Consisting of a small camera head, detachable cable and custom frame grabber board, the Lightning RDTPlus captures 512x512 resolution images at 5000 full frames per second (fps)
Kane Computing is now shipping DRS's Lightning RDTPlus (research, design and test) camera.
The RDTPlus combines high-speed digital video, intuitive camera control software and powerful analytical functions with the capabilities of a standard PC to provide an integrated, high-speed imaging system with sufficient performance and flexibility to address all motion analysis requirements.
Consisting of a small camera head, detachable cable and custom frame grabber board, the Lightning RDTPlus captures 512x512 resolution images at 5000 full frames per second (fps).
A blazing 100,000fps can be achieved at reduced resolution for recording extremely rapid events.
The Lightning RDTPlus features extended recording times to capture long duration events such as vehicle rollovers and missile flights.
More than 13 seconds of full resolution recording at 5000fps are available without compression.
Greater than one minute of record time can be achieved by reducing the frame rate to 1000fps.
The ability to daisy chain multiple frame grabber boards further extends the record time.
A digital interface on the Lightning RDTPlus custom frame grabber board allows the output of a continuous, real-time stream of digital image data.
The digital interface is capable of streaming image data at up to 1.25gigabytes per second - the maximum performance of the Lightning RDTPlus camera.
The Lightning RDTPlus is supplied with Midas software from Xcitex, allowing operators to perform vital motion analysis, to control up to four cameras simultaneously, and to save digital video data in different file formats including AVI, BMP, Jpeg and Tiff.
Optional Midas modules provide the synchronization of high-speed video with instrumentation data from a variety of sensors, gauges, tachometers, IRIG encoders and other devices.
The Lightning RDTPlus is available with several distinct camera head configurations: monochrome, colour and low-light.
A single system can be purchased with multiple, interchangeable camera heads, providing the flexibility to record high-speed events in different situations.
