08.09.2010

Programmable Smart Camera Series

Imago Technologies - manufacturer of embedded machine vision components - introduce the new smart camera VisionCam XS. The camera uses sensors from WVGA up to SXGA resolution or a 2k line sensor together with a Da Vinci processor from Texas Instruments. All the functions of the camera are covered in a C library and an example program. The developer can start directly to program his application. more23.07.2010

USB 3.0: Promising in Market Penetration

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is the most common serial peripheral interface in the history of computing. Present in virtually 100% of all computers, it is the standard for most computing peripherals and sells billions of units every year. To understand how USB 3.0 will impact vision in the future, it's important to first understand the road that led to its development. more01.12.2009

Small, Smaller, Pico

Miniaturized light projectors, called pico projectors among experts, are used as optical 3D sensors for industrial metrology. They inspect the 3D
structure of cutting-tools, e.g., or measure the interior decor surfaces of cars.

Today it is possible to watch movies on cell phones. Texas Instruments miniaturized the multimedia projectors in such a way that Samsung engineers were able to integrate them in mobile phones. The first cell phones with integrated pico projectors are already available for purchase. more20.10.2009

Luxbeam 4500 DLP Boards

Visitech has just started supply the new Luxbeam 4500 DLP Boards to its customers. The product comprises the brand new DLP Discovery 4100 chip set from Texas Instruments, now covering the full range of display sizes from 0,55" XGA up to 0,95" 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels) and UV, IR and visible light ranges.

The Luxbeam 4500 DLP Board comes as a plug-and-play module with SW installed. It comprises a Formatter Board and the DMD Board, carrying the various DMD versions and connecting via flex cables. more30.04.2009

Millions of Mirrors

Digital Light Processing (DLP) is the technology, originally developed by Texas ­Instruments, to have the light of a light source reflected onto the projection area by miniscule square micro mirrors. The micro mirrors, operating as a light switch, are positioned on a DMD (Digital Micro­mirror Device) chip and are responsible for the projection of a single pixel, each. ­Depending on the resolution such a DMD chip can consist of millions of mirrors, each of them to be switched several thousand times per second. more