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22.05.07“Interlaced goes Digital”

New AVT Guppy Cameras Make Access to Digital Technologies Simpler Than Ever

New AVT Guppy Cameras Make Access to Digital Technologies Simpler Than Ever

Allied Vision Technologies has expanded its range of Guppy cameras with new models with interlaced sensors and clears the way for the transition from analog to digital transmission technology.
With the new Guppy line, users of applications employing interlaced sensors now have an ideal opportunity to exploit the advantages of analog technologies in the digital world too.

The Best of Both Worlds – Interlaced Goes Digital
With the new interlaced Guppy camera models, Allied Vision Technologies now forges a link between formerly analog-only interlaced technologies and digital FireWire interfaces and, as a result, makes the transition from analog to digital signal transmission simpler than ever before.

The new cameras are still equipped with the same interlaced sensors as the majority of analog systems. So the migration to a digital interface can be performed without any changes to the other system components such as sensors, lenses and software. The new AVT cameras safeguard earlier investments in interlaced sensor-based systems and optimize operations by employing digital signal transmission technologies. In this way, the user no longer has to choose between the respective advantages of analog and digital technologies: now users really have the best of both worlds.

A product range for various requirements
The new interlaced cameras are based on the same platform as the other Guppy models and have the same compact form and FireWire 1394a interface. They are equipped with Sony interlaced CCD sensors with 0.25, 0.29, 0.38 or 0.44 megapixels and are available for black and white and color requirements. The range also features two versions with near infrared (NIR) 1/2" sensors. The interlaced Guppy is supplied with a new version of the AVT FirePackage software (2.6).