Sharp VISION DIGITAL CAMERA User Manual

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sharpVISION™ Digital Camera
 
sharpVISION
 User Manual
 
•  Controlled exposure from 35 μsec up to 15 minutes in increments of 1μsec. 
•  Fast inter-frame time (200 ns) for Particle Image Velocimetry applications. 
•  12 bit digitizer (8 and 12 image bit depth). 
These features make the sharpVISION digital cameras suitable for different applications: 
• Astronomy. 
• Microscopy. 
• Spectroscopy. 
• X-Ray 
Imaging. 
• Motion 
Analysis. 
• Biological 
Analysis. 
•  Particle Image Velocimetry. 
The  sharpVISION
™ cameras contain an IEEE-1394 (FireWire, iLINK) interface, which 
offers true plug-and-play capabilities at a high-speed data transfer rate. The cameras are 
provided with a software package that includes a Windows application, an ActiveX control
a  TWAIN driver and a software development kit which includes the complete Visual  C++ 
source code of a working example of an image acquisition sample program to help you 
integrate camera controls into custom applications, using the API supplied by IDT. 
 
 
3.2.  Note on cross-platform manual 
The cross-platform manual provides instructions on using the sharpVISION digital camera on 
the Windows and MAC OS/X platforms. The Windows and MAC icons below denote 
differences in setup, procedures and commands between Windows and MAC users.