InfraRed Remapping Module
Norpix has a new StreamPix Infrafred Remapping Module for digital video recording. Available as software or turnkey solutions for a wide variety of Thermal Imaging, Thermography and Infrared Imaging cameras.
NASA’s Quantum Leap in Combustion Research: The HPTC Apparatus
The NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program has taken a significant leap forward in its quest to explore combustion phenomena in high-pressure, trans-critical (HPTC) environments. Thanks to the development of a cutting-edge apparatus, NASA researchers are now equipped to delve into the intricate world of liquid droplet combustion like never before. This apparatus is poised to revolutionize our understanding of combustion processes, particularly auto-ignition, across a spectrum of fuel types and ambient conditions.
NASA Fuel Combustion Test Images Acquired by Mikrotron CoaXPress Camera
Central to this groundbreaking development is a specially designed pressure vessel meticulously carved from a single block of aluminum. Within this vessel, HPTC experiments come to life. Researchers can meticulously manipulate variables such as pressure, temperature, and oxygen content to simulate various conditions, all while scrutinizing the ignition and burning of minuscule fuel droplets. Each experiment is brief, typically lasting only ten seconds, with fuel droplets measuring a mere 1mm in diameter.
To capture these fleeting moments of combustion, a sophisticated array of cameras has been strategically positioned. Two cameras, stationed orthogonally outside the upper portion of the chamber, work in tandem to document the combustion events. One, a Mikrotron MC4082 four-megapixel monochrome camera, boasts a remarkable frame rate of 1,000 frames per second with a resolution of 960×960 pixels. It captures the droplet as a shadowgraph, employing fixed settings of 80 dB gain, 570 μs exposure, and a black level of 0. An LED backlight, synchronized to the Mikrotron camera, provides illumination at a wavelength of 525 nm.
Simultaneously, a USB3 HD color video camera records the flames at 180 fps, offering a resolution of 1024×1024 pixels. This camera provides variable gain and exposure settings for optimal flame capture during the experiments. An Allied Vision Prosilica GT 1290 Gigabit Ethernet HD monochrome camera is also part of the setup, delivering a shadowgraph view of droplet deployment before ignition. This camera operates at 30 fps, with a resolution of 960×960 pixels, automatic gain adjustment, and a 25 ms exposure.
The wealth of data collected by these cameras is efficiently processed and stored on a local PC running NorPix StreamPix digital video recording software. The images are saved in an 8-bit .seq format, a proprietary NorPix format that can be readily converted to audio video interleave (.avi) or tagged image file format (.tiff) files for further analysis.
What’s truly exciting about this innovation is that it opens the door for NASA researchers to conduct normal-gravity liquid droplet combustion experiments without the need for Zero Gravity test equipment. Moreover, there’s a tantalizing prospect on the horizon – the potential development of a similar capability for conducting high-pressure combustion and supercritical oxidation research aboard the International Space Station.
In summary, this apparatus represents a significant advancement in combustion research, offering scientists a remarkable tool to probe the mysteries of combustion in HPTC environments. With the help of state-of-the-art cameras, data collection systems, and an innovative pressure vessel, NASA is set to unlock new insights into the fundamental processes that drive combustion, paving the way for safer and more efficient combustion technologies both on Earth and in space.
About Mikrotron, a brand of SVS-Vistek GmbH:
As of January 1, 2022, Mikrotron became a part of SVS-Vistek GmbH. This integration marks a powerful synergy in the world of high-speed cameras, combining the strengths and expertise of both companies under the umbrella of TKH Vision. Mikrotron, now operating as a brand of SVS-Vistek, has earned international recognition for its small yet robust high-speed cameras in the industrial image processing sector. These digital high-speed cameras are revered for their exceptional technical performance and find applications in a myriad of industries, from industrial and scientific research to sports, advertising, and nature filmmaking.
Source: https://www.automation.com/en-us/articles/september-2023/nasa-fuel-combustion-test-images-mikrotron-camera
Portable High-Speed Capture at 1,500 fps x 800 x 600 – NorPix High-Speed Capture and Troubleshooting Solutions
NorPix has engineered a solution to capture a synchronized dual frame grabber solution on the Xenics Cheetah 640 series SWIR area scan camera.
