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anthonywebbanthony.webb 01/25/2016 at 06:280 Comments

I've been asked to share some of the details about how the camera is placed and set up. I am using the 6mm lens that came with my device. I dont have an 8mm lens to compare to. It does appear in the camera info that the resolution is 640x480. The lens of my camera is exactly 28mm from the surface of my PCB. The calibration wizard in openpnp calculated values of .23 for both x and y. Distortion does not appear to be a problem.

I'm unclear on the amount of settle time that is ideal for these ELP cameras as compared to other models, I think we are using 250ms now. What I am shocked at is how well the image looks in simple ambient lighting, the ELP is more of a "microscope" than my USB microscope ever was.

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