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Bonito Image Capture System  – XCAP – Allied Vision Technologies Bonito Video to Disk System
High Performance EPIX® Imaging System  – AVT Bonito 386 fps Camera – PIXCI® E8 Frame Grabbers

• Maximum Resolution: 2320 (H) × 1726 (V) [4.0 megabytes per frame]
• Maximum Frame Rate: 386 fps [at maximum resolution]
• Maximum Capture Duration: 42 minutes [at max resolution & frame rate]

 

Faster frame rates available at reduced resolution

• Longer capture durations available with more or larger capacity solid state drives.
• Hot-swappable drive bays with multiple RAIDs can extend sequence capture indefinitely.
• Monochrome or Color.
• F-Mount, C-Mount, or Canon EF-Mount.
• EPIX, Inc. can provide a lens matched to your application

Data Rate of 1546 Megabytes Per Second

The Allied Vision Technologies Bonito (386 fps) camera, at maximum resolution and frame rate, has a data rate of 1546 megabytes per second. The camera has two Extended (10-tap) Camera Link outputs requiring use of 4 Camera Link cables in parallel. The 4 cables connect the Bonito to 2 PIXCI® E8 PCI Express x8 frame grabbers installed in the host computer. The Bonito camera is Power over Camera Link (PoCL) compliant. The PIXCI® E8 provides PoCL. As a result, the camera doesn’t require a dedicated power supply. The Camera Link cables can be as long as 7 meters.

Popcorn popping at 1000 fps

Frame Rates Greater than 10,000 fps

Faster frame rates are available simply by reducing the camera’s vertical resolution. Illumination must be bright enough to allow exposure times that are less than the frame period. The camera’s horizontal resolution can also be reduced, but reductions in horizontal resolution do not increase the frame rate: reductions in horizontal resolution reduce the frame size allowing more frames to be captured in any amount of RAID capacity

Strawberry in a Food Processor at 600 fps

The Bonito’s 2320 pixel horizontal resolution is especially well-suited for ballistics testing

For example, reducing the vertical resolution to 300 lines provides a frame rate of 2214 frames per second. Using the camera’s full horizontal resolution (2320 pixels horizontal) with a vertical resolution of 300 pixels covers a 15 meter horizontal by 2.6 meter vertical field of view at 2214 frames per second. Most high frame rate cameras have a horizontal resolution that is less than half the Bonito’s, resulting in capture of less than half the Bonito’s horizontal field of view. If the vertical field of view doesn’t need to be greater than 200 lines (1.7 meters with a horizontal resolution of 2320 pixels / 15 meters) then the frame rate can be as high as 3316 frames per second. The camera’s global shutter, with exposure time as short as 2 microseconds, provides sharp images without rolling shutter distortion.

Water in a Food Processor at 600 fps

The Bonito’s 2320 pixel horizontal resolution is especially well-suited for ballistics testing

For example, reducing the vertical resolution to 300 lines provides a frame rate of 2214 frames per second. Using the camera’s full horizontal resolution (2320 pixels horizontal) with a vertical resolution of 300 pixels covers a 15 meter horizontal by 2.6 meter vertical field of view at 2214 frames per second. Most high frame rate cameras have a horizontal resolution that is less than half the Bonito’s, resulting in capture of less than half the Bonito’s horizontal field of view. If the vertical field of view doesn’t need to be greater than 200 lines (1.7 meters with a horizontal resolution of 2320 pixels / 15 meters) then the frame rate can be as high as 3316 frames per second. The camera’s global shutter, with exposure time as short as 2 microseconds, provides sharp images without rolling shutter distortion.

XCAP Custom Control Panel for the Allied Bonito CL-400C(Full×2 Mode) with the PIXCI® E8

XCAP software provides custom, camera specific, controls for the Allied Bonito CL-400C(Full×2 Mode) camera as supported by the PIXCI® E8 on the PCI Express x8 bus. These integrated controls, below, simplify the configuration and use of the camera and PIXCI® E8!

Intel x79 Chipset SACASA Computer

The computer is based on a motherboard with the Intel x79 chipset (Enthusiast Class). The motherboard has 8 DIMM sockets allowing installation of up to 64 gigabytes of memory. Eight 512 gigabyte Solid State Drives in RAID 0, with high-performance controller, capture the live video. The XCAP-Std imaging program, offering video to disk capture along with many additional features, provides a Capture & Adjust Dialog specifically designed to support the Bonito. The Capture & Adjust Dialog provides quick and easy camera configuration without custom programming. XCAP-Std is available for either Linux or Windows.

High performance Portable System from SACASA  S9

single or triple 17.3″ wide screen with 1920×1080 resolution.

We design our own portable PC’s for Industry and Field Application, cost effective and reliable. In addition to all the strengths of a S9, S9T has three screen, providing users with larger display area for more information. Put it at the heart of your high-performance portable computer solutions. Designed for field and mobile applications .  Our portable  computer chassis allows you to combine the latest in high-performance motherboards and add-in special function boards with a large display into a system that is compact and extremely rugged. It offers a cost effective solution to performance demanding portable computing applications. The system’s integrated LCD offers a high-resolution flicker-free visual environment that rivals tradition CRT monitors. The S9 has the capability to accept a maximum of seven expansion cards (motherboard dependent) along several drive bay’s  3½ , 5¼ and slim-line 3½  5¼ Disk Drives, offering expansion capability unmatched by any other portable system. The all-aluminium S9 chassis is the ideal solution for applications such as portable servers, network/communications testing, field data acquisition, remote field service, exploration, factory monitoring/automation, new technology demonstration, and much more.

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Standard configuration

System we offre is based on standard components included the high end XCAP STD vision application running Under Windows  64 bit or Linux

Alternative Configurations Using the Bonito (color or monochrome) 386 fps Camera and a Workstation

Capture Video Continuously for 42 Minutes ………………………………….. 17 550 €  HT

Capture Video Continuously for 21 Minutes ………………………………….. 14 750 €  HT

Capture Video Continuously for 38.8 Seconds ……………………………… 12 675 €  HT

Capture Video Continuously for 18.1 Seconds ……………………………… 11 800 €  HT

no lens included. Delivery, installation and training included for France.

Camera documention is available here

Camera user manual is available here