NorPix Collaborates with Concordia University Student Team in Hot Fire Testing of Rocket Engines
Space exploration is a new economic frontier forecast to become a $2.7 trillion market within the next three decades. Start-ups are blossoming in an explosion reminiscent of the early days of tech, when money poured into Silicon Valley at the beginning of the Internet age.
StreamPix DVR solution using Cheetah SWIR camera
NorPix has engineered a solution to capture a synchronized dual frame grabber solution on the Xenics Cheetah 640 series SWIR area scan camera.
Laboratory rats, mice and rodent video capture for biomedical research
Multiple camera setup. Compatible with GigE Vision, USB3, 10 and 25 GigE, Camera Link and CoaXPress cameras. Supports cameras and frame grabbers from over 200 different OEM’s using native API’s. Synchronize camera exposure over multiple cameras and over multiple computers.
NorPix Enhances High-Speed Capture and Recording Capabilities For Paper Break Analysis
NorPix Inc., a leader in the development of digital video recording software, today announced that it has released a new version of StreamPix with high-speed capture and recording capabilities ideally-suited to teams responsible for rapidly resolving and preventing paper break events at paper mills and printing presses.
High-speed system captures at 1,000 fps x 1080p from multiple synchronized cameras
NorPix has developed a portable high-speed recording system capable of capturing high-definition images from multiple synchronized cameras.
High-Speed Imagery for Elite Sporting Events
Critical moments in professional sports often happen in the blink of an eye. In baseball, a pitcher delivers his fastball to the plate in about 400 milliseconds. In 2008, Michael Phelps won the Olympic gold medal in the 100m butterfly by a half-stroke – barely 10 milliseconds. And although times are often only published to a resolution of 1/10th of a second, final timing in races are tracked to 1/100th of a second – sometimes even down to the sub-millisecond range. Read more
Geo-Mapping Imaging Capture
– Multiple camera capture – HD resolution up to 50 MP – Tag each image with GNSS metadata –
Frame capture rate driven by travel distance using DMI device – Real Time JPEG compression.
Supports over 200 different types of cameras and frame grabbers using native API’s …
Do you know how to record 2500 mbytes/second of video for 6 hours?
In this case, NorPix provided a recording solution that allowed the client to record 2 cameras with a resolution of 9 megapixels at a rate of 290 frames per second or 2,500 Mbytes/second for a duration over 6 hours.
Film scanning using StreamPix on a 50 year old Kodachrome film
NorPix was pleased to offer Film Scanning using Streampix 7 to make this video as enjoyable as possible for all to watch using modern technologies.
Develop a high-speed mobile recording system with NorPix
In developing high-speed mobile recording systems, manufacturers must offer their customers systems based around different camera types, speeds and camera interfaces. To do so, such systems must accommodate numerous camera types with interfaces ranging from GigE, Camera Link and CoaXPress that can be easily configured to run over different types of coax cables (in the case of 10 and 25 GigE and CoaXPress) and custom cables (in the case of Camera Link). Read more
Continuous Web Break Monitoring for your Production Line
Paper break module for paper crash/jam monitoring system
Continuous looping before and after break.
Upon receipt of trigger, module will extract and generate an MP4 video based on the pre and post settings.
Automatic export to a specific directory.
Record, monitor while compressing and exporting.
NorPix adds additional support for Kaya Instruments high-speed cameras and frame grabbers
NorPix Inc., a leader in the development of digital video recording software – has announced support of its StreamPix, TroublePix and upcoming StreamTouch software for high-speed cameras and frame grabbers from Kaya Instruments. Read more
Film scanning: Preserving the past for posterity
Deck: Although the parade may have gone by for Hollywood’s Golden era, it is only just beginning for those involved in film preservation.
