21.05.2012

1.3 Megapixel USB and GigE machine vision cameras featuring new CMOS technology

CMOS technology at its very best: The new 1.3 Megapixel EV76C661 sensor from e2v offers excellent sensitivity with a Quantum Efficiency of 80% and outstanding performance and dynamic range in the near-infrared spectrum (40 % at 850 nm).  IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is the first industrial camera manufacturer to integrate the sensor into its USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and GigE camera families. more17.08.2011

AIA: Kick Off Meeting for USB3 Vision

The AIA announced the date for a kick-off meeting for the development of USB3 Vision, a new interface standard for machine vision using the USB3 connector. The kick-off meeting will take place from September 12-14, 2011 in Hamburg, Germany. This will be followed by a series of distributed development activities, a presentation of the draft standard at Vision 2011 in Stuttgart, and publication in 2012. more20.06.2011

Camera Interface: GenICam 2.2 Standard Released

First established in 2006, the GenICam standard continues to release enhancements in response to an ever-growing user-base. "The release of GenICam 2.2 and its support for the Mac OS X," notes Dr. Fritz Dierks, chair of the GenICam committee, "is a prime example of how our technical committee is responding to user interest and demand." more06.05.2011

Kappa - Applied Camera Solutions

Kappa Customer Series - Kappa combines competency in industrial production with the ability to understand specific application needs, to develop the best camera solution, and to produce it reliably, efficiently, and with quality assured - be it for 20 or 2000 at a time. 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. more30.09.2009

Rescue USB Stick for Intelligent Cameras

Following the launch of its programmable intelligent camera series, VRmagic now presents its Rescue USB Stick. This allows developers to restore a camera's internal Linux operating system to its factory state quickly and easily if necessary. This can be done by simply plugging the USB stick into the USB host port of the camera and then rebooting the camera. Updates of the application software can also be applied in just a few minutes with the USB stick. Developers can create their own update stick by means of a simple script. more23.08.2009

Easy camera integration into VisionPro and CVL

IDS is pleased to announce the release of a software interface for Cognex's VisionPro and CVL - Cognex Vision Library. This new interface supports all cameras that make up the uEye family and includes USB and GigE cameras. IDS and Cognex combined efforts in the development of this interface to ensure that all uEye cameras, which are available with resolutions ranging from VGA up to 10 Megapixel, will successfully interface with VisionPro and CVL, and together, provide a powerful vision solution to all customers. more15.02.2009

Netbook Vision

The USB interface was developed years ago by Intel with the goal to replace many of the PC interfaces used up until then (RS232, parallel port, PS2) with a standardized modern device. In spite of the fact that USB was hopelessly outgunned by FireWire, at least in the beginning, it could still prevail in the PC domain through the sheer market dominance of Intel. Point Grey Research, supplier of advanced imaging products, employs the USB 2.0 interface for the new models of the Firefly MV digital camera family.
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