October 31, 2018

This month, Teledyne e2v, a company under Teledyne Technologies (NYSE: TDY), is pleased to announce the addition of its latest high-performance image sensor, the Snappy™ 5M. This innovative device expands our existing Snappy family and is specifically designed for demanding applications such as barcode reading and 2D scanning.

Key Features

The Snappy 5M offers several technical advantages:

  1. Patented Fast Self Exposure (FSE) Mode:

    • Automatically calculates the optimal exposure time
    • Provides continuous fast decoding in any lighting condition
    • Enables rapid convergence compared to traditional auto-exposure methods

  2. Smart Region of Interest (ROI) Feature:

    • Identifies barcode locations within images
    • Reports coordinates as metadata in image footers
    • Supports up to 16 simultaneous detection areas
    • Reduces downstream processing requirements by analyzing only relevant regions

Technical Specifications

  • Optical format: 1/1.8 inch
  • Pixel size: 2.8µm low-noise global shutter pixels
  • Resolution: 2,560 x 1,936 array
  • Interface: MIPI CSI-2 (4-wire)
  • Video streaming capability: ~50fps at 10 bits

Applications and Benefits

These sensors support a wide range of applications including:

  • Embedded industrial imaging systems
  • Drone/UAV vision systems
  • IoT edge devices
  • Intelligent surveillance cameras
  • Augmented/Virtual Reality platforms

The Snappy family provides significant advantages through standardized software and hardware requirements, enabling efficient system design across multiple resolutions.

Availability

Samples and demo kits will be available in January 2019. For more information or to schedule a meeting at the Vision Stuttgart event (booth 1F62), please contact:

[email protected] | +44 (0)1245 453607

About Teledyne e2v

Teledyne e2v develops imaging solutions for healthcare, life sciences, space, transportation, defense, security and industrial markets. Our approach combines market listening with customer partnership to deliver innovative standard, semi-custom or fully-custom imaging solutions.

For more information: www.teledyne-e2v.com

Last Updated: 2025-09-05 05:25:44