Starting his career as a documentary film maker in Alaska, North America, film restoration and preservation could not have been further from the mind of Reed Bovee, now Chief Technical Officer at Reflex Technologies (Burbank, CA, USA). However, when the lack of available good quality archival footage of historic events became apparent, Bovee and his colleagues decided to build a film scanner to meet the demand. Read more
NorPix White Paper – NVIDIA Accelerated JPEG Image Compression
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Reducing the amount of data needed to store and/or transmit image data is important in industrial machine vision, surveillance and military imaging systems. In this article, you will learn the features advantages and benefits of the JPEG compression algorithm and how to implement code running on inexpensive PC-based graphics processors from NVIDIA to perform this task.
NorPix DSA Pulse box: When you need to capture to disk from multiple cameras with all cameras exposing at the same time
NorPix Pulse Generator and Digital Signal Amplifier (DSA) is able to keep cameras in sync so that they expose at the exact same time, hardware triggering is requested at the camera level.
The Pulse/DSA box provides both functionalities: Pulse generator and digital signal amplifier.
The Arduino Pulse Generator Module allows you to control the cameras trigger signal.
The Pulse/DSA box provides both functionalities: Pulse generator and digital signal amplifier. Read more
StreamPix Lite is a new entry level version of StreamPix for users with limited budgets or requirements
With StreamPix Lite you can capture uncompressed, MOV, or AVI files from a single camera.
StreamPix Lite does not provide access to multiple camera acquisition or to the various modules available with the full version of StreamPix single or multiple camera. Read more
Quantification of gait parameters in freely walking rodents
NorPix invites you to read this publication (.pdf) on Quantification of gait parameters in freely walking rodents (Click on image to read .pdf!)
Custom application from NorPix partner Dage-MTI using Web Streamer encoder
NorPix invites you to read this news on the Web Streamer encoder from DAGE-MTI: HD-Stream: Viewing Multiple Live Streams at a Central Lab
DAGE-MTI BULLETIN
Product: HD-Stream
SUBJECT: Viewing Multiple Live Streams at a Central Lab
Dear Colleagues,
We recently shared the exciting introduction of HD-Stream, our new live streaming solution for clinical, medical and industrial applications. In an effort to provide you with helpful tools, knowledge and information on the benefits of using HD-Stream, we provide “news you can use” with application notes.
Imagine this scenario: A hospital has a central lab, as well as a number of remote satellite labs. The hospital can simply include an HD-Stream box at each of its satellite locations to stream live and secure images directly to the central lab for immediate collaboration on their frozen sections, FNAs, gram stains, cytopathology samples and more.
Because each HD-Stream box has a unique IP address, a remote viewer (the central lab) can see the incoming live streams from the satellite labs simultaneously. This is accomplished by opening a separate VLC viewing window for each incoming stream. Multiple streams can even be viewed simultaneously on a single monitor by resizing the viewing windows or by sending each stream to its own monitor.
Live consultation has never been easier!
HD-STREAM ENABLES A CENTRAL LAB TO VIEW MULTIPLE STREAMS FROM SATELLITE LABS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON A SINGLE MONITOR…
Streampix airborne recording station
Streampix based high speed recording station for extreme conditions such as airborne, shipboard, and land-based applications requiring most uncompromising environments.
This solution uses computers from Crystal Rugged, these workstations are build for applications designed to work in a variety of extreme environments; extreme schock/vibe, extreme temperature ranges, sand/dust, salt/fog,. This workstation is desgined to meet and exceed MIL-STDs 167-1, 461, 810, and MI-S-901D.
StreamPix multiple camera prepost module
The PrePost module is an add-on module to the StreamPix multiple camera recording software. It allows to run multiple cameras in a loop or continuous circular buffer with programmable pre and post circular buffer size. Each camera’s circular buffer can be adjusted according to either number of frames or a time span. It is also possible to use our Pulse/DSA box to keep all cameras in sync.
Geo-mapping capture from multiple cameras with GPS data and DMI triggering
Streampix capture software can interface to over 200 different brands of cameras such as AVT, Basler, Ximea and Flir Ladybug5 or other brands. Capture GPS data along with time stamp from multiple cameras with sync.
Motion capture
High speed motion capture of a lawyer and witness in a courtroom situation. Study interaction between multiple actors. Captured using machine vision cameras at higher than normal video rates, solutions available from 30 to 900 fps at HD resolution.
