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In response to requests for a low-cost autofocus-zoom block camera, Active Silicon has added a new high-quality and cost-effective addition to the product range. The Harrier 10x AF-Zoom Camera is now available with LVDS/EX-SDI, USB 3/HDMI and 3G-SDI video output options.
Active Silicon, experts in computer imaging and machine vision products, has added two global shutter modules to their range of autofocus-zoom block cameras. Images of fast-moving objects are captured without the distortion that occurs with rolling shutter based cameras.
Active Silicon is turbo-charging imaging systems with its new range of FireBird CoaXPress frame grabbers. The 4xCXP-12 acquisition card (PCIe Gen3 x8; CoaXPress v2.0) is the latest addition. With speeds up to 12.5 Gbps per link, it supports the fastest cameras on the market and allows acquisition of high-speed, high-resolution images in real-time. For more cost-sensitive projects, the 4xCXP12-3PE4 version offers excellent value and features.
Active Silicon have added a new product to their innovative Harrier range – the USB/HDMI Camera Interface Board. This interface solution provides simultaneous HDMI and USB Video Class (UVC) v1.1 output for autofocus zoom cameras including the Tamron MP1110M-VC, MP2030M-GS and Sony EV series.
Active Silicon is pleased to announce the launch of its newest addition to the Harrier range – the Harrier SDI Adapter. This is a single channel host-end acquisition solution for 3G and HD-SDI video streams. The interface is designed to work with a variety of cameras to capture high-definition images and transfer these at extremely high speed in challenging environments.
Active Silicon has announced the opening of its new production and operations facility in Langley, UK, following weeks of fit-out and preparation. The company has re-located its assembly, testing, inspection and supply chain functions to the new site. All R&D, design, support and Head Office responsibilities will remain at the flagship office in Iver, just a couple of miles up the road.
Active Silicon has confirmed that its existing field proven Active FCB-EV-HD-SDI and the Harrier 3G-SDI interface boards are fully compatible with Sony’s new EV7520A block camera. The combination of Sony’s latest block camera and Active Silicon’s trusted hardware offers superior high-definition video and image capture in a compact solution.
Active Silicon are pleased to launch our new Harrier interface board in 75 Ohm and 50 Ohm variations, offering long-reach, real-time HD digital and analog video transmission for the Tamron MP1010M-VC and MP1110M-VC cameras, as well as various Sony FCB and other autofocus zoom cameras.
Active Silicon reveals their latest frame grabber – the FireBird Single CoaXPress Low Profile board. Maintaining all the industry-leading features of a high-performance FireBird board, this newest arrival has been optimized for cost so it has wider appeal for a greater range of applications.
We are excited to announce the launch of ActiveCapture – our latest front-end software for FireBird frame grabbers. With ActiveCapture, the users gain easy access and control to all installed CoaXPress or Camera Link cameras and frame grabbers.
All our frame grabbers are compatible with both AMD‘s DirectGMA and NVIDIA’s GPUDirect for Video. Our well documented API and Software development kit (SDK) sample code allows for easy integration of parallel computing techniques on standard PC hardware.
Our latest embedded vision product is the Vision Processing Unit (VPU), designed to acquire image data from USB3 VisionTM cameras, process the image stream in real-time and provide several options for data output, including 3G-SDI.