Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
03-032-20107-01
2. The Falcon2 Camera
Camera Highlights
The new Falcon 2 4M, 8M, and 12M are Teled yne DALSA’s new generation of area scan cam eras. The
cam eras incorp orate large resolu tions and faster fram e rates enabling high sp eed im age cap tu re w ith
su p erb sp atial resolu tion. Im p ortant featu res su ch as global shu tter and im p roved im age qu ality m ake
these Falcon2 cam eras the cam era of choice in ap p lications w here throu ghp u t, resolu tion , and d ynam ic
range m atter. Global shu ttering rem oves u nw anted sm ear and tim e d isp lacem ent artefacts related to
rolling shu tter CMOS d evices. Insid e these Falcon2 cam eras is ou r latest 4, 8 and 12 m egap ixel CMOS
sensor w hich has red u ced d ark noise levels and im p roved d ark offset, FPN (fixed p attern noise) and
PRN U (Pixel Resp onse N on -Uniform ity) levels. In ad d ition, region of interest featu res w ill offer
op p ortu nities for h igher fram e rates and new ap p lications.
The cam eras are com p liant w ith Cam era Link™ sp ecifications, d elivering 8 or 10 bits of d ata on 8 or 10
tap s (fram e rates are sp ecified at 8 bits). Fu rther, the M42x1 thread op ening allow s the u se of you r lens of
choice.
Key Features
12, 8 and 4 m ega p ixels
Selectable 4:3 or 1:1 asp ect ratios
Global Shu tter
Exp osu re control
Faster fram e rates throu gh w ind ow ing
Good N IR resp onse
Bu ilt-in FPN and PRN U correction
Programmability
Ad ju stable d igital gain and offset
8 or 10 bit selectable ou tp u t
Ad ju stable integration tim e and fram e rate
Test p atterns and cam era d iagnostics
Applications
Au tom ated Op tical Insp ection (AOI)
3D im aging—Laser p rofiling
Sem icond u ctor w afer insp ection
Solar p anel insp ection
Electronics m anu factu ring
Su rface and bu m p insp ection
3D sold er p aste insp ection
General m achine vision
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