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ASICs on show at Stemmer technology forum Te camera is not suitable for classic machine
Two instances of application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology were presented at Stemmer Imaging’s UK technology forum on 16 November at Silverstone. Allied Vision was showing its Alvium ASIC built
into its new 1 product line – which according to Jochen Braun, director of sales, EMEA at Allied Vision, will be available next year – while Intel was displaying its RealSense depth camera with an onboard ASIC. Te RealSense camera, of which both Stemmer
Imaging and Framos have distribution rights, is a stereovision camera for applications such as robotics, drones, autonomous driving and virtual reality. It gives 1mm depth accuracy and operates from 15cm to more than 10 metres. Resolution is 1,280 x 720 pixels and frame rate is up to 90fps.
vision, as it can’t be used to make measurements, especially over long distances. But Intel is offering varying levels of integration, and users are able to purchase the ASIC module independently. Pilot versions of Allied Vision’s ASIC will be
released next year, Braun said. ASICs are new to the machine vision market, because they are only affordable for larger volume applications. By going through the substantial development effort of producing its Alvium ASIC, Allied Vision hopes to tap into larger volume applications for imaging. Braun said: ‘A lot of applications are only available with ASICs.’ Alvium will contain up to 90 processing features.
Braun said the ASIC has been designed for longevity, to be used for five to ten years.
Euresys acquires FPGA experts Sensor to Image
Euresys, a manufacturer of image and video acquisition components, has acquired Sensor to Image, a specialist in OEM imaging IP and hardware for standard industrial vision products, such as cameras and frame grabbers.
‘The purchase of Sensor to Image, based in Schongau,
Germany, further increases Euresys’ technological assets and development capabilities,’ said Marc Damhaut, CEO of Euresys.
Sensor to Image provides GenICam interface FPGA cores to 100 customers worldwide, which are used in 10,000 products every year. Based on this FPGA
expertise, Sensor to Image also designs, produces and delivers customised OEM solutions. The company will continue to operate under its own name despite now being a wholly owned subsidiary of Euresys. Werner Feith, founder of Sensor to Image, will continue to lead the firm.
In brief
Profile measurement and surface inspection company Nextsense has passed €10 million for the first three quarters of 2017. The Graz, Austria-based firm celebrated its 10th anniversary earlier this year.
Part 3 of the standard VDI/ VDE/VDMA 2632, which gives guidelines on machine vision integration, has been published by the Association of German Engineers, VDI, and the VDMA.
Flir Systems has reported revenue of $464.7 million and net earnings of $63.5 million for the third quarter of 2017, up 15 per cent and 8 per cent respectively compared to the same period last year.
Sofradir has entered into a distribution partnership with ATD Electronique to extend the European customer base for Sofradir’s SWIR detectors.
Baumer Optronic in Radeberg, Germany, celebrated its 20th anniversary in November.
News from VDMA Machine Vision By Anne Wendel, director
As a successful 2017 comes to an end, what will the first six months of 2018 hold for the VDMA Machine Vision group?
At the end of September 2017, VDMA raised its 2017 growth forecast for the German machine vision sector to an 18 per cent increase in turnover, corresponding to €2.6 billion. For 2018, VDMA forecasts a turnover growth of 13 per cent for the German machine vision industry, as well as 10 per cent for the robotics and automation sector. For Europe, the prospects are good, but not as bright as for the German industry, as the development of the monthly European machine vision index figures indicate. In January, VDMA will publish a study on platform economy and ecosystems in the machinery industry,
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an ideal opportunity for the machine vision community to re-connect with questions that were raised at the VDMA European Machine Vision Summit: How to use IoT to create new business models? Will the machine vision industry create its own platform(s)? Will an external player squeeze in between you and your customers?
More and more players, not only in
IT, but also in the machinery industry, have started working on digitisation. VDMA’s role is to get the machinery industry used to the topic, give information support and guidance, as well as foster and accompany exchange among the membership.
CEO roundtable The Vision / VDMA CEO roundtable
on 6 February will discuss new developments, trends and future visions of the machine vision industry. The Vision show in Stuttgart in November is expected to be a record show regarding the number of exhibitors and visitors. VDMA will organise the Industrial Vision Days and will be involved in various other activities, including the VDMA Technology Days, a panel discussion, and the International Vision Standards booth.
VDMA will also organise a panel discussion at the Embedded World exhibition and conference, which runs from 27 February to 1 March in Nuremberg, Germany – the embedded vision track of the conference will cover 1.5 days. The topic of VDMA’s panel discussion will
be ‘Migration: from PC to embedded and from embedded to vision’. Later in the year, from 14 to
18 May, the international vision standardisation community will meet at the VDMA premises in Frankfurt to work on running G3 standards and standardisation projects, such as GenICam, GigE Vision, CoaXPress, Camera Link, Camera Link HS, USB3 Vision, OPC Vision, and to discuss new projects such as MIPI CSI-2, during the Future Standards Forum. The meeting will be hosted by Silicon Software. Finally, VDMA Robotics and
Automation will run a machine vision pavilion at Automatica, the European innovation platform for the automation of production, to be held from 19 to 22 June in Munich.
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