Both cameras can capture in sync at various speeds from 30 to 900 fps depending on interface. In addition to video, you can also capture audio.
Underwater High-speed Web Streaming and multi-camera recording
NorPix has developed a system for a military client providing underwater high-speed web streaming HD capture at 338 frames per second from 18 cameras simultaneously along with live streaming to a remote recording station.
The solution uses StreamPix Remote to manage 18 Emergent HS-2000 cameras in waterproof enclosures. The setup uses 5 PCs for uncompressed recording from up to 4 cameras each, 2 PCs for compressed recording, and one PC for remote control and real-time display. All camera-to-host connections are by 30- to 150-meter fiber optic cables, each on a 10GigE network.
Details of the system include:
- Each of the front line computers records a total of 2.6 GB data/second from four HD 1920×1080, 338 fps cameras in uncompressed RAW8 format.
- Every 24th frame (1 in 14) is decimated to half resolution (960 x 540) and real-time H.264 compressed so that a live stream is delivered to 2 secondary remote recording stations at about 50 megabits/second. The H.264 compression is GPU accelerated.
- The remote PC controls recording and playback, as well as gain, exposure, and white balance for each camera. It also allows control of focus and iris.
- Dual large monitors provide a tiled display of all cameras plus a large display of a selected camera directly on the 2 secondary recording stations.
For more information, contact: Sales@norpix.com
Streampix provides ARINC 818 recording solution to market leader Great River Technology
Norpix invites you to read this message from Paul Grunwald and to download Testing, Simulating, and Validating ARINC 818 Interfaces, A White Paper by Paul Grunwald, Director of Business Development, Great River Technology
MESSAGE FROM PAUL GRUNWALD
Paul Grunwald, Director of Business Development, Great River Technology
In the field of mission-critical, high-speed video and data systems, ARINC 818 is capable and proven in cockpit displays, mission processors, sensors, HUDs, and HMDs.
Testing, Simulating and Validating ARINC 818 Interfaces, My new white paper, provides insight that will be helpful for both system engineers and production test engineers. The paper provides a step-by-step approach for well-managed design and development. Grunwald describes how the full suite of COTS ARINC 818 tools can be used to test and verify your display or sensor systems.
Recognize the potential of ARINC 818 and stay at the forefront of high-speed digital video.
http://www.greatrivertech.com/arinc-818-testing-wp.html
Since 2012, I have been Director of Business Development at Great River Technology, the global leader in ARINC 818 implementation.
Sincerely,
Paul Grunwald
HD recording at 900 fps using CoaXPress camera
HD recording at 900 fps using CoaXPress camera
CoaXPress camera
Record at over 900 frames per second in HD resolution using various CoaXPress cameras and frame grabbers.
Record time can go over 2.5 hours depending on the number of SSD’s used in the computer.
Turnkey system is available from Norpix with Streampix and Troublepix software plus recording computer and frame grabber.
CoaXPress Camera
CoaXPress HD recording station by Norpix
Airborne high resolution capture application using a portable PC
The MegaPAC L1 product is a robust portable computer built using all aluminum sheet metal to provide tough, go-anywhere unit suitable for tough environments and mobile applications.
This airborne capture system uses a portable computer with multiple drives for capturing high resolution images at low frame rate all day long. In this instance, the camera to be used will be a 29MP camera link camera in 12 bit mode. Frame rate on the camera is 5 fps for a total data rate of 290 MB/second. Over an 8 hour day this represents over 8 Terabytes.
Customer constraints were based on capturing in Raid10 for data redundancy.
Norpix has proposed using Streampix with the GPS module and a portable computer from ACME. The Streampix software can easily capture video data from the camera with GPS tagging and time stamping to disk in uncompressed format. Norpix proposed to our reseller the use of the ACME computer which allows the use of normal high capacity hard disk drives in a portable format.
With its functional design and rugged construction, the MegaPAC L1 is the most durable and versatile portable platform for your applications.
