DRS LIGHTNING RDT
The Lightning RDT™ (Research, Design and Test) camera combines high-speed digital video, intuitive camera control software and powerful analytical functions with the capabilities of an "off-the-shelf" PC to provide an integrated, high-speed imaging system with sufficient performance and flexibility to address a wide range of motion analysis requirements.
Consisting of a small camera head, detachable cable and custom frame grabber board, the Lightning RDTTM captures 1,280 x 1,024 resolution images at 500 full frames per second (fps). A very fast 16,000 fps can be achieved at reduced resolution for recording extremely rapid events.
Available with interchangeable camera heads for monochrome, color and low-light recording, a single system provides the ability to record high-speed events in many different situations.
The camera features extremely long recording time to capture extended duration events such as vehicle rollovers and missile flights. With optional expanded memory, nearly 20 seconds of full resolution recording at 500 fps are available without compression. And the record time can be doubled by capturing the event at 250 fps, or by reducing the camera resolution by 50%. Doing both quadruples the record time to nearly 80 seconds.
The Lightning RDT™ is bundled with MiDAS 2.0 software from Xcitex, Inc., enabling operators to easily control up to 16 cameras simultaneously, perform vital motion analysis, and save digital video data in a variety of different file formats including AVI, BMP, JPEG, and TIFF. Optional MiDAS 2.0 modules provide the synchronization of high-speed video with instrumentation data from a wide variety of sensors, gauges, tachometers, IRIG/GPS encoders and other devices.
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