Why Cooled MWIR
Uncooled LWIR cores win on size and power; cooled MWIR wins when the target is kilometers away, the scene is hot, or the detail is faint. CRYO is built for exactly those missions.
Cooled Sensitivity
A Stirling-cooled MCT focal plane reaches ≤20 mK NETD — temperature detail and small distant targets that uncooled cores simply lose.
Kilometer-Class Reach
Continuous zoom up to 900 mm keeps intruders, vehicles and vessels identified at stand-off ranges, with per-step focus memory.
Full-Frame Speed
50 Hz imaging and 100 Hz CameraLink output — smooth tracking of fast movers without dropped frames.
Platform-Grade Ruggedness
28 VDC vehicle/aircraft power, -40℃ ~ +60℃ operation, GJB shock, vibration and EMC test pedigree.
Full-Featured Surveillance Modules
Every CRYO module ships the full function set integrators need — optics, control and self-diagnostics included.
Continuous Zoom Optics
15–300 / 30–500 / 45–900 mm continuous zoom, 20 equally-spaced FOV steps with per-step focus memory.
Auto & Manual Focus
Auto focus in seconds, manual override with on-screen progress, focus position save and factory reset.
Dual Video Outputs
HD-SDI for displays, CameraLink 100 Hz full-frame for image processors, PAL legacy output on the 500z.
CAN / RS-422 Control
Full remote control of zoom, focus, polarity, palettes, e-zoom and correction; periodic status feedback with fault codes.
Full OSD Toolkit
Movable crosshair with position memory, white/black hot, 8 palettes, ×2/×4 e-zoom, freeze, mirror/flip.
BIT Self-Diagnostics
Power-on, start-up and periodic built-in test with fault isolation — the host always knows the module state.
28 VDC Platform Power
Standard vehicle/aircraft rail with reverse-polarity, over-voltage and over-current protection (500z).
Integration-Ready
Documented connector pinouts and command protocols; the M06 cooled core platform is also available separately.
Shared Platform
Detector
Cooled MCT (HgCdTe) 640×512 @ 15 μm
Cooler
Integrated Stirling cooler (IDDCA)
Correction
Defocus NUC at power-on + background NUC on command
Functions
Crosshair / polarity / 8 palettes / ×2·×4 e-zoom / freeze / flip
BIT
Power-on, start-up and periodic self-test
Supply
28 VDC platform rail
Environment
-40℃ ~ +60℃ operating
Compliance
GJB environmental & EMC test pedigree
Choose Your Module
One cooled platform, three zoom ranges — pick by how far you need to see.
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| Continuous zoom lens | 15–300 mm · F/4.0 | 30–500 mm · F/5.5 | 45–900 mm · F/4.0 |
| Field of view (W→N) | 35.5°×28.7° → 1.83°×1.47° | 18.2°×14.6° → 1.0°×0.8° | 12.2°×9.8° → 0.61°×0.49° |
| NETD | ≤40 mK | ≤0.3 K @12 cy/mrad | ≤20 mK |
| Spectral band | 3–5 μm | 3.7–4.8 μm | 3.7–4.8 μm |
| Video output | HD-SDI + CameraLink 100 Hz | HD-SDI + PAL | CameraLink 100 Hz |
| Control | RS-422 | CAN 2.0 + RS-422 | RS-422 |
| Zoom travel time | ≤6 s | ≤8 s | ≤8 s |
| Size / weight | ≤240×115×110 mm · ≤2 kg | ≤229×150×105 mm · ≤3.1 kg | To be released |
| Detector | Cooled MCT 640×512 @ 15 μm + Stirling cooler (IDDCA) | ||
| Function set | Crosshair / polarity / 8 palettes / ×2·×4 e-zoom / NUC / BIT | ||
| Power & environment | 28 VDC · -40℃ ~ +60℃ operating | ||
Need More Pixels? CRYO High-Definition Platforms
Alongside the 640×512 zoom modules, the CRYO family extends to high-definition cooled MWIR modules — 1280×1024 and 1024×768 / 10 μm detectors for wide-area search and long-range identification, with the same cooled sensitivity in a module form factor.
CRYO-1280
1280×1024 / 10 μm cooled MCT MWIR module · 30–150 mm continuous zoom
- 1280×1024 @ 10 μm HgCdTe (MCT) detector, Stirling cooled
- NETD 20 mK @ 23℃ · 25 Hz full frame
- Default F4.0 30~150 mm continuous-zoom lens (fixed-focus options available)
- SDI / CameraLink / MIPI interface configurations + RS422 control
- -40℃ ~ +60℃ operating · ≤234×118×116 mm · ≤2.5 kg
CRYO-1024
1024×768 / 10 μm HOT cooled MWIR module · 144 mm athermalized lens
- 1024×768 @ 10 μm HOT cooled MWIR detector · 25 Hz full frame
- NETD ≤40 mK · spectral band 3.7±0.2–4.8±0.2 μm
- 144 mm F/3.0 athermalized lens · ≥5 km vehicle recognition
- Camera Link video + RS422 control · 2× e-zoom · BIT
- DC 18–32 V · avg <12 W · ≤200×77×62 mm · ≤0.8 kg
Kilometers Away. Clearly Seen.
Tell us your detection range and platform interfaces — we will match the CRYO module and optics.
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