Product Announcements: FireWire® Products

Point Grey's Grasshopper Express line is designed for applications needing top-of-the-line image quality and extreme sensitivity in a compact, low-cost package. Building on Point Grey's experience with Sony EXview HAD CCD II™ technology, the GX line boasts the ICX674 and ICX694 sensors using Sony's EXview HAD II™ technology for higher resolution, multi-tap image sensors. (read more)

The world's first repeater to use a GigE physical layer to transport FireWire data using GigE signaling, allowing IEEE 1394b 800 Mb/s data to be transmitted in real-time over 100 meters of standard Category 5e cable. This enables users to construct a dependable, high-speed FireWire-based network of multiple cameras that is physically separated by up to 100 meters from the host system. (read more)