Roper CoolSnap, ES manual Description, System Components

Chapter 1.

Description

Introduction

CoolSNAPcf and CoolSNAPES, from Photometrics®, are ideal cameras for digital microscopy and many other biological applications. The simple, compact CoolSNAPcf incorporates a high-quality CCD (charge-coupled device), a 12-bit scientific digitizer, and low-noise electronics to produce high-quality 12-bit monochrome or 36-bit digital color images at greater than 1k x 1k resolution. The CoolSNAPES offers higher sensitivity (especially in the red region) and lower read noise to produce high quality 12-bit monochrome images.

Note: Unless otherwise noted, the CoolSNAPcf and the CoolSNAPES cameras are referred to by the name "CoolSNAP".

System Components

Components for the CoolSNAP™ camera system are listed as follows:

•Camera

•Interface hardware (high-speed digital LVDS or IEEE-1394 data-transfer interface card)

•Data cable (connects camera and interface hardware)

•Software discs (PVCAM® drivers included)

CoolSNAP Camera with Test Lens

CoolSNAP IEEE-1394 Cable CoolSNAP LVDS Cable

CoolSNAP IEEE-1394 Interface Card CoolSNAP LVDS Interface Card

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