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Article: Progressing technologies call for frame grabber evolution.(CORE TECHNOLOGY)
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- Advanced Imaging
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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The challenge presented to all frame grabber manufacturers is to bring traditional image acquisition and processing technology to new levels of performance and flexibility. The frame grabber market is being eroded by low-cost USB cameras, Firewire cameras, and recently, GigE cameras.
"The recent introduction of the PCI Express bus allows frame grabbers to provide higher bandwidth for higher resolution and higher frame rate cameras, and to acquire images from more cameras simultaneously, said Chuck Petersen, EPIX Engineer. "Frame grabber hardware costs have decreased and capabilities have increased to allow frame grabbers to process and store more images, and ...