Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
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Teledyne DALSA
03-032-20107-03
1. The Falcon2 Cameras
Camera Highlights
The Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M are Teled yne DALSA‘s new generation of area scan cam eras. The Falcon2
cam eras incorp orate large resolu tions and increased fram e rates, enabling high sp eed im age cap tu re w ith
su p erb sp atial resolu tion.
Featu res su ch as global shu tter and im p roved im age qu ality m ake the 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. In ad d ition, 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 the Falcon2 cam eras are ou r latest 4, 8 and 12 m egap ixel CMOS sensor s w hich have 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 create op p ortu nities for higher 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 ach ine vision