Machine-vision cameras provide FireWire interface

The Sony Electronics XCD series of machine-vision cameras comprises three sets of cameras offered in VGA, SXGA, and UXGA resolutions and in either monochrome or color versions. The cameras include an IEEE 1394b (FireWire) interface, and a 1394b software driver delivers reliable daisy chaining of up to 62 cameras with an optional external power supply, according to the company.

A bus-synchronization feature permits cameras on the same bus to acquire images simultaneously without an external synchronization signal. With the broadcast delivery feature, users can simultaneously change the settings of all cameras on the same bus with a single command.

Sony Electronics, news.sel.sony.com.