SILICON VIDEO® 9T001C

High Resolution Color with Exceptional Image Quality

*Lens optional.

• 2048 x 1536 8-bit capture @ 18 fps
• Compact Camera Head
• PIXCI® SI Digital Frame Grabber
• 7 Foot Interface Cable (default)
• Infrared Cut Filter
• XCAP-Lite Imaging Program
• Camera Integration and Reset Control
• Sequence Capture
• Sequence Save (XCAP-Ltd or Std)
• Triggered Sequence Capture
• 132 MB/s Burst Transfers
• PCI Bus: 32 or 64 bit, 3.3 or 5 volt
• Compatibility: Win XP/2K/NT/ME/98/95,
  32-bit DOS & LINUX
• RoHS Compliant Systems Available

The SILICON VIDEO^® 9T001C camera system offers the advantages of 3.0 Megapixel progressive scan image capture, low noise digital signalling, small size, flexible interface cable, convenient software control, the availability of extensive processing, measurement and analysis capabilities, and low cost. XCAP software provides control of all camera operations.

SENSOR BY MICRON - The SILICON VIDEO 9T001C camera is based on the MT9T001 CMOS sensor from Micron. This progressive scan sensor offers an electronic shutter with Global Reset Release, continuous and single frame capture, windowing, column and row skip modes, snapshot mode, 10 bit dynamic range, and an active programmable array resolution of 2048H x 1536V pixels. Visit http://www.micron.com/ for detailed sensor specifications.

ASYNCHRONOUS CAPTURE with STROBE OUTPUT -
The SV9T001C camera offers Asynchronous Capture: the recording of an image (or images) in response to a trigger signal. The camera also provides a strobe output signal to synchronize an electronic flash (strobe), for bright, uniform, short duration illumination. The SV9T001C can be triggered to capture an image (or images) as might be required in product inspection, laser beam profiling, medical imaging, or any application that requires image capture at a specific time (there is a delay of one frame time between trigger and start of frame capture). The optional use of strobe illumination allows minimum exposure time with maximum image sharpness.

ONLY ONE CABLE - A single cable connects the SILICON VIDEO 9T001C camera head to the PIXCI SI board. The PIXCI SI board provides power to the camera, sends and receives camera control signals, generates the programmable pixel clock, and receives video data. No dedicated power supply or power cable required.

CAPTURE & ADJUST DIALOG - The XCAP Imaging Application provides a Capture & Adjust Dialog for selecting pixel clock frequency, integration/exposure time, capture resolution, gain, offset, trigger control, and more. The camera dialog provides automatic white balance as well as manual adjustment of Red, Green, and Blue gain.

The SILICON VIDEO 9T001C camera system includes:

• 3 Megapixel Color Camera Head
• Infrared Cut Filter
• Shielded Interface Cable (various lengths)
• PIXCI SI PCI Image Capture Board
• XCAP-Lite Imaging Program (XCAP-Ltd or Std Optional)

PIXCI® SI4 – A single PCI Express x4 board ($2995) supporting up to four SILICON VIDEO® cameras is also available. The cameras may be the same or a mix and can operate simultaneously or independently. The PIXCI® SI4 can have four cameras expose simultaneously from one trigger or can use four trigger inputs – one for each camera.

SV5C10, SV5M10, SV9T001C, SV9M001M, and SV9M001C can be purchased at $550 per camera head.  Contact I-CUBE for more details and configuration options. 

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Example of SV9T001C Capture & Adjust Dialog.

SV9T001C Capture & Adjust Dialogs

The XCAP Imaging Program simplifies camera operation with a dedicated Capture & Adjust Dialog. The Capture & Adjust Dialog provides one convenient location for camera controls such as exposure, resolution, triggering, color balance and frame rate. In addition, the SV9T001C Dialog provides a camera-to-computer communication indicator, a programmable pixel clock, and exposure synchronized to AC power frequencies.

The Color & White Balance menu offers simple color balance settings for common sunlight, fluorescent light, and incandescent light conditions. In addition, for greater color precision, or for unusual light sources, XCAP offers advanced options for building custom color settings.

The camera's pixel clock frequency is user-selectable over a range of 25 MHz to
70 MHz. The programmable pixel clock provides a wider range of frame rates and exposure times.

The intensity of AC lighting fluctuates with the phase of the AC voltage that powers it. Capturing sequences of images using arbitrary frame rates with AC lighting will result in images with differing brightness. The SV9T001C Capture & Adjust Dialog offers a convenient fix for this problem — exposure times can be easily set to multiples of the local AC line frequency, either
1/50^th or 1/60^th second. Synchronizing exposure times to the line voltage provides images with consistent illumination from a varying-intensity AC light source.

The presence or absence of the 2 lines between the camera and computer icons indicate whether or not the computer and camera are properly connected and capable of communicating.

Infrared (IR) Cut Filter: The CMOS sensor is more sensitive to infrared wavelengths than a CCD sensor. Infrared sensitivity skews color fidelity. An IR cut filter attenuates (reduces) the CMOS sensor's response to infrared light while improving color fidelity. An IR cut filter is supplied with each SV9M001C CMOS color camera. The optional SV9T001C-OPT-MNTIRCF allows operation without an IR cut filter.

Available Cable Lengths: 7', 10', 14' & 25' (2.1, 3, 4.2, & 7.6 meters).