Cypress has begun sampling a 3 megapixel image sensor that is capable of digital data throughput of 13.2 Gb/s or a stunning 485 fps. Targeted an industrial applications, the LUPA-3000 sensor integrates a fully synchronous snapshot shutter, making it possible to read one image while the next is being acquired and to capture moving objects without distortion, Cypress said.

The company is currently demonstrating the sensor at the VISION 2008 tradeshow in Stuttgart, Germany.