BOBCAT Hardware User’s Manual
Imperx, Inc.
Rev. 2.0.6
6421 Congress Ave.
11/20/2012
Boca Raton, FL 33487
+1 (561) 989-0006
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1.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The BOBCAT cameras are advanced, intelligent, high-resolution, progressive scan, fully
programmable and field upgradeable CCD cameras. They are built around SONY‟s and
KODAK‟s line of interline transfer CCD imagers. BOBCAT cameras are feature rich with
built in image processing engine (based on a 2 million gates FPGA), have small size, very
low power consumption, low noise, and efficient and optimized internal thermal
distribution. The BOBCAT cameras feature programmable image resolution, frame rates,
gain, offset, asynchronous external triggering with programmable exposure, fast triggering,
double exposure and capture duration, electronic shutter, long time integration, strobe
output, transfer function correction, temperature monitoring and user programmable and up-
loadable LUT. A square pixel provides for a superior image in any orientation. The interline
transfer CCD permits full vertical and horizontal resolution of high-speed shutter images.
The combination of electronic shutter and long time integration enables the cameras
capturing speed to be from 1/500,000 second to more than 16 seconds. A built-in Gamma
correction and user LUT optimizes the CCD„s dynamic range. The cameras have a standard
GEV or Camera Link™ interface that includes 8/10/12/14 bits data transmission with one or
two output taps as well as camera control and asynchronous RS232 serial communication
interface, all on a single cable. The cameras are fully programmable via the serial interface
using a GUI based configuration utility. The adaptability and flexibility of the camera
allows it to be used in a wide and diverse range of applications including machine vision,
metrology high-definition imaging and surveillance, medical and scientific imaging,
intelligent transportation systems, character recognition, document processing and many
more and with a MTBF of > 660,000 hrs. It the most feature packed versatile camera line
produced.
