Cameras, lights, frame grabbers, and optics debut at Vision 2007
Vision 2007, November 6–8, Stuttgart, Germany, www.messe-stuttgart.de.
-- Test & Measurement World, 12/1/2007
Basler Vision Components introduced a new member of its Pioneer series cameras based on Sony’s new ICX625 CCD sensor. The piA2400 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) camera runs at 12 fps at 2456x2048 resolution. Basler also introduced the ruL2098-10gc tri-linear line-scan camera with GigE Vision. National Instruments introduced the NI 1722 and NI 1742 smart cameras—embedded devices that combine an industrial controller with an image sensor and that integrate with NI vision software to offer image processing directly on the cameras.
Stemmer Imaging highlighted release 9.0.2 of its Common Vision Blox (CVB) software, which includes a GigE Vision driver that implements GenICam and includes a grid control that provides access to all camera options. MVTec highlighted support for quad-core processors with its Halcon 8.0 software and demonstrated an industrial robot system that detects objects in any 3-D position with only one camera. MVTec also announced that Halcon can interface to uEye GigE cameras from IDS, to microEnable IV Camera Link boards from Silicon Software, and to TXF and TXD cameras from Baumer. For its part, Baumer demonstrated its TXG cameras, which add a GigE interface; its FQX FireWire cameras for scientific, medical, and industrial applications; and its VeriSens vision sensors, which inspect part completeness, presence, location, and positioning.
Leutron Vision demonstrated Power over Camera Link (PoCL) versions of its PicSight cameras and frame grabbers, a low-cost sensor module with near infrared (NIR) sensitivity, PicSight GigE cameras with FPGA-based onboard preprocessing, and a line of PicSight smart cameras with a 500-MHz 32-bit RISC processor. Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions Division announced a new series of IEEE 1394b digital cameras: The XCD line-up ranges from the V60 black-and-white VGA, 90-fps model to the U100CR color UXGA, 15-fps unit. Sony also announced two additions to its XCL-5000 family of Camera Link-equipped camera modules, the XCL-5005 and XCL-5005CR, which feature selectable PoCL capability.
XenICs demonstrated the latest release of its Cheetah PowerPC-based, high-speed imaging system—an InGaAs focal-plane array camera that covers the standard short-wave infrared (SWIR) wavelength area of 0.9 to 1.7 microns. Cheetah includes a 640x512-pixel InGaAs array, which features a read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) with 16 outputs and a 40-MHz pixel rate.
Docter Optics showcased its new STILAR (for Sensor Transmission Image Large Angle Resolution) wide-angle lens for 1.2-in. sensor chips. The company also introduced new reflex-free Auto-Tessar lenses for cameras based on very light-sensitive sensors. Schott showcased its high-brightness and high-frequency MaVi-S COLDVision strobe family, which features a xenon bulb and touch-pad control. The company also demonstrated its LLS small-footprint LED-based light source—a hybrid product that combines LEDs with fiber optics.
