imaging and machine vision europe february/march 2011 www.imveurope.com


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show preview: Automate American automation


Formerly the International Robots, Vision and Motion Control Show, Automate held in Chicago (21-24 March) is North America’s largest showcase of robot, machine vision, motion control and other automation technologies. Stephen Mounsey previews some of the exhibitors


Active Silicon will exhibit its range of frame grabbers for PCI Express, PCI,


PMC, cPCI and PCI/104-Express form factors, supporting CoaXPress, HD-SDI, Camera Link and analogue cameras. New this year to the company’s


portfolio is the HD-SDI interface module for the Sony FCB-H11 camera. The module converts the high quality digital output from the FCB-H11 to an HD- SDI format in 1,080i or 720p resolutions. The module also includes an RS-232 port as well as access to the composite and HD component video signals. Active Silicon will also showcase the power and flexibility of CoaXPress, demonstrating the unique properties of video, power and control over a single coax cable. www.activesilicon.com


Adimec will


showcase cameras for machine vision, medical and outdoor


applications. The company’s True Accurate Imaging technology delivers high speed, precision and uniformity. On display will be the Quartz


CMOS camera with global shutter and enhanced NIR sensitivity. The Quartz Q-4A180 captures up to 180fps while providing low noise and excellent uniformity over a large field of view. The camera is also offered with extended NIR


AVT is the supplier of choice


for cameras used in industrial inspection, robotics, automation, medical imaging, traffic monitoring, and many other demanding applications. www.alliedvisiontec.com


Basler will exhibit its extensive area and line scan camera portfolio, specifically in the GigE


sensitivity. Also on display will be the Opal-2000 colour CCD camera with CoaXPress. Adimec’s flagship Opal series delivers excellent performance, dependability, and versatility. The camera series also offers the CoaXPress interface, which features ultra-high data rates, PoC, GPIO, and real-time triggering, all over low cost, flexible coax cable and at distances of more than 100m. www.adimec.com


Allied Vision Technologies (AVT), a leading manufacturer of machine vision cameras with FireWire and Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interfaces, will be showcasing a selection of its latest camera models from the Manta, Guppy Pro, and Prosilica GX families. The cameras feature the latest Sony and Kodak sensors as well as AVT’s rich set of smart features and modular options.


camera segment. Highlights will be the Ace and Aviator series that combine excellent image quality, speed and features.


A comprehensive simulation The Ace series includes cameras


with resolutions from VGA to 5 Megapixels and frame rates up to 340fps. With its footprint of only 29 x 29mm, it is currently the smallest GigE camera with Power over Ethernet, according to the company. Basler Aviator GigE cameras


range from 1 to 4 Megapixels and can capture more than 100fps. All Basler cameras are easy to use and come with a variety of useful features, which will be demonstrated in a live demo at Basler’s booth. www.baslerweb.com


Chromasens will unveil a high-resolution line scan camera system designed for industrial use. The system offers a high number of spectral channels and a rapid spectral image capture function, which is capable of providing spectral information for each image element or (where signal noise plays a role) for the 10 x 10-pixel field. With its 12 filters, this system


can be used for high-precision spectral analysis of printing colours


tool has been developed, along with a camera measuring station, to allow spectral characterisation of the sensors (image channels). Applications go beyond printing control and include areas such as security, safety and e-commerce, as well as the food and telemedicine industry. www.chromasens.de


Dalsa will display its fully-featured Boa vision system, a


highly integrated smart camera that comprises all the elements of an industrial machine vision system. Powerful and quick to deploy, the camera is ideal for automated quality inspection applications and factory automation. Boa incorporates multiple


processing engines. This enables algorithm optimisation via DSP, application management via CPU, and sensor management via FPGA. It also offers truly embedded application software, which is easily set up through a standard web browser – no software to install and therefore no version control problems. The camera delivers greater flexibility for its users via a rugged, easy-to- mount enclosure, built-in factory


with a colour difference of ∆E<1. This level of precision relies as much on exact mathematical methods as it does on paying attention to the basic properties of the colours used.


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