LifeScience Cameras
The EHD CTR and ITR cameras are engineered to meet the high demands of modern fluorescence and light microscopy. Designed for researchers and professionals working with weak or low-intensity signals, these cameras offer superior sensitivity, providing crisp and clear images in even the most challenging conditions.
To ensure smooth integration, we offer a range of suitable video couplers compatible with microscopes from leading manufacturers like Olympus, Leica, and Zeiss. This flexibility allows you to upgrade your microscope with minimal hassle, ensuring compatibility across a variety of setups.
EHD SWIR Microscope SWIR microscope for 900-1700nm wavelength range.
The evolution of CMOS sensor technology, driven by demand for compact, high-performance imaging systems under strict size and power constraints, has enabled significant advancements in digital microscopy. Short-wave infrared (SWIR) modular microscopes, exemplified by systems like the EHD SWIR microscope, now provide transformative capabilities for industrial and scientific applications by extending imaging beyond the traditional visible spectrum (400–700 nm) into the 900–1700 nm range.
SWIR modular microscopy bridges the gap between conventional optical systems and specialized IR imaging, offering unparalleled precision for next-generation material and electronic inspection.
SWIR modular microscopes are critical in:
1. Semiconductor Manufacturing: Detecting subsurface defects in silicon wafers and chip interconnects.
2. Materials Science: Identifying invisible cracks in ceramics or composite materials.
3. Industrial Inspection: Analyzing subsurface structures in components without destructive disassembly
EHD SC-CTR Series Temperature stabilized CMOS cameras USB3.0 or GigE.
The SC-CTR series is a line of high-performance cameras designed for applications requiring precise image capture and processing, particularly in low-light environments. Here’s a summary of its key features and technical aspects:
Key Features:
- SONY Exmor CMOS Sensors: The cameras in the SC-CTR series utilize advanced SONY Exmor CMOS sensors, known for their excellent image quality, high dynamic range, and low noise levels.
- USB 3.0 and GigE Interfaces: The cameras support either a USB 3.0 or GigE interface, ensuring fast data transfer for high-frame-rate video and image processing. USB 3.0 offers efficient bandwidth for high-speed communication, while GigE is beneficial for long-distance connections.
- Peltier Cooling Technology: One of the standout features is the Peltier cooling mechanism, which cools the sensor by 5-10°C below ambient temperature. This cooling significantly reduces thermal noise, enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio and improving image clarity.
- Advanced Thermal Management: The cameras are designed with smart thermal management solutions, including a heat radiation system and an electric fan for faster heat dissipation, ensuring the sensor operates at optimal temperatures and avoids moisture build-up.
- Wide Software Support:
- EHDView/EHDLite: These software applications provide advanced video and image processing functionalities.
- SDK Support: The cameras are compatible with Windows, Linux, and OSX platforms, and provide SDKs for native programming in C/C++, C#/VB.NET, DirectShow, and Twain Control API.
- Low Light and Specialized Applications: These cameras excel in low-light environments, making them ideal for tasks such as:
- Microscope fluorescence image capture and analysis.
- Astronomy applications, especially for deep-sky imaging where capturing faint objects is crucial.
Supported Sensors:
The SC-CTR series uses a range of SONY Exmor sensors, including:
- IMX492, IMX183, IMX428, IMX432, IMX426, IMX287
Applications:
The SC-CTR series cameras are highly versatile, especially useful for:
- Scientific imaging: Including biomedical applications, microscopy, and fluorescence imaging.
- Astronomy: For capturing faint light sources in deep-sky imaging and astrophotography.
- Industrial inspections: Where high-quality image capture and low noise are essential.
With their advanced features, cooling technology, and versatile interface options, SC-CTR series cameras are designed for demanding, high-precision imaging applications.
EHD SC-ITR Series Cooled CMOS cameras with GSENSE, GLUX and SONY sensors, UV to NIR.
The SC-ITR series cameras are advanced imaging devices equipped with SONY Exmor CMOS sensors, offering exceptional performance in terms of image clarity and low-light capabilities. The cameras utilize USB3.0 or GigE interfaces for high-speed data transfer, enhancing frame rates and allowing for smooth image capture and analysis.
Key features include:
- SONY Exmor CMOS Sensors: These sensors (IMX455, IMX492, IMX571, IMX269, IMX183, IMX294, IMX533, IMX585, IMX428, IMX432, GLUX9701BSI UV, and GLUX1605BSI UV) are known for their high-quality image output, making them ideal for applications requiring precise and clear images.
- Advanced Cooling System: The camera integrates a two-stage Peltier cooling system that reduces the sensor temperature to 40°C below ambient. This significantly enhances the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and minimizes image noise, improving image quality even in low-light conditions.
- Efficient Heat Management: The smart structure design ensures optimal heat dissipation, while the electric fan accelerates heat radiation, preventing moisture buildup and maintaining the camera’s performance during prolonged use.
- Versatile Software and SDK: The SC-ITR series supports multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux, and OSX. It comes with advanced video and image processing software (EHDView/EHDLite) and provides a variety of SDKs, including support for native C/C++, C#/VB.NET, DirectShow, and Twain Control APIs.
- Applications: The SC-ITR series is particularly useful in low-light environments, fluorescence microscopy, and astronomy for deep-sky imaging, where high sensitivity, reduced noise, and precise image capturing are essential.
In summary, the SC-ITR series cameras combine high-quality sensors, efficient cooling, and advanced processing software, making them suitable for demanding applications in fields such as scientific research, microscopy, and astronomy.
EHD-E10 Series Microscopy Camera USB3.2 Gen2 Interface
The SCM-E10 series from EHD imaging GmbH represents the latest generation of USB cameras, based on USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface technology with a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 10 Gb/s, approximately double that of standard USB 3.0. This high-bandwidth interface significantly reduces data transfer limitations and enables reliable high-frame-rate image acquisition for data-intensive imaging applications.
The cameras feature a USB Type-C interface, supporting reversible connection and improved mechanical robustness, while maintaining compatibility with standard USB host systems. The SCM-E10 series integrates high-performance Sony IMX CMOS sensors (IMX472, IMX383, IMX585), providing high quantum efficiency, low read noise, and wide dynamic range, which are critical for low-light and high-contrast imaging scenarios.
The cameras support 8-bit and 12-bit pixel formats, allowing users to balance data throughput and image fidelity according to application requirements. The architecture is optimized for both high-speed live preview and high-precision image acquisition, making the series suitable for demanding measurement and analysis tasks.
Typical application areas include high-speed and fluorescence microscopy, biomedical and life-science research, semiconductor and electronics inspection, industrial machine vision and quality control, and scientific and laboratory imaging systems requiring stable, high-throughput data transfer.
EHD-ZM0756 All-in-One Video Microscope with ring-light.
EHD-ZM0756 series all-in-one zoom monocular USB digital microscope is shown in Figure. It has 8x continuous zoom lens EHD-ZM0756-W100-TV050, USB Camera module with different resolution and LED ring light source EHD-TZM0756DRL-NPC.。
The USB Camera module can directly complete the video and image acquisition with a computer, and the LED ring light source module is directly connected to the USB Camera module through the main body of the optical continuous zoom lens with no need of the external power supply.
ZM0756U series meets the digital imaging observation, inspection and measurement in the fields of modern electronic equipment, semiconductor, laser, led, LCD, industrial on-line detection and biology.
The EHD-ZM0756 is also available with HDMI and/or WiFi interface.