High resolution: 1280(h) x 1024(v) pixel
Up to 500 frames / sec. at full resolution
Higher frame rate at reduced ROI
  - 1000fps @ 1280x512 Pixels
8 bit or 10 bit
Full Camera Link ® interface (8 tap x 8-bit
Max data rate of 660 MB / sec.
Any speed and imagesize programmable
Asynchronous global shutter
Horizontal and vertical pixelbinning
ImageBLITZ image trigger
Very low power consumption
Small, compact size

       Product Specifications

Flexible Resolution and Speed
The MC1310/11 of Mikrotron is a high-speed megaPixel CMOS camera with a resolution of 1280 (H) x 1024 (V) pixel. Contrary to high resolution CCD-sensors, modern CMOS-sensors offer high resolution and extremely high data rates. Because window size, position (ROI), and clock frequency is randomly programmable, resolution and frame rate of MC1310/11 can be easily adapted to any specific requirements.

Easy Configuration
MC1310/11 configuration is done via the Camera Link® interface. Eight sets of camera configuration schemes can be stored in non-volatile memory of the cameras microcontroller. Even the FPGA configuration file can be downloaded for very special customer needs e.g. image preprocessing in MC1310/11 hardware. Window size and position (ROI) on the sensor plus clock speed are programmable. With a pixel clock of 33 MHz on the “Base” Camera Link® connector and a window size of 100 x 100 pixel a frame rate of more than 4,850 fps can be achieved. Maximum video data rate at the "Full" Camera Link® connector is 660 MB/sec.

"Freeze Frame" full frame shutter
The MC1310/11 has a "Freeze Frame“ shutter. This shutter "freezes“ and stores the complete full frame at the end of the exposure time while exposing the next image. This results in extremely sharp, high-quality images, even if the object moves very fast. MC1310/11 can expose images synchronously or asynchronously. In synchronous (free run) mode exposure time equals frame time or, for shorter exposure times, the electronic shutter can be activated with a minimal shutter time of 4us. In asynchronous mode an image is exposed by an external trigger.

Camera Link® compatible data output
Using 2x10-Bit data output the full dynamic range of the sensor is available on the output. If less bandwidth and more speed is desired, any 8-Bits out of the 10-Bits of the sensor can be selected and output as 2x8-Bit or 8 x 8-bit as "Full" Camera Link® output format.

Horizontal and vertical Pixelbinning
With high frame rates the exposure time is short. For more sensitivity the level of two adjacent or pixel in one row or one column or both can be summed.

ImageBLITZ image trigger
ImageBLITZ integrates the function of an optical sensor or any other external actuator inside MC1310/11 hardware without any support of an image processing system.

The hardware inside the camera controls with very high repetition rate the intensity along an arbitrary selectable piece of one of the 1024 rows of the imager. If along that piece of the selected row a selectable number of grey values are beyond or below a selectable threshold, one complete image is automatically exposed and out-put.

This is the advantage: no mounting and adjustment of an optical sensor and each object is captured at the exact same position of the image.

Camera configuration tool
The MC1310/11 is delivered with a configuration program for Windows ® operating systems. The clearly defined control surface allows to work with it intuitively. All parameters of the camera, e.g. image size and position, speed, shutter, exposure time may be set directly or via sliders. The resulting commands are transmitted by the serial interface of Camera Link®. The selected settings may be stored in the camera or in a separate file. Also integrated is a monitor to show the transmitted commands and answers from the camera.