GigE Line Scan Cameras

Build a Complete High-Speed Line Scan Vision System

Emergent builds the complete high-speed stack — line scan cameras, network cards and software — so your inspection system moves lossless image data from sensor to GPU, at the speed of your line.

Line Scan Cameras at 10GigE, 25GigE, 100GigE and 200GigE; 4K, 8K, 9K, 16K

10, 25, 100, 200GigE

GigE Vision 3.0-certified, with RDMA/RoCEv2 support at every speed.

4K, 8K, 9K, 16K

resolutions, with mono / color, multi-line and TDI options available.

1 MHz

peak line rate 8K TDI and 16K TDI — the fastest line scan cameras available.

10 km

cable reach without fiber converters or repeaters.

10GigE and 100GigE Line Scan Cameras presented at VISION 2026

10GigE & 100GigE Line Scan Cameras from the EROS and PINNACLE series, respectively

Here the EROS LE-4KG35 (left; 4K | 84 kHz) is shown with the PINNACLE 100GigE LZ-16KG5 (16K | 400 kHz).

New 200GigE line scan camera STRATOS, which features the QSFP56 interface

STRATOS 200GigE Line Scan Camera

STRATOS is the world's first 200GigE line scan camera, with 16K resolution, 256-stage TDI, and a single line rate of 1 MHz.

11 2026 25 100gige line scan cameras accel pinnacle

ACCEL 25GigE and PINNACLE 100GigE Line Scan Cameras

The PINNACLE LZT-8KG5 (left) provides 8K resolution with a 1 MHz single line rate, and the ACCEL LB-8KG7 (right) provides 8K / 240 kHz.

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EMERGENT LINE SCAN SYSTEMS

From sensor to GPU, without the bottlenecks.

eCapture Pro Software with four line scan cameras on screen

At high line rates, the sensor is rarely the bottleneck. It’s the frame grabber, the cable length, or a driver that drops data under load. We design the camera, network card and software together to remove those limits. Our line scan cameras run on standard Ethernet from 10GigE to 200GigE, paired with our network cards and software, so image data streams zero-copy into host or GPU memory.

Data integrity

GPUDirect & Zero-Copy

Emergent’s zero-copy technology eliminates unnecessary image data copies, while NVIDIA GPUDirect enables direct transfer into GPU memory for processing. Reduce CPU load and memory bandwidth demands to keep high-speed line-scan inspection running efficiently—even across multiple cameras.

Architecture

High-speed vision. Standard Ethernet components.

Build scalable line-scan systems with industry-standard Ethernet switches, NICs and cabling. Compared with the dedicated frame grabbers required by CoaXPress and Camera Link HS, Ethernet offers greater component choice and flexible network architectures, simplifying expansion from a single camera to a complete inspection system.

Image quality

TDI means more detail in less light.

Time Delay Integration (TDI) sensors accumulate light across multiple sensor stages, synchronized with the movement of your material. This increases sensitivity and improves signal-to-noise ratio, revealing subtle defects and fine detail in low light or at production speeds that leave little time for exposure.

CAMERAS

Pick the right camera by interface, resolution or line rate

Every camera family shares the same GigE Vision and GenICam compliant architecture, 1 µs exposure and synchronization, and Windows and Linux support.

EROS 10GigE Cameras

EROS 10GigE Line Scan Cameras - 29x29mm form factor, high power efficiency, auto-negotiation to 10 / 5 / 2.5 / 1GigE

EROS is the world’s most compact 10GigE line scan camera.

Line Rate: 84.4 kHz
Resolution: 4K
Chroma: Mono, Color

PACE 10GigE Cameras

PACE 10GigE industrial line scan cameras provide up to 172KHz speed and up to 16Kx16 resolution.

PACE is the speed you need for inspection tasks.

Line Rate: 70-150 kHz
Resolution: 4K, 8K, 9K TDI, 16K
Chroma: Mono, Color

ACCEL 25GigE Cameras

ACCEL 25GigE industrial line scan cameras allow high-speed inspection and automation applications.

ACCEL helps you make inspections reliable and fast.

Line Rate: 120-304 kHz
Resolution: 8K, 9K TDI, 16K
Chroma: Mono, Color

PINNACLE 100GigE Cameras

PINNACLE 100GigE Industrial Line Scan Cameras are the fastest available, with peak scanning rates of 1,000KHz and resolution up to 16K.

PINNACLE is peak speed for line scan applications.

Line Rate: 400 kHz – 1 MHz
Resolution: 8K 256 TDI, 16K 256 TDI, 16K
Chroma: Mono, Color

STRATOS 200GigE Cameras

STRATOS is the world's first 200GigE line scan camera, capable of 1 MHz single line rate at 16K resolution.

STRATOS is the first 200GigE line scan camera.

Line Rate: 1 MHz
Resolution: 16K TDI
Chroma: Mono

NEW · 200GigE

Pick an Emergent line scan camera from this interactive graph

See the different combinations of resolution and single line rate from our full range of 10, 25, 100 and 200GigE cameras.

