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Serial Port Support on PGR cameras

 June 2004

 
CVPR 2004

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Point Grey Research will be exhibiting at the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) June 29 - July 2nd in Washington, DC.

The venue offers a number of  tutorials, workshops and demonstrations illustrating the latest findings in computer vision and pattern recognition technologies.

As an exhibitor, PGR will have their complete selection of Firewire, stereo vision and spherical imaging products available on hand.  Live demos will be running using the Bumblebee® stereo camera and our Ladybug® spherical video camera.

Plus, be one of the first to try the Dragonfly® Express, the latest camera release from PGR which runs up to 175 FPS using the new 1394b interface and 120 FPS using 1394a.

Plan on visiting PGR at the Demonstration Pavilion.




With the introduction of the serial port functionality, PGR's Scorpion™ and Flea™ cameras can now control devices local to the camera via the IEEE-1394 interface.  This allows for two way communication between the computer and peripheral devices such as sensors and actuators.  Other examples include:  GPS, thermometers, robotic arm,  motion stage and lenses.

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Users can access the serial port via the GPIO pins located on the back of the camera.

FLEA SCORPION
   
FLEA - back 		SCOR - back
                     
       
For more detailed instructions on how to configure and test the serial port feature, here's a link to the Serial Port Technical Application Note. 

For more information on the Flea™ or Scorpion™ cameras you may contact sales@ptgtrey.com.







 
 
PGR User Group Meeting

Calling all PGR Product Users!!  Here's your chance to be part of a milestone event, the first ever PGR User Group Meeting. 

PGR will be hosting this session during the CVPR Conference on Thursday July 1, 2004 between 12:00 noon - 1:30pm.

Come join us!  It's a great  opportunity to meet other PGR users, ask questions and get the inside scoop on the latest PGR products. 

Hot topics to be discussed are  new firmware functionality, using PGR cameras under Linux and many more.  Feel free to let us know of other topics that might be of interest.
A complimentary lunch will be provided for all registrants.  Registration is limited so email sales@ptgrey.com asap to reserve your spot.









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