The Visible Division of Aperture Imaging Polarimeter is a "on-demand" polarimeter, capable of performing traditional intensity imaging in addition to more informative polarization imaging. A visible intensity/polarization imager that collects both types of imagery concurrently satisfying the field ability requirement.

Specifications
     - Visible spectrum (500nm – 550nm)
     - 5° field of view (diagonal field in each sub image)
     - 14.7Hz at 972x972 resolution
     - 26.7Hz at 472x472 resolution
     - 14bit dynamic range (pictures have a grayscale 0-16,383 counts)
     - Division of Aperture (four images appear on a single CCD, captured
        at the same time)
     - Linear Stokes Polarimeter (we measure the first 3 components of the
        Stokes vector, no phase information).
     - We capture four images every frame; one unpolarized image for
        convention radiometric analysis and improved signal in low
        power situations, three linearly polarizered images,
        one each at 0°, 60 , and 120 .
     - Custom software package for communicating with the sensor and
        recording imagery
     - Software also reduces the three polarized images into Degree of
        Linear Polarization and Linear Polarization Orientation