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Icon User Programmable Camera Series
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User Programmable Camera for
Embedded Imaging Applications
The Icon camera series combines Teledyne DALSA’s expertise in image sensors, cameras
and image processing with off-the-shelf development tools and libraries to deliver a cost
effective, yet powerful application development environment.

Embedded Image Capture
Icon cameras feature high quality, high sensitivity, low noise image output and support
resolutions from VGA to 1600 in color and monochrome formats. Image capture can be
synchronized with external events and controls for a deterministic response.

Features and Benefits

CamExpert™ - Camera Configuration Utility - Teledyne DALSA’s powerful CamExpert is a
graphical user interface that provides an interactive environment to create or modify camera
configurations files. Icon camera parameters can be fine tuned while grabbing live images
on the host computer. In addition, CamExpert’s intuitive interface allows users to explore
and reconfigure camera control signals.

Image Acquisition

Powerful Embedded Processing Platform

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To process and analyze images, Icon cameras feature 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 and
C64x+ DSP processors and Microsoft Windows CE™ real-time operating system.
This powerful processing capability combined with extremely low power consumption and
a ruggedized small form factor body is ideal for embedded processing applications.

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sensor technologies
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Embedded Processing Platform

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Development Environment and Processing Libraries

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Embedded Sapera™ Vision SDK
At the heart of Icon’s sophisticated development environment is Embedded Sapera
Vision SDK – a comprehensive suite of image acquisition, processing, analysis and
control libraries, including Sapera Processing, Teledyne DALSA’s highly optimized
image processing primitives, and advanced image analysis tools such as 1D and 2D
barcode, OCR, blob analysis, area and geometric search and calibration.

Sapera Vision SDK
•t Unified API across camera models
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•t n-camera application debugging via
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integrated Ethernet port
•t ulti-tasking operating system for efficient
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in camera program execution

While Icon comes pre-licensed and ready to deploy using Sapera Processing tools it
is engineered as an open platform to allow OEMs to develop applications using third
party image processing tools.

Open Platform
•t bility to add custom code and algorithms
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using C/C++

Microsoft Visual Studio
Supported by the Embedded Sapera Vision SDK, users can develop vision
applications using the familiar off-the-shelf development tools like Microsoft Visual
Studio. Applications can then be debugged and traced using remote Ethernet tools of
Microsoft Visual Studio, substantially reducing development and deployment time.
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•t Field proven Sapera Processing libraries

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Autonomous Operations
•t Self contained unit, operates without a PC

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synchronization
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Compliancy
Compact, ergonomic design offers:
•t Small size: 44 x 44 x 44mm
•t FCC, CE and RoHS compliant

Autonomous Operations
Icon cameras are designed for standalone operations and to carry out necessary actions
with the help of on-board general purpose I/Os and communications using Ethernet or
RS232 serial ports. Icon cameras incorporate non-volatile memory to store user applications
and can be configured to run on power up without any assistance from a PC. In addition,
Icon cameras feature optically isolated inputs and outputs for reliable external event
synchronization.
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Contact Teledyne DALSA Sales for other supported operating systems