![]() ![]() The CSDG led on the Kirana Project and were assisted by other groups within the department.Īlongside the CSDG, RAL Tech’s Drawing Office designed the printed circuit boards (PCB). The STFC RAL Technology Department have a specialised group in CMOS Sensor Design, appropriately named the CMOS Sensor Design Group (CSDG). The technology did not exist at the time, and further research led us to the CMOS Image Sensor group at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Technology Department who were well positioned to develop the new technology required to meet this challenging marketing requirement. ![]() Specialised Imaging identified a gap in the high-speed camera market and set about finding a solution to provide very high-resolution images at megahertz rates. The modules have seen much improvement through the years the latest version now reaching seven million fps in 2021. The Kirana modules have become a mainstay in SI’s sensor line-up, achieving the Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2016. The second is its military applications, observing munitions either travelling or impacting a surface. First, it is used in materials science to observe the propagation of cracks stress testing, for example, to ensure a bridge is robust enough to hold weight. The Kirana modules have two main applications. In 2008, Specialised Imaging Limited (SI), an internationally renowned company known for its ultra-high-speed imaging cameras, approached the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Technology Department to develop sensors that could capture images at five million fps.ĭubbed the ‘Kirana Project’, STFC’s RAL Technology Department have successfully delivered the 150th Kirana module of the five million fps single sensor after returning its first commercial module to SI in 2013. Bringing us to the development of the Kirana module. To do this you need an incredibly rapid imaging system, not 24 frames per second (fps) like an old movie camera but millions of frames a second where you can see objects deforming under stress or reactions taking place in cells. ![]() Truly high-speed imaging is not found in sports photography or filming explosions for blockbuster movies but in the world of materials and biological science where it is important for researchers to understand how chemical and biological reactions happen in real time. ![]()
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