(IDS: Woburn, MA) -- IDS GmbH, the headquarters for IDS Imaging Development Systems and a global leader in machine vision technology, has unveiled the UI–2280SE, an ideal all-round camera with USB 2.0 interface and Sony ICX655 CCD sensor in 5 megapixel resolution (2448 pixels × 2050 pixels). The camera achieves the full color depth of 12 bits per pixel, thanks to its internal field-programmable gate array (FPGA). As a result, it offers 16 times more accurate mapping of pixel values compared to the usual 8 bits, while saving money and time for the user.

“Transferring more than 8 bits over USB requires an FPGA to repack the data into two bytes,” explains Joe Cook, sales manager for IDS’s West Coast office. “Our new CCD cameras with the third-generation A/D converter board can do this.”

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