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authorMatthias Vogelgesang <matthias.vogelgesang@gmail.com>2012-08-28 14:11:22 +0200
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## Installation
Before installing `libuca` itself, you should install any drivers and SDKs
-needed to access the cameras you want to access through `libuca`.
+needed to access the cameras you want to access through `libuca`. Now you have
+two options: install pre-built packages or build from source.
## Building from source
@@ -229,6 +230,18 @@ for `UfoFooCamera`. The latest nightly built reference can be found
[libuca-reference]: http://ufo.kit.edu/extra/libuca/reference/
+# Supported cameras
+
+The following cameras are supported:
+
+* pco.edge, pco.dimax, pco.4000 (all CameraLink) via [libpco][]. You need to
+ have the SiliconSoftware frame grabber SDK with the `menable` kernel module
+ installed.
+* PhotonFocus
+* Pylon
+* UFO Camera developed at KIT/IPE.
+
+
# More API
In the [last section][], we had a quick glance over the basic API used to