Building on the success of the new design, the fps1000 HD utilises a new image sensor that is significantly better than the original. The rest of the camera architecture stays the same so that the new camera can take advantage of the motherboard, case and software of the original design. These are all compatible with the new sensor board saving a huge amount of new development time. On the new sensor board the memory has been doubled to 128 GBytes to cater for the faster data rates, retaining the one full minute of record time.

The new fps1000HD sensor compared to the original fps1000 sensor:

Twice the frame rate: 1280 x 720 @1,000 fps (originally 500fps)
12 bit pixel depth for 4x dynamic range (originally 10 bits)
Much more sensitive for better low light performance.
The case is the same as the current fps1000 except it has added cooling to cater for the extra power of the new sensor and larger memory.