{"id":3131,"date":"2023-06-26T10:05:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stvision.com\/machine-vision-solutions\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2023-06-27T10:30:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T14:30:13","slug":"new-falcon4-m2240-2-8mpix-at-up-to-1200fps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stvision.com\/machine-vision-solutions\/2023\/06\/new-falcon4-m2240-2-8mpix-at-up-to-1200fps.html","title":{"rendered":"New Falcon4-M2240 \u2013 2.8Mpix at up to 1200fps!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who needs another 2.8Mpix camera? In this case it\u2019s not about the pixel count per se, but about the frame rates and the dynamic range.<\/p>\n\n\n

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With more common interfaces like GigE and 5GigE we expect frame rates from a 2.8 Mpix camera in the range 20 \u2013 120fps, respectively. But with the Camera Link High Speed<\/a> (CLHS) interface, Teledyne DALSA\u2019s new Falcon4-M2240 camera can deliver up to 1200fps. If your application demands high-speed performance together with 2.8Mpix resolution, this camera delivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides speed, an even more remarkable feature of the Falcon4-M2240, based on the Teledyne e2v Lince 2.8 MP, is a pixel well depth, or full well capacity, of ~138 [ke-]. THAT VALUE IS NOT A TYPO!! It really is ~138 [ke-]. Other sensors also thought of as high quality offer pixel well depths only 1\/10th of this value, so this sensor is a game changer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Why does pixel well depth matter? Recall the analogy of photons to raindrops, and pixel wells to buckets. With no raindrops, the bucket is empty, just as with no photons quantized to electrons, the pixel well is empty and the monochrome pixel would correspond to 0 or full-black. When the bucket, or pixel well, becomes exactly full with the last raindrop (electron) it can hold, it\u2019s reached it\u2019s full well capacity \u2013 the pixel value would be fully saturated at white (for a monochrome sensor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expressive capacity of each pixel admits the widest range of values in correlation to the full well capacity before charge overflows, so the camera is calibrated by the designer according to the sensor\u2019s capabilities. Sensors with higher full well capacity are desirable, since they can capture all the nuances of the imaging target, which in turn gives your software maximum image features to identify.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Falcon4 cameras offer highest performance – courtesy Teledyne DALSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This newest member of the Falcon4 family joins siblings with sensors offering 11, 37, and 67 Mpix respectively. The Falcon4 family represents continues the success of the Falcon2 family, all of which share many common features: These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n