Scan Engine features bi-linear CMOS sensor.
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VISTA-powered EV10 OEM scan engine uses Active Pixel Sensor technology, which uses multiple scanning lines and combines high density, standard range and PDF 417 models in one engine. Its scan rate of 200-500 scans/sec and depth of field up to 19 in. allows it to read any type of bar code. EV10 uses LED illumination to provide safe, bright, and sharp aiming. It features 3.3 to 5 V electrical interface compatible with mobile computer architectures. Unit is rated 250,000 hrs.
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Intermec's New VISTA-Powered EV10 Scan Engine Features First Bi-Linear CMOS Sensor Using Active Pixel Sensor Technology
Features First Bi-Linear CMOS Sensor Using Active Pixel Sensor Technology
o New tiny OEM scan engine for portable and fixed position applications
o Highly reliable, solid state scan engine is rated 250,000 hours
EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 12, 2002 - Intermec Technologies Corp. today introduced the EV10, a new high-performance scan engine designed for the OEM market that incorporates Intermec's popular VISTA(TM) scanning technology. The compact size, high-performance scanning capabilities and reliability offered in the EV10 opens the door for a wide variety of innovative OEM designs.
The EV10 is the industry's first bi-linear CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) sensor to use state-of-the-art active pixel sensor (APS) technology. Active pixel technology combines very compact size (5.2 centimeters3/0.32 inches3) with exceptional scanning performance. This new technology is an innovation that allows the sensor to be dynamically optimized for the type of bar code being read. In effect, pixel shape and sensor sensitivity are modified to quickly read either high quality or damaged 1D or PDF bar codes.
The EV10 is ideal for all OEM applications where limited space is available for scanner integration. This includes both portable and fixed-position applications, such as handheld terminals, personal digital assistants, computer and cell phone peripherals, lottery terminals, time and attendance terminals, ski pass and automated sorting machines.
The EV10's bi-linear APS sensor uses multiple scanning lines and combines high density, standard range and PDF 417 models in one engine. Its high scan rate (200-500 scans per second) and excellent range (depth of field up to 50 centimeters/19 inches) allows it to read any type of bar code - even poorly printed, damaged, wide or high density - and can be used in any lighting conditions from total darkness to full sunlight. The EV10 uses light emitting diode (LED) illumination to provide safe, bright and sharp aiming, so users can clearly see what they are scanning, even in brightly lit or backlit conditions.
"The EV10 is the first scan engine available to the OEM market that delivers such a high level of performance and reliability in such a compact size," said Intermec Director Dan Bodnar. "Its solid state design makes it safer and much more reliable than a laser scan engine."
With no moving parts and no laser diode, the EV10 has a longer life than any laser scanner; with a mean time between failures (MTBF) of more than 250,000 hours. It can withstand 2000G shocks and 50G vibrations and can be used in a wide temperature range.
The EV10 also features a 3.3 V to 5 V electrical interface compatible with a wide range of mobile computer architectures. The engine's CMOS imaging sensor has low-power consumption to preserve battery life; when in standby mode, current is reduced to micro-amps to preserve the host device battery when the scan engine is not in use.
Vista-powered scanning
Intermec' Vista scanning technology offers faster scan rates than lasers (270 vs. 40 scans per second) and a dedicated custom ASIC chip for advanced decoding that makes it possible to read a variety of bar codes that lasers either can't read or would require multiple scan engines to read.
Intermec's Vista-powered linear imagers can read high-resolution codes as small as 2 mil and as large as 100 mil. Traditionally, you would need multiple lasers to scan that variety of codes. It also can read codes on curved surfaces, as well as poor quality, damaged or over-laminated codes that lasers are incapable of reading.
The linear imaging technology of the Vista scan engine is inherently more reliable than lasers. Lasers use oscillating mirrors to automatically move the beam back and forth across the bar code symbol. Linear imagers are solid state with no moving parts, which increases the mean time between failures one hundred-fold.
About Intermec
Intermec Technologies Corp., a UNOVA Inc. (NYSE:UNA) company, has been named Microsoft Corp.'s OEM Embedded Partner of the Year. Intermec is a leader in global supply chain solutions and in the development, manufacture and integration of wired and wireless automated data collection, Intellitag(R) RFID (radio frequency identification), mobile computing systems, bar code printers and label media. The company's products and services are used by customers in many industries to improve productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations, from supply chain management and enterprise resource planning to field sales and service.
To learn more about how companies can benefit from Intermec's supply chain technologies, contact Intermec Technologies Corp., 6001 36th Ave. West, Everett, WA 98203 USA; telephone 800-347-2636; or visit Intermec's web site at www.intermec.com. To learn more about UNOVA, visit www.unova.com.
