EMBEDDED VISION


Selling embedded at Vision Stuttgart


Greg Blackman reports on the buzz surrounding embedded vision at the recent trade fair


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eading firms in the industrial vision sector released products incorporating powerful computing architectures at Vision Stuttgart,


as the industry moves to compete on price pressure and take the opportunities afforded by the influx of fast and power-efficient processing boards. Framos launched a complete embedded


imaging portfolio at the show, including sensor modules and adapter boards, so that developers can pick and choose between image sensors and processors. Te new product line is a change in strategy


for Framos – which has, to date, based its business on distributing equipment from other suppliers. Te embedded vision products are the first devices Framos has manufactured directly. Speaking to Imaging and Machine Vision


Europe at the November trade fair, Dr Christopher Scheubel, head of IP and business development at Framos, said the embedded vision product line was a strategic decision to address the changing machine vision market. He noted that the previously separate worlds of industrial and consumer imaging are now starting to intersect. Embedded vision, in theory, lowers the cost


of entry for building devices with imaging capabilities. Powerful computing boards open up the possibility of integrating vision on devices, which wasn’t an option previously.


Basler’s Dart Bcon for MIPI development kit


Scheubel said that an engineer could buy a


Framos board for as little as €12, although he said that a more comprehensive system could cost up to €500. Among the Framos range is the FSM series


of sensor modules, made of pre-existing Sony and On Semi sensors on a PCB with a standardised connector. Te module footprint is 26.5 x 26.5mm, connected via a Hirose 60pin on the bottom side and equipped with four holes for mounting the FSM. Tere are two M12 lens options available, as well as a broad range of sensors from VGA resolution up to 12 megapixels. Also available are the FSA series of sensor adapter boards, which can translate image


data, regardless of the sensor interface, into a common signalling interface through a standardised Framos connector. Te FSA adapter boards are designed to work with both Framos and third-party sensor modules. Finally, the Framos FPA series of processor


adapter boards open up the sensor module portfolio to work with a number of processor development boards, such as Nvidia Jetson TX2 and Qualcomm DragonBoard, to name two. Other noteworthy camera releases for


[Framos’] embedded vision product line was a strategic decision to address the changing machine vision market


6 Imaging and Machine Vision Europe • December 2018/January 2019


embedded vision include Flir’s Firefly camera with Intel’s Movidius Myriad 2 vision processing unit onboard, which can perform real-time deep learning inference, and Allied Vision’s Alvium cameras, containing an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for image processing. Vision Components launched MIPI


camera modules, with resolutions ranging from 1 to 13 megapixels and support for 20 different processing boards, while Basler was highlighting a new development kit for users to evaluate its Dart Bcon for MIPI cameras


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