GEViCAM GF-4000 GigE Camera

The GEViCAM GF-4000 is a Gigabit Ethernet camera for industrial applications. It is designed on a common platform and complies with the GigE Vision standard for plugand- play, or with a proprietary high performance SDK. The GF-4000 features a 4MP CMOS sensor running at 15 fps. For multiple camera applications, it accepts external trigger via a GPIO (general purpose I/O), resets the internal timing with no-delay and provides a time stamp for exact image location. This eliminates a need for external sync (HD/VD), which tends to generate some PLL jitters. The streamlined design of the camera and GigE section reduces the component count and results in a high performance camera at low cost. This is an ideal opportunity to upgrade machine vision applications from conventional analog cameras (plus frame grabber) to a frame grabberless systems for improved cost-performance. GigE Vision itself has additional advantages over conventional systems: It allows multiple camera operations on the network, multicasting (multiple computers per camera), long cable distances (100m without repeaters) and auxiliary device control via GPIO, plug-and-play compatibility with commonly available software and camera systems and common camera control protocol or GUI. The firmware or software is field upgradeable via Ethernet even if the camera is installed in a remote location.