Piranha 4 2k from Teledyne DALSA - designed to meet challenging high-speed linescan applications

Introducing the Piranha 4 2k monochrome Line Scan camera
Using Teledyne DALSA's advanced CMOS monochrome dual line sensor, the Pirhana 4 2K provides 2048 x 2 pixel resolution with a 10.56 x 10.56 µm pixel size and delivers a maximum line rate of 200 kHz in area mode and 100kHz in TDI mode.

Currently boasting the highest line rates in the industry, the camera delivers a throughput of 410 MPix/s using the Camera Link, and advanced chipsets allowing cable lengths of ~30 meters and beyond. The GenICam™ compliant interface makes the camera easier to set up, control, and integrate.

Full-featured
The Piranha4 backs up its incredible speed with a wide range of advanced features.

Offering shading correction and flat field correction, and its HDR mode captures high gain and low gain views simultaneously, allows the user to combine them in post-processing. Programmability includes exposure control, independent gain settings, as well a multiple areas of interest (up to 4 simultaneous) which allows the user focus on specific areas of an image and ignore the rest, reducing processing bandwidth and even simplifying cabling.

Key features

Background knowledge: Line scan Vs Area scan - when to use

Why use a Line Scan solution rather than an Area Scan solution?
Area scan cameras are often the camera of choice for machine vision inspection, while line scan cameras are traditionally used for applications that require uninterrupted image capture, such as web inspection, or for applications that need large format imaging. While line scan cameras deliver the resolution, sensitivity and speed required for these applications, knowing when and how to select the right camera for a given inspection task can be confusing.

Selection Factors
• What type of product is it- its shape
• How does the product move - its stability
• Does it require uniform light - easier to control a line shape light pattern than a 2D area
• Does it require high-intensity lighting - concentration of the light in a line
• What features are to be inspected - a specific angle between light and camera is needed
• What resolution is needed - line scan can reach higher resolution eg 16384 pixels

When to use line scan
• When uninterrupted high-speed image-capture is needed

Watch the webinar video
For a comprehensive comparison between Line Scan and Area Scan camera, please watch the webinar video (30 min)

Learn how to:
- Select line scan over area scan cameras
- How to choose the best vision tools to solve these challenging problems
- Match lighting options with your application requirements

And see examples of non-traditional line scan vision applications