epc660 Evaluation Kit Camera System

The epc660 Evaluation Kit from ESPROS is a fully assembled and tested camera system designed for the evaluation of the epc660 TOF imager. The foundation of this kit is the DME 660 distance measurement camera, which provides all necessary hardware to operate the epc660 imager chip, including both the camera lens and illumination. The system is fully controllable by an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) on a PC or Mac computer. The DME 660 distance measurement camera is a standalone 3D TOF distance measurement camera with a resolution of 320 pixels x 240 pixels (QVGA). This camera system is built from a combination of three independent parts: an epc660 sensor board with a 108° field of view (FOV) lens, an LED illumination board, and a BeagleBone Black as a host controller board. The host controller board provides a powerful and flexible development environment for the design engineer. The very wide (FOV) of 108° is a perfect basis for application evaluation. The normal operating range of the included LED illumination board is up to 10 m, depending upon the selected integration (exposure) time and the object reflectivity. Thirty-nine full-frame TOF images are delivered by the epc660 camera chip in the maximal configuration. The extremely high sensitivity of the imager chip epc660 also allows for very short exposure time.