Fastvideo-500: 500 fps PCIe VGA camera without a frame grabber
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The Fastvideo‑500 is a PCI‑Express high speed camera: it needs no frame grabber and no extra SDK. A built‑in Hard IP PCIe x1 Gen1 core with Scatter‑Gather DMA, Plug‑and‑Play and Hot‑Plug streams straight to PC memory over a DisplayPort cable and a passive PCIe x1 adapter. The 10‑bit CMOS sensor (1/2", 640 × 480, progressive scan) runs 500 fps at full frame and needs no external power.
Specification
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Sensor | 10-bit CMOS, 1/2", 640 × 480, progressive scan |
| Frame rate | 500 fps full frame; 950 fps with Y subsampling |
| Interface | PCIe x1 Gen1 (DisplayPort cable + passive adapter), up to 200 MB/s |
| Camera data rate | up to 1500 Mbit/s |
| Exposure | 4 µs to 2 ms at 500 fps |
| Power | No external power required |
| Drivers | Windows 10/11 and Linux (legacy Windows 7 32/64‑bit as Fastvideo‑500E) |
Frame rate versus ROI
| Region of interest | Frame rate |
|---|---|
| 640 × 480 | 500 fps |
| 320 × 240 | 1900 fps |
| 240 × 180 | 3200 fps |
| 160 × 120 | 6900 fps |
| 120 × 90 | 11000 fps |
GPU image processing option
Add real‑time NVIDIA CUDA processing for the incoming stream: image trigger, image filtering, real‑time debayer, ultra‑fast histogram, fast DCT/iDCT and JPEG compression for long‑term high speed recording.
Applications and related cameras
High speed inspection, particle tracking, kinematics, collision studies and biological analysis. See the Camera Link models Fastvideo‑300 and Fastvideo‑400, and the slow motion camera.