Dcx Camera Family - THORLABS DCU223x Operation Manual And Sdk

DCx Cameras

1.4 DCx Camera Family

DCx cameras stand for a range of compact and cost-effective cameras for professional use in industrial, security
and non-industrial applications. Equipped with the widely used USB 2.0 and particularly USB 3.0 ports, they can
easily be interfaced with a vast variety of systems. The images are digitized in the camera and transmitted digitally
to the PC. An additional frame grabber is not required.
DCU cameras have state-of-the-art CCD sensors while the DCC models are CMOS based. The CMOS models use
either the global or the rolling shutter
The DCx cameras are available as monochrome and color versions, DC3240 series has a NIR version as well.
The Model Comparison
USB 3.0 DCC3240x CMOS Cameras
USB 2.0 DCC1240x (CMOS) and DCC22xX (CCD) Cameras
The DCC1240X and DCC22xX series feature a robust metal housing with a standard
mini-B USB 2.0 connector. Connection is additionally possible via a lockable micro D-
sub connector which also carries the opto-isolated I/O signals.
The USB 2.0 interface is meanwhile available in every standard PC and notebook/
laptop and provides a gross bandwidth of 480 Mbps. The camera is connected and
powered through the USB port by just a single cable.
USB2.0 DCC1545M and DCC1645C Cameras
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method; the CCD models use only the global shutter method.
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chapter shows the most important features of every series at a glance.
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Compact, fast and lightweight. The new DCC3240x. The 29 x 29 x 29 mm small
camera housing is not only ultra-compact, but due to its magnesium casing and a total
camera weight of 43 g, it is also ultra-lightweight and robust. The powerful camera
offers a bandwidth of 400 MByte/s via USB 3.0. Power is supplied via the USB bus,
hence an extra power cable is obsolete.
With its lockable Micro USB connector the camera is perfectly suited even for rough
environments. Offering trigger and flash as well as two GPIOs (General Purpose I/O),
which can also be changed into a serial interface (RS232). Hence, peripheral devices
can easily be triggered or controlled.
But also the camera's inner values are outstanding: brightness corrections are easily
realized by a comfortable 12 bit lookup table and hardware gamma. 12 bit color depth
offers a by factor 16 increased level of detail compared to the usual 8 bit. Hardware
based data preprocessing saves additional CPU resources.
The DCC1x45X series features extremely compact cameras with high-speed CMOS
sensors. The LE models are designed for professional use in non-industrial applications.
Through the use of the widespread USB 2.0 technology, the cameras can easily be
interfaced with a vast variety of systems. These cameras are available with a plastic
housing with CS-mount lens adapter.
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