Flir Systems is demonstrating a number of its infrared cameras and vision systems at IPOT 2007, including several new cameras.
Thermo Vision SC6000HS camera
For analysing high-speed events the new Thermo Vision SC6000HS camera is claimed to be unmatched. Available as an off-the-shelf package, it can be specified wlth a choice of detector, software platform, high-speed data recorder and optics to optimise its performance.
The product of two and half years of R&D, this high-performance camera has been designed to record and analyse the thermal performance of dynamic events typically in the field of pulsed laser detection, atmospheric phenomenology, non-destructive test and target signature research.
The camera can be equipped with a choice of detector to suit the wavelength required - InSb and InGaAs and QWIP. Its output of 14-bit digital data at rates up to 50 Megapixels per second delivers 125Hz of 640 x 512 imagery (327,680 pixels). And this extremely sensitive 18mK model is available with a choice of software platforms, high-speed data recorders and optics to optimise performance.
An in-built frame buffer allows independent analogue and digital output streams, enabling Flir to claim that the Thermo Vision SC6000 HS is the only camera on the market capable of high-speed FPA windowing and simultaneous video output. The new read-out technology that is an important contributor to this performance allows a range of other advanced features to be incorporated. These include snapshot simultaneous pixel exposure, adjustable gain for low background applications, variable exposure times, invert/revert and precise external synchronisation in a variety of modes.
Thermo Vision 4000HS
For researchers and scientists who do not need the extremely high image quality offered by a 640 x 512 pixel detector, the Thermo Vision 4000HS, with its 320 x 256 detector, is also available with the same range of FPA options as its higher resolution counterpart.
Thermo Vision A series
Infrared cameras now, of course, come in a range of shapes and sizes for either fixed or portable use. Even the lower end scientific cameras are considerably more powerful and affordable than they were just a few years ago. The Flir Systems Thermo Vision A series is typical of this new breed.
These IEE1394 Firewire-enabled cameras can deliver true 50Hz frame rates and 50mK NETD. Coupled with the latest release of ThermaCAM Researcher - for image data capture and analysis in infrared - the Thermo Vision A20 camera is flexible and affordable for a broad range of applications.
The Thermo Vision A40 brings increased resolution through a 320 x 240 LWIR detector and a wider choice of lenses including a choice of microscope lenses for analysis of thermal events on small objects. Both cameras feature a variety of analogue and digital I/O to enable batch triggers, external optics correction and alarms to be enabled; they are also now compatible with the Compact Vision system from National Instruments.
