Vision Research now sells a Phantom S640 machine-vision camera. The Phantom S640 leverages the Phantom CMOS sensor used in the popular VEO640 camera and provides up to an astounding 6 Gpx/sec (75 Gbps) of streaming data and images for machine-vision applications. The S640 gives demanding machine vision applications the frame rates they need, reaching 1,480 […]
Vision systems
Configure network cameras from a browser with Balluff’s BVS Cockpit
The BVS Cockpit software lets users intuitively configure and operate Balluff SmartCameras and industrial cameras with a SmartVision controller (or with any machine vision system compatible with Gen<i>cam in your facility) without the need for added software. “The Balluff BVS Cockpit software eliminates the need to manage multiple software applications or to have advanced knowledge […]
OmniVision announces 48 megapixel, 0.8 micron image sensor
OmniVisionTechnologies Inc. has announced the OV48B, its first 48 megapixel (MP) image sensor featuring a 0.8 micron pixel size to enable high resolution smartphone cameras in a 1/2-in. optical format. Built on OmniVision’s PureCel Plus stacked die technology, this sensor provides leading edge still image capture and video performance for both mainstream and high end […]
Teledyne e2v’s Emerald 67M, high-resolution image sensor
Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company, and TowerJazz have announced that Teledyne e2v’s Emerald 67M image sensor, designed for ultra-high resolution electronics inspection, high-end surveillance and microscopy is now available. The sensor is a member of Teledyne e2v’s Emerald family and uses TowerJazz’s smallest in the world 2.5µm low-noise global shutter pixel, on TowerJazz’s 65nm […]
BVS industrial cameras, SmartVision controller provides fast image processing
Balluff’s GigE and USB3 industrial cameras, when used in conjunction with our SmartVision controller, guarantee tack sharp images and high-quality inspection results. These machine vision systems provide flexibility and ease of operation, while extending a manufacturer’s vision capabilities in terms of resolution, speed, interfaces, and flexibility. These solutions provide powerful visual quality control, identification, error […]
Image sensor uses best-in-class 2.5μm global shutter pixel
Teledyne e2v and TowerJazz announce that Teledyne e2v’s Emerald 67M image sensor, designed for ultra-high resolution electronics inspection, high-end surveillance and microscopy is now available. The sensor is a member of Teledyne e2v’s Emerald family and features TowerJazz’s smallest in the world 2.5µm low-noise global shutter pixel, on TowerJazz’s 65nm platform, in its Uozu, 300mm Japanese manufacturing facility. The […]
Genie Nano-CXP cameras from Teledyne DALSA offer speed and resolution
Teledyne DALSA now sells a new Genie Nano-CXP series of cameras — a CoaXPress line of CMOS area scan cameras — that redefine performance … and feature the latest On-Semiconductor and E2V sensors. These newest industry leading image CMOS sensors range from 16 to 67-megapixel resolution with added and proven CoaXPress 6.25 Gbps technology offering […]
Balluff mini photoeyes designed for tight Spaces
Balluff’s newest photoelectric sensors provide sensing capabilities in a small form factor, making them suitable for use in applications like robot part-detection, where size constraints exist, and multiple sensors are required. In robot applications, sensors must be lightweight, small, and self-contained, and the new Balluff IO-Link miniature sensors fulfill these requirements with precision. They can […]
What’s the secret to increasingly smaller sensors?
Actually, it’s no secret, but microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and integrated circuit technology provide breakthroughs in size and the ability to further decrease size with next-generation designs. The breakthroughs can occur both in the research & development area and in volume production. In the R&D area, CEA-Leti has prototyped a next-generation optical chemical sensor using mid-infrared […]
What’s new in sensors for autonomous vehicles? Part 1
Tesla, one of the leaders in autonomous, self-driving vehicles boasts 8 vision cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors and radar on all of the vehicles it is currently building according to recent company tweet. To make the right decisions by using the data from these sensors in the timeliest manner through sensor fusion, Tesla has developed a […]