Point Grey's unveils latest edition of Blackfly PoE GigE vision camera

RICHMOND, CANADA: Point Grey, a designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced the latest addition to its popular line of Blackfly GigE Vision cameras.

The BFLY-PGE-50A2 camera utilizes the popular MT9P031 (monochrome) and MT9P006 (color) CMOS sensors from Aptina and is capable of streaming full resolution 5 MP images at 13 fps. Region of interest functionality allows users to configure the sensor to output a smaller window of pixels at higher frame rate, such as HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) at 28 fps. The MT9P031 and MT9P006 sensors offer a 1/2.5" optical format, making it compatible with a wide variety of small format, low cost, CS-mount optics.

Like all other Blackfly camera models the BFLY-PGE-50A2 camera supports cable lengths of up to 100 meters using Gigabit Ethernet, third-party imaging library support using the GigE Vision standard, and a host of features including Power over Ethernet, temperature and status monitoring, in-field updatable firmware, color interpolation, look up table and gamma, and much more.

"We are very excited to expand the Blackfly product family to higher resolution devices, while making the leap to 5 MP imaging very affordable" says Michael Gibbons, director of Sales and Marketing at Point Grey. "The Blackfly is the smallest PoE GigE Vision camera family in the world, and has become a key differentiator for Point Grey in the GigE Vision product segment. This model will continue that trend with increased resolution and unbeatable price-performance."

With its unique combination of imaging performance, small 29 x 29 x 30 mm size, and low price, this new Blackfly camera is perfectly suited for applications in machine vision and factory automation; scientific applications such as astronomy, microscopy and biophotonics; and visualization applications such as video conferencing and kiosk imaging.