asia, Japan, and Europe. Visit our website at http://www.bitflow.com.
About Basler
Basler Vision Technologies is a leading German manufacturer of digital cameras for industrial, medical, and traffic system applications, as well as for the video surveillance market. Basler has more than 20 years of experience in image processing. Basler has designed and manufactured high-quality digital cameras for over 10 years. Basler products are world famous for excellent image quality, high reliability, ease of use, and ease of integration. http://www.baslerweb.com.