- Each drive is over 4 Terrabytes
- ACME computer can fit 7 drives
- Total capture capacity is 28 Terrabytes
- Raid setup is Raid5 to provide some data protection, but Raid 10 can also be used by reducing capacity
- ACME provides hot swap capabilities permitting the customer to easily change disks
- Power source between 12 and 28 Volts DC for helicopter use.
For more information: sales@norpix.com
Multi camera capture in the fight against malaria
This is a system developed by NorPix® for Prof. David Towers from Warwick University, formerly from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The multi camera capture system is being used in the field in Tanzania where Prof. Towers is investigating optical techniques and quantitative data analysis to understand mosquito behavior in sub-Saharan dwellings in order to design more effective controls of malaria transmission. The system is powered off of a Honda generator on the edge of a swamp (mosquito breeding area).
Picture here shows where the computers are kept so that Prof Towers can conduct his research on mosquitos. On the right, you can see the experimental hut with the capture cameras.
This research team has submitted a publication to Nature Scientific Reports with follow up papers in the Royal Society Interface and in the Malaria Journal.
Infrared tracking of multiple mosquitoes attempting to reach a human volunteer.
The system used in this research has 2 Baumer cameras at a resolution of 4MP each. The researchers are looking at adding 2 more cameras. This would allow the research to expand to other parts of Africa where there are insecticide resistant mosquito populations. A third project would require the use of 8 Baumer 4MP cameras, all capturing moving mosquitos in sync.
StreamPix 6 multiple camera is used to capture images from two cameras at 4MP each. The StreamPix motion detection module is used to monitor fly activity. The module monitors activity at 10 images per second and triggers a capture at 100 fps from each camera once motion is detected for a specific length of time. The length of sequence capture is adjustable by the user
You can read more about Combatting Malaria in the Financial Times of London and you can download their special report on Malaria published at the end of April 2015.
CoaXPress Camera Recording Station at 3.5 Gigabytes per second
CoaXPress Camera Recording Station at 3.5 Gigabytes per second
In the past two years, the introduction of high speed and high resolution CoaXPress cameras has generated a considerable increase in data rates. NorPix has kept pace with this emerging technology to record from these cameras direct to disk without compression or image degradation. Read more
Video Scope module for 8 and 35mm film digitizing
When digitizing film stock, color rendering can shift over time, resulting in less realistic output requiring further color correction downstream.
The StreamPix 6 Video Scopes module can dramatically improve workflow for film digitizing by providing real-time feedback on the color space during the conversion process, reducing the need for further color correction later. The Video Scopes module includes a Waveform Monitor, Vector scope, Histogram and YUV/RGB parade. Read more
Small form factor recorder from Neousys
Small form factor recorders have the advantage of small size, useful for outdoor usage or when there is constraint in space. Unfortunately, they also have some limitations for long duration high speed video recording, as they come with limited expansion slots and fewer interfaces for media storage.
A number of companies make PC based small form factor units compatible with our StreamPix, TroublePix and Hermes API software products. Neousys, a Taiwanese company, makes 2 interesting fanless units that can accommodate an Intel core i7 CPU: the Nuvo 4000 and the Nuvo-3616VR.
The Nuvo 4000 has 2 PCI Express expansion slots that are compatible with frame grabbers. The unit comes with 4x USB 3.0 and 2x GigE ports pre-installed for use with USB 3 Vision and GigE Vision cameras. The limiting factor on this unit is that only 2 hard disks can be installed.
The Nuvo-3616VR unit provides no internal PCI Express expansion slot, but on the other hand, comes with 2x USB 3.0 and 16 GigE ports. All are compatible with USB 3.0 Vision and GigE Vision cameras that are supported by our software products. Furthermore, this unit accommodates 4 disk slots, two internal and two removable. This is one of the most flexible units for long term recording using USB 3.0 Vision or GigE Vision cameras.
Motion analysis high-speed video capture for biomechanical applications
When capturing for motion analysis or the biomechanics of animals such as bats, primates, or lizards, it is essential that their movements be captured at high speed. With StreamPix® software, either a single camera or multiple synced cameras can be used to take rapid, uncompressed video.
In this example, a portable setup is shown for capturing lizard movements in an outdoor environment. Read more
