Expanding the company's Blackfly GigE PoE cameras (claimed to be the smallest PoE camera line in the world), Point Grey announce two VGA global shutter CCD models. The Blackfly BFLY-PGE-03S2 camera models are based on colour and monochrome versions of the Sony ICX424, a 1/3” charge-coupled device (CCD) featuring 7.4µm2 pixels and capable of 648x488pixel resolution at 84FPS.

  Point Grey Research has announced plug-and-play interoperability between the company’s Grasshopper3 and Flea3 USB3 Vision cameras and Matrox Imaging Library (MIL), a comprehensive software tool for developing machine vision, image analysis and medical imaging software applications.

Point Grey has added two new 5 megapixel global shutter CCD models to its Grasshopper3 family of USB3 Vision cameras. The new Grasshopper3 GS3-U3-50S5 camera models are based on colour and monochrome versions of the Sony ICX625, a 2/3in. CCD sensor capable of streaming 2448 x 2048 resolution images at 15 FPS.

A GigE PoE network interface card has been launched by Point Grey, adding to their existing ecosystem of Gigabit Ethernet cameras and accessories. The GIGE-PCIE2-2P02 NIC has 2 ports which provide up to 15.4W of power and has a dedicated Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller that supports jumbo packets and maximum GigE bandwidth of 120MB/s.

Expanding the Grasshopper3 family of high quality, high resolution USB 3.0 cameras, Point Grey has announced the addition of a 4.1MP CMOS model. Featuring improved near-infrared (NIR) response, the Grasshopper3 GS3-U3-41C6NIR uses a proprietary USB 3.0 link layer and frame buffer-based architecture for optimal performance and reliability.

Expanding its popular line of Blackfly GigE Vision cameras, Point Grey has introduced the BFLY-PGE-50A2. Providing 5 megapixel resolution in an ultra-compact and low-cost package, the new BFLY-PGE-50A2 camera is targeted at applications in machine vision and factory automation; scientific applications such as astronomy, microscopy and biophotonics; and visualization applications such as video conferencing and kiosk imaging.

Point Grey today announced out-of-the-box interoperability between Point Grey's Flea3 USB3 Vision cameras and ActiveUSB, a universal USB3 Vision Driver and software development kit from A&B Software.

Point Grey today announced the addition of new 4.1 megapixel global shutter CMOS models to the Grasshopper3 family of high quality, high resolution USB 3.0 cameras.

Point Grey have today announced the introduction of the new Grasshopper3 camera featuring the highest resolution, global shutter CCD sensors with a USB 3.0 interface currently available on the market. The new Grasshopper3 GS3-U3-91S6 camera models are based on colour and monochrome versions of Sony ICX814, a 1" CCD featuring 3.69 micron square pixels (Sony's highest resolution CCD to date). The camera outputs 3376 x 2704 images at 9 fps using mon...

Point Grey today announced a new addition to the Grasshopper3 camera family, which features high quality, high resolution CCD sensors with a USB 3.0 interface. The new Grasshopper3 GS3-U3-60S6 camera models are based on color and monochrome versions of the fast and highly sensitive Sony ICX694, a 1 CCD featuring 4.54 micron square pixels and capable of sending 2736 x 2192 images at 13 FPS and maximum bit depth.

Point Grey today announced new model additions to the Blackfly family of ultra-compact PoE GigE Vision cameras. The new Blackfly models use Sony Exmor™ CMOS sensor technology, which combines the speed of CMOS with the low noise, high dynamic range, and high saturation capacity of many of today's CCDs.

Point Grey today announced a new addition to the Grasshopper3 camera family, which features high quality, high resolution CCD sensors with a USB 3.0 interface. The new Grasshopper3 GS3-U3-28S5 camera models are based on color and monochrome versions of the fast and highly sensitive Sony ICX674, a 2/3 CCD featuring 4.54 micron square pixels and capable of sending 1932 x 1452 images at 26 FPS.

Point Grey today announced its latest innovation in imaging with the Grasshopper3, the world’s first machine vision camera family to combine CCD technology with a USB 3.0 interface. The first Grasshopper3 camera model, the GS3-U3-28S4, has a maximum frame rate of 26 FPS and features the Sony 2.8 megapixel 1/1.8” ICX687 EXview HAD CCD II sensor.

Point Grey is pleased to congratulate the Automated Imaging Association and members of the USB3 Vision Technical Committee on the successful ratification of the new USB3 Vision standard. The USB3 Vision specification is the result of many months of collaboration between some of the machine vision industry's leading technology companies.

Point Grey today announces the release of FlyCapture 2.4, the next generation of its popular image acquisition and camera control library. This release provides official support for Windows 8, support for USB 3.0 under Linux, and improved robustness of GigE Vision support.

Point Grey today announces the release of the all new Blackfly camera. By leveraging Point Grey's design for manufacturing experience, the Blackfly camera redefines price performance. The first model BFLY-PGE-13E4 features a 1.3 MP, 60 fps, CMOS global shutter sensor available in both monochrome and colour, less than 2 W power consumption in the world's smallest and lightest GigE POE camera package.

Point Grey will showcase more Innovations in Imaging at the upcoming VISION 2012 exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany. At VISION Point Grey will show many popular existing FireWire, GigE Vision, and USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 products, as well as introduce—and demonstrate live—two exciting new camera lines: the cost-effective Blackfly; and the high-performance Grasshopper3.

Point Grey today announces the addition of an exciting new model to its popular line of Flea3 USB 3.0 cameras. This newest Flea3 model uses the fast and sensitive EV76C560 global shutter CMOS image sensor from e2v to deliver high quality 1.3 MP images at 60 FPS.

Point Grey today announces the release of FlyCapture2 2.3, the next generation of its popular FlyCapture2 image acquisition and camera control library. This release continues to improve and expand USB 3.0 support, introduces ARM support, and provides greater flexibility in development environments and operating systems. To support high data throughputs from Point Grey’s growing portfolio of USB 3.0 cameras, FlyCapture2 now leverages Direct2D...

Point Grey today announces the addition of a new model to its ever expanding Flea3 line of GigE Vision digital cameras. The newest Flea3 model delivers VGA resolution at 120 FPS in a low-cost, ultra-compact, GigE package.