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The release of this newsletter was delayed and then delayed again as at first we were coming back from a winter break and then trying to wrap up our overhaul of the supported device list (SDL).

Future of Cameras

Collected here are some notes regarding ECS's direction for camera development. Please consider these in the context of your current camera needs and let Silke Nelson and Alex Wallace  know if you have any concerns or questions. Our intent is not to disable anything in production or planned, but rather to start to bring some consolidation and uniformity to our vision systems. This is just the start (or is it a continuation) of what will be likely an extended effort to shore up camera reliability and address any outstanding camera integration requests (device and feature).

• Discontinue Pulnix camera usage
  • Identified as problematic, and should be replaced at the earliest opportunity.
  • Currently classified as DO NOT USE in our SDL.
• Deprioritizing CamLink Development
  
  • Halting further development of CamLink including: new feature requests, new camera integrations, bugfixes, and integration of new libraries.
  • Still the only way to get a real "hardware" timestamp on a frame at 120Hz.
• Moving towards USB3
  • Current camera integration requests are mostly USB 3 
  • Prioritizing development of solution for proper timestamping but it seems OK for now (OBO issues).
• See SDL list.

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