  • EROS LE · 10GigE
  • PACE · 10GigE
  • ACCEL · 25GigE
  • PINNACLE · 100GigE
  • STRATOS · 200GigE
  • 256-stage TDI (centre dot)

Line rate is on a log scale. Rates are the single-line maximum; dual and trilinear modes run slower. Select a camera to open its product page.

4K Line Scan Cameras

Series Model Chroma Resolution Line Rate Dual/Tri Rate Interface Sensor Name Pixel Size
EROS LE-4KG35 Mono, Color 4Kx2 84.4 kHz 42.6 kHz (Dual) 10GigE SFP+ / RJ45 (with or without PoE) Gpixel GL3504 3.5×3.5 µm
PACE LR-4KG35 Mono, Color 4Kx2 84.4 kHz 42.6 kHz (Dual) 10GigE SFP+ Gpixel GL3504 3.5×3.5 µm

8K/9K Line Scan Cameras

Series Model Chroma Resolution Line Rate Dual/Tri Rate Interface Sensor Name Pixel Size
PACE LR-8KG7 Mono, Color 8Kx4 150 kHz 50 kHz (Tri) 10GigE SFP+ Gpixel GL7008 7×7 µm
PACE LR-8KG Mono, Color 8Kx16 137 kHz 45 kHz (Tri) 10GigE SFP+ Gpixel GL0816 5×5 µm
PACE LRT-9KG5-M Mono 9K 256 TDI 121 kHz 40 kHz (Tri) 10GigE SFP+ Gpixel GLT5009BSI 5×5 µm
ACCEL LB-8KG7 Mono, Color 8Kx4 240 kHz 80 kHz 25GigE SFP28 Gpixel GL7008 7×7 µm
ACCEL LBT-9KG5-M Mono 9K 256 TDI 304 kHz 100 kHz 25GigE SFP28 Gpixel GLT5009BSI 5×5 µm
PINNACLE LZT-8KG5-M New Mono 8K 256 TDI 1000 kHz – 100GigE QSFP28 Gpixel GLT5008BSI 5×5 µm

16K Line Scan Cameras

Series Model Chroma Resolution Line Rate Dual/Tri Rate Interface Sensor Name Pixel Size
PACE LR-16KG35 Mono, Color 16Kx2 70 kHz 23 kHz (Tri) 10GigE SFP+ Gpixel GL3516 3.5×3.5 µm
PACE LR-16KG5 Mono, Color 16Kx16 74 kHz 25 kHz (Tri) 10GigE SFP+ Gpixel GL5016 5×5 µm
ACCEL LB-16KG35 Mono, Color 16Kx2 120 kHz 60 kHz 25GigE SFP28 Gpixel GL3516 3.5×3.5 µm
ACCEL LB-16KG5 Mono, Color 16Kx16 180 kHz 60 kHz 25GigE SFP28 Gpixel GL5016 5×5 µm
PINNACLE LZT-16KG5-M New Mono 16K 256 TDI 500 kHz – 100GigE QSFP28 Gpixel GLT5016BSI 5×5 µm
PINNACLE LZ-16KG5 New Mono, Color 16Kx16 400 kHz 133 kHz 100GigE QSFP28 Gpixel GL5016 5×5 µm
STRATOS LST-16KG5 New Mono 16K 256 TDI 1000 kHz — 200GigE QSFP56 Gpixel GLT5016BSI 5×5 µm

APPLICATIONS

Line scan camera applications

Our line scan systems deliver continuous, distortion-free images at full resolution across multiple industries.

Battery & electrode inspection

High-resolution TDI at production speed for coating and electrode defect detection.

Semiconductor & flat panel display

Fine-pixel detail across wide scan widths, with encoder-synchronized capture.

Web inspection: Print, film & labels

Continuous imaging of fast-moving webs in mono or color.

Electronics & PCBs

Feed AI anomaly detection directly from the camera to the GPU.

Food sorting & grading

Color line scan at line rates that keep pace with high-volume sorting.

Automotive & pharmaceutical

Surface and packaging inspection.

LIVE FROM VISION 2026

Line scan imaging at 10, 25 and 100GigE

See four Emergent line-scan cameras capture a rotating test pattern, comparing 4K, 8K and 16K imaging across 10GigE, 25GigE and 100GigE. The demo highlights color and monochrome imaging, TDI sensitivity and line rates up to 1 MHz.

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

See the full system in action

Speaker: John Ilett, President and Founder, Emergent Vision Technologies

Watch a complete line scan system run from camera to GPU.

