Point Grey FlyCapture 2.0 SDK supports Windows and Linux
Point Grey Research Inc, a Canadian company that specialises in digital cameras for machine vision, industrial imaging and computer vision applications, has announced the official release of its FlyCapture 2.0 software development kit (SDK) - the next generation of its FlyCapture image acquisition and camera control library.
A key feature of the new release is cross-platform support for both 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu (Linux) operating systems, using a common application programming interface (API).
The SDK's simplified object-oriented interface is designed to make application development faster and easier for software developers, while the new hardware abstraction layer (HAL) enables the seamless connection of any Point Grey FireWire or USB 2.0 camera product to the host system. The HAL will also enable FlyCapture to work with future Point Grey Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 products.
Further enhancements include support for new IIDC 1.32 features, such as frame buffering and look-up table functionality, and thunking functionality, which enables applications built using the 32-bit versions of the SDK to communicate with cameras that run on 64-bit operating systems.
"We are excited to see a significant increase in FlyCapture 2.0 installs over the last couple of months. They account for more than 30% of all FlyCapture installs over the last couple of months, and the response has been very positive so far, especially when it comes to the overall stability of the new SDK," commented Malcolm Steenburgh, Director of Software Development, Point Grey.
"We have put substantial effort into making the migration from version 1.8 as easy as possible for our users. The numerous source code examples that we have provided in previous releases have been upgraded to the new interface, enabling users to view the parallels between versions."
A translation layer is currently available that enables existing 1.8-based applications to run in the 2.0 interface, and additional documentation for helping developers to migrate their code is being made available in Point Grey's on-line knowledge base. An updated version of FlyCapture 2.0 with support for Microsoft Windows 7 is planned for January 2010.
The FlyCapture SDK comes free with every Point Grey camera and provides a common software interface to control all FireWire and USB 2.0 systems using the same API. FlyCapture supports ActiveX, TWAIN and DirectShow, and includes the FirePRO low-level 1394b interface driver, which enables users to grab images at full 800 Mbit/s transfer rates. A complete software API library, ready-to-use demonstration programs and source code examples enable users to easily build custom imaging applications.
Contact:
Point Grey Research Inc
12051 Riverside Way
Richmond, British Columbia
Canada, V6W 1K7
Phone: +1-604-242-9937
Fax: +1-604-242-9938
Email: sales@ptgrey.com
Web: http://www.ptgrey.com
Point Grey Research GmbH
Schwieberdinger Str. 60
71636 Ludwigsburg
Germany
Phone: +49-7141-4888-170
Fax: +49-7141-4888-1799
Email: eu-sales@ptgrey.com
A key feature of the new release is cross-platform support for both 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu (Linux) operating systems, using a common application programming interface (API).
The SDK's simplified object-oriented interface is designed to make application development faster and easier for software developers, while the new hardware abstraction layer (HAL) enables the seamless connection of any Point Grey FireWire or USB 2.0 camera product to the host system. The HAL will also enable FlyCapture to work with future Point Grey Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0 products.
Further enhancements include support for new IIDC 1.32 features, such as frame buffering and look-up table functionality, and thunking functionality, which enables applications built using the 32-bit versions of the SDK to communicate with cameras that run on 64-bit operating systems.
"We are excited to see a significant increase in FlyCapture 2.0 installs over the last couple of months. They account for more than 30% of all FlyCapture installs over the last couple of months, and the response has been very positive so far, especially when it comes to the overall stability of the new SDK," commented Malcolm Steenburgh, Director of Software Development, Point Grey.
"We have put substantial effort into making the migration from version 1.8 as easy as possible for our users. The numerous source code examples that we have provided in previous releases have been upgraded to the new interface, enabling users to view the parallels between versions."
A translation layer is currently available that enables existing 1.8-based applications to run in the 2.0 interface, and additional documentation for helping developers to migrate their code is being made available in Point Grey's on-line knowledge base. An updated version of FlyCapture 2.0 with support for Microsoft Windows 7 is planned for January 2010.
The FlyCapture SDK comes free with every Point Grey camera and provides a common software interface to control all FireWire and USB 2.0 systems using the same API. FlyCapture supports ActiveX, TWAIN and DirectShow, and includes the FirePRO low-level 1394b interface driver, which enables users to grab images at full 800 Mbit/s transfer rates. A complete software API library, ready-to-use demonstration programs and source code examples enable users to easily build custom imaging applications.
Contact:
Point Grey Research Inc
12051 Riverside Way
Richmond, British Columbia
Canada, V6W 1K7
Phone: +1-604-242-9937
Fax: +1-604-242-9938
Email: sales@ptgrey.com
Web: http://www.ptgrey.com
Point Grey Research GmbH
Schwieberdinger Str. 60
71636 Ludwigsburg
Germany
Phone: +49-7141-4888-170
Fax: +49-7141-4888-1799
Email: eu-sales@ptgrey.com
