Small housings and powerful sensors didn’t used to appear together. But thanks to ever more compact electronics, and good engineering, one can have both. IDS has expanded its portfolio by integrating the Sony Pregius IMX900 sensor into selected models of the compact USB3 uEye XCP, XLS and GigE uEye LE series.
The photo above provides an at-a-glance overview of the various board-level, housing, and lens-mount options, each of which is classified as low cost and very compact.
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The image below is an annotated screenshot, where the manufacturer (IDS) and the sensor (Sony IMX900) bring you to the 10 distinct camera models utilizing this sensor.
Sony’s Pregius sensor evolution
Sony is an industry leader with its Pregious sensor series, on which we’ve written previously with an overview. The Sony IMX900 is in the Pregious S 4th generation, extraordinarily sensitive thanks to Sony innovations including the back-illuminated stacked architecture.
VIS plus NIR sensitivity
We won’t bother showing VIS images in monochrome or color but of course they look great. But calling out a special capability of the Sony IMX900 – it’s also very sensitive to near infrared (NIR). Besides being part of the Pregious group, the IMX900 utilized STARVIS 2 technology, yielding NIR performance.
Yet another Sony IMX900 feature: Quad HDR
While high dynamic range (HDR) features aren’t new per se, Quad HDR on the Sony IMX900 takes HDR to another level. Getting the dark sections sufficiently saturated while not oversaturating the brighter regions is really evident with Quad HDR below.
The feature list goes on and on
Call us at 978-474-4000 to learn more about this remarkable sensor and the range of IDS uEye cameras into which the sensor has been designed.
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