What you’ll take away:

  • The full line scan range, from 4K at 172 kHz to 16K at 500 kHz, and 8K TDI at 1 MHz
  • Why TDI cameras are effective for battery inspection
  • How live 8K and 16K images stream straight into NVIDIA GPUs with GPUDirect
  • How eSDK Pro, eCapture Pro and plug-in APIs make integration simpler
  • A live PCB inspection demo with AI anomaly detection

FAQs

Line Scan Camera FAQ

A line-scan camera builds an image from successive lines as material moves through its field of view. This makes it well suited to continuous materials such as film, foil and printed webs, as well as large parts moving on a conveyor. An area-scan camera captures a two-dimensional field in one exposure and is a good fit when you need a complete view of the part or scene at once.

A TDI (time delay integration) camera exposes the same line of the object many times as it moves past, using multiple sensor rows synchronized to the conveyor through an encoder. The signal adds up, so you can run faster under the same lighting, or keep the same speed with less light. That makes TDI popular for high-speed work like battery inspection. At the highest speeds, Emergent offers 8K TDI at 1 MHz (in the 100GigE PINNACLE range) and 16K TDI at 1 MHz (in the new 200GigE STRATOS series), as well as TDI models in 4K through 16K resolutions.

Estimate the image payload by multiplying the number of pixels per output line by the output line rate and the number of transmitted bits per pixel. Use the actual output format, since pixel packing and color channels affect how much data crosses the link.

For example, the PINNACLE LZ-16KG5 in single-line mode at 400 kHz outputs 400,000 lines per second. At full width, each line contains 16,384 pixels, and Mono8 uses 8 bits per pixel.

16,384 pixels/line × 400,000 lines/s × 8 bits/pixel = 52.4 Gb/s of image data.

That payload exceeds 25GigE before protocol overhead. The camera’s 100GigE interface has capacity for this stream. If two cameras stream at the same settings simultaneously, their combined payload is about 104.9 Gb/s before overhead, which exceeds the capacity of a single shared 100GigE uplink.

Separate red, green and blue sensor rows capture the same point on the moving material at different times. Spatial correction aligns those samples so they form a single color image. Check the rated line rate and supported output formats for the color mode you plan to use.

Use an encoder. Emergent line scan cameras have RS422 A/B quadrature encoder inputs that track forward and backward motion, plus a trigger input and two outputs. In encoder mode, the camera fires each line from actual movement, so pixels stay square even when speed changes. Encoder multipliers and dividers set the pixel aspect ratio. As a rule of thumb, line rate = object speed ÷ pixel size on the object: 100 mm/s with 10 µm pixels is 10 kHz.

No. Emergent line scan cameras connect over standard Ethernet to a network card in the PC, with fiber runs from 1 m to 10 km. Zero-copy puts image data straight into your application’s buffer, and GPUDirect streams it into NVIDIA GPU memory without using system memory bandwidth, on Windows and Linux. In our webinar demo, a 16K camera at 400 kHz streams through GPUDirect to an NVIDIA RTX A5000 for real-time processing.

Divide the inspection width by the number of pixels across the line to estimate the sampling pitch on the material. For example, 8,000 pixels across an 800 mm web gives a sampling pitch of 100 µm per pixel. The smallest detectable defect also depends on the optics, lighting and contrast, so validate the setup with representative samples.

A camera, a lens and mount, lighting, an encoder if speed varies, cabling, a network card and software. Emergent supplies the cameras, THEIA, HERMES and ZEUS network cards, eCapture Pro or eSDK Pro software, and certified switches, cables, lens mounts, and power and I/O. You add the lens and lighting for your application.

Fixed pattern noise (FPN) calibration is a basic part of line scan imaging. Emergent line scan cameras perform both dark and lit FPN calibration with a single click, giving even column response across the sensor. You can save calibration curves and load them at startup, so the line scan system doesn’t need recalibrating every time it powers up.

GigE Vision 3.0 adds RDMA (RoCEv2) for zero-copy transfers. Emergent supports it on its entire camera range through a firmware and software update. RoCEv2 has some limits, though: no multicasting, no Windows support for Intel and Marvell NICs, and no GPUDirect on Windows for NVIDIA GPUs. Emergent’s own driver technology fills these gaps, including GPUDirect on Windows. Together with eCapture Pro and eSDK Pro, you get a complete line scan imaging solution, from camera to processing.

COMPLETE LINE SCAN CAMERA SYSTEMS

One company, from camera to code

Emergent makes complete high-speed GigE camera systems, not just cameras. Our network interface cards and software, plus certified switches and cables, keep every camera running at full speed, with validation services and consulting to get you into production.

Network Interface Cards

Emergent THEIA, HERMES and ZEUS NICs, and certified NVIDIA (Mellanox), Broadcom and AMD NICs, for 10, 25 and 100GigE line scan imaging.

Software & SDKs

Discover eSDK Pro and eCapture Pro for line scan imaging system programming, with plug-in APIs for third-party devices. Create perfectly synced inspection systems.

Switches, cables & mounts

Emergent-certified switches, transceivers, interface cables, lens mounts, and power and I/O accessories. Build with certified accessories.