New industrial camera provides drop-in replacement for popular discontinued model

Both the ELMO MN43H cameraand the Toshiba IK-M44H equivalent were popular camera models around which many imaging systems were designed around due to their size. With the cameras now being discontinued, however, many customers have systems that require this particular camera size and the camera’s adjustable iris.

This camera, according to Chris Lynch of Peerless Creations, was so popular because it was one of the first lipstick-sized cameras, and featured 768 x 494, 1/3-inch 410,000 pixel CCD, with micro lens technology and 17mm in diameter.

"The way the market has changed, with so many people going toward security because of high volume, both companies stopped making the camera."

After a customer of Peerless Creation reached out to the company to see if they could develop a product that could be dropped into their machine, a new alternative to the aforementioned cameras is now available. The PC-HD17 camera from Peerless Creations is a full HD 1080p lipstick-sized camera with on-board recording that features housing that directly mimics the previous cameras. The camera features a 17 mm diameter, HDMI interface, composite video DVR kit, and the same type of filters that thread onto the camera that feature an adjustable iris, which is a feature that is necessary for customers in the welding market, according to Lynch.

Furthermore, the camera features the 1/3" 3 MPixel AR0330 CMOS image sensor from ON Semiconductor, which features a 2.2 µm pixel size and can reach a frame rate of 60 fps.

"People have these systems that have been invested in, and have all these cameras that don’t fit," said Lynch. "Customers have tried to replace with other cameras, and have had no success. This is why we developed the PC-HD17."

Editor’s note: View a blog post on the issues with replacing these camerashere.

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