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Raytec's WARRIOR II explosion protected LED illuminators achieve improved ATEX and IEC Ex Rating
Raytec's WARRIOR II range of explosion protected LED illuminators has now achieved improved ATEX and IEC Ex Rating, providing greater lighting choice and flexibility for all hazardous environment installations. WARRIOR II is available in RAYMAX Infra-Red and RAYLUX White Light and uses the very latest PLATINUM™ SMT LED technology to improve the performance of any CCTV system, delivering excellent night-time images for all Zone 1 and Zone 2 haz... [more]
RAYMAX IR illuminators deployed in Estonia
RAYMAX's RM50-AI-30 units have been chosen by the Technical Center of Estonian Roads because of their excellent night time performance and ability to function in extreme environmental conditions. RAYMAX IR illuminators are playing a crucial part in the remote CCTV monitoring of winter road conditions and highway maintenance in Estonia. "It’s not just the cold that the RAYMAX illuminators have to withstand", explains project manager Stan Metlit... [more]
Bosch launches AEGIS SuperLED illuminator for the most demanding security lighting applications
LED degradation can seriously impact on an illuminator’s effectiveness. The optical output of a typical LED illuminator degrades by up to 10% within the first few months and continues to rapidly decay over the specified life of the unit. LED degradation causes reduced illumination range and poor night-time image quality, and has been a problem highlighted by security consultants, installers and end users. Bosch Security Systems has announced ... [more]
Advanced Micro Peripherals' CompactPCI MPEG-4 card encodes four real-time analog video audio inputs
The MPEG4cPCI from Advanced Micro Peripherals is a unique 3U CompactPCI MPEG-4 video codec board capable of simultaneously encoding four full-size (NTSC / PAL) D1 resolution, full frame rate real-time analog video / audio inputs. It can also decode and playback video and audio recordings from storage to display. A Preview feature allows incoming video from each channel to be viewed simultaneously via the host system graphics controller while als... [more]
Embedded card provides MPEG-4 MPEG-2 and M-JPEG compression
Advanced Micro Peripherals’ new MPEG4000WA is a multi-format video encoder which combines graphics overlay, motion detection and enhanced Watermark Authentication on an industry standard PC/104-Plus module. The MPEG4000WA serves as a very powerful solution for capturing and compressing up to 4 concurrent live analog video inputs to full D1 resolution using either MPEG-4, MPEG-2 or M-JPEG encoding standards. The board can also encode audio for ea... [more]
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