Technology has developed so much that contraptions that used to weigh a couple pounds and sizes that may need their own bags to tote around can now be fit into a package not bigger than a 2 coin. Not surprisingly, Sony is at the forefront again as it recently displayed what would be the littlest c-mount mini camera module in the market. Sony presented its new XCD-MV6 mini camera at the Vision Show in Stuttgart Trade Fair Center, a new addition to its already cutting edge machine vision technologies. A c-mount camera lens is the benchmark utilized in CCTV cameras and microscope phototubes and features easy interchanging of lens while in use. Sony has developed the design farther with thinner front and back panels as well as reduced number of PCB's used leading to a rather more compact design and smaller camera footprint making it ideal for use with a wide portfolio of business applications including security systems. The dimensions of the Micro XCD-MV6 is only nineteen x twenty-nine x 29mm or 1 x one x inches and only weights 37g. This size is only two / 3 the scale of other Sony machine vision camera modules which often measures 57.5 Mm in depth or 2 3 / eight inches. This very compact and miniaturized size mixed with fine quality image output make this module appropriate for applications where space is restricted. This mini-camera makes use of the FireWire interface or what's AKA the IEEE 1394b I / F digital video serial bus interface which is the standard interface used in high-speed digital communications and real-time info services. This is also the standard for all Sony PC's and audio-video devices but previous XCD camera modules merely have a bandwidth of eight hundred Mbps while the MV6 can reach speeds of nearly 1600 Mbps using the FireWire interface. You might think that this decrease in size could affect the video quality output from the camera, but the MV6 uses the latest in FPGA technologies in its [*FR2] type wide VGA world shutter that will deliver high quality pictures, high-performance levels but at just a small part of it energy utilization levels. Other XCD camera modules have the same performance but not in a compact and tiny package that the MV6 features. The MV6 is perfect to be used with many industrial environments that have space restrictions but need high res video output. These incorporate precision industrial applications like automated optical inspection systems, wire bonding, food processing and sorting, bottle inspection and pharmaceutical inspection. The size feature makes the camera so easy to conceal, making it excellent for use with wireless security and surveillance camera systems. Standard mini camera modules can cost from as low as $49.95 For cameras with black and white output, to as high as $199.95 For colour output. The XCD-MV6 has a black and white output and will most likely have a ticket between these price ranges when it is created available towards the end of the current year.
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