High-speed camera system

The PCO.dimax is a 4-megapixel digital high-speed CMOS camera system with a 12-bit dynamic range. It provides 2012 x 2012 pixel resolution at a rate of 1100 fps with lower resolutions at rates as fast as 56,300 fps. The 31.4 mm-diagonal CMOS image sensor features 11 micron pixels and a quantum efficiency greater than 44%. The camera is available in colour and monochrome.

The system features a variety of trigger options to cover all offboard applications that have been required by the automotive industry. The image data are transferred via GigE Vision or USB 2.0 interfaces and there is a 32 GB imaging memory.

For preview purposes a DVI interface is integrated. The PCO.dimax has a smart battery control, which allows a full operation for 1 h and a data backup for six hours. This digital CMOS camera system is suitable for high-speed camera applications such as material testing, offboard crash or impact tests or super slow motion movie clips.

Other applications include high-speed particle image velocimetry (PIV), spray analysis, automobile crash tests, material testing, airbag inflation, fast flow visualisation, hydrodynamics and semiconductor quality control.