Ultra Compact USB 3.0 Machine Vision Camera Available From STEMMER IMAGING

The ultra compact (29 x 29 x 29 mm) uEye CP machine vision camera from IDS has been added to STEMMER IMAGING’s extensive industrial vision camera portfolio. Featuring the USB 3.0 interface, the uEye CP benefits fully from the 9 year pedigree of IDS in the manufacture of USB-technology industrial cameras, with data transfer at rates faster than GigE industrial vision cameras and over distances of more than 10 metres. Three sensors, ranging from VGA to 5 Megapixel resolution, are available in the range.

The new USB 3.0 interface, which is also called SuperSpeed USB, offers high speed data transfer rates of 400 MegaByte/s, making the industrial camera ideally suited to a wide range of data rich applications. This is a tenfold increase in data transfer rate compared to USB 2.0 and around 4 times the speed of the GigE machine vision interface. Data transmission distances of more than 10 metres can be achieved using standard industrial cables.

USB 3.0 is downward compatible and so can be used in existing USB 2.0 systems. The USB 3.0 uEye CP camera family also benefits from the proven IDS software package for Windows and Linux with 32/64 bit drivers, thus allowing simple and easy implementation and ensuring mixed operation of USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and GigE machine vision cameras without having to change any settings.

The new industrial camera has a host of useful features. A 12-bit lookup table and hardware gamma correction provide brightness control, while the 12-bit colour depth offers an increased level of detail compared to the usual 8 bit by a factor of 16. Hardware based data preprocessing is also provided as standard.

The camera is perfectly suited to industrial vision applications, with its mini USB 3.0 connector and light weight (less than 45g thanks to its magnesium housing). It offers trigger and flash as well as two General Purpose I/O, which can also be changed into a serial interface (RS232) for easy triggering or control of peripheral devices. Power is supplied via the USB bus so there is no need for an additional power cable.

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