Welcome to the World Wide Web Site of PixCellent Imaging Limited. PixCellent is dedicated to the design, development and manufacture of specialist precision imaging systems based on exceptional range of cooled CCD camera components integrated with additional hardware and software to provide a complete solution for your application. PixCellent integrate hardware and software from a number of suppliers and combine this with customised development where appropriate using our team of technical consultants.
Visitors who wish to access information about the PixCellent legacy systems should click here where they will find information on the older Capella 4100 14-bit and 12-bit high-speed controllers and the Antares 4200 16-bit precision CCD controllers together with associated camera heads, the CCD selection guides and software support information.
PixCellent have recently developed a family of high-speed (up to 30 MHz, CCD dependent) cooled photon counting cameras based on the E2V Technologies (Chelmsford, UK) electron multiplying CCDs, principally the CCD97 and the CCD201. The electron multiplying CCDs are capable of true photon counting ability because of their internal gain. They have already been used to take the highest resolution images ever taken from any telescope anywhere in the visible or infrared.
PixCellent are working with XCAM Ltd to develop a range of cameras and applications around these remarkable detectors.
The XCAM web site can be found here: www.xcam.co.uk
The standard PixCellent Imaging Ltd liquid nitrogen cooled CCD6200 camera head.
The information on this site covers a wide range of subjects. It includes:
A general description (Click Here) of the overall structure of the PixCellent Imaging Limited CCD 6200 imaging systems including overall performance specifications.
A technical summary (Click Here) of the properties of the electron multiplying CCDs used by PixCellent Imaging Limited, including access to copies of the E2V Technologies Ltd datasheets for the CCD97 and the CCD201.
Technical description (Click Here) of the high performance liquid nitrogen cooled vacuum dewars used by PixCellent Imaging Limited.
Description (Click Here) of the two software packages needed to drive these cameras, LuckyConsole that allows all the camera parameters to be set up and adjusted and PixCel which is used for data capture, data display and archiving.
Access (Click Here) to a copy of the current system software and hardware manual as provided with a complete electron multiplying camera system. Includes safety information, detailed description of both software packages and information on installation, computer specification requirements and advice on the reduction of data taken with the camera system. Please note that this manual is regularly updated with additional information arising from user experiences.
