At times the machine vision world reminds me of one of those North African bazaar scenes that crop up in the Indiana Jones movies and others of their ilk – crowds of vendors hawking their wares in what appears to be a foreign tongue, and all getting in my way when I want to do some work. Inevitably, those who shout loudest get paid the most attention, (which, I always thought, was a big factor in the success of DVT,) but this means it’s possible to overlook the quiet guy with a product that might actually be different.
Vision-Components is one such company, quietly slogging away through good years and bad, all the while growing their product offering. I’m not completely convinced by their claim to have invented the smart camera, but they were certainly amongst the early pioneers, and the very fact that they’re still here suggests you should give them a look.
If you check the specs, you’ll observe that V-C are wedded to the TI processor family. That means you’ll need to run the V-C software, so this is not an equivalent to the Sony Smart Camera that seems content to host a variety of vision packages, but if you’ve no great investment in software that might not be a problem for you.
Give it a go – you just might like it.
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In my opinion, Vision Components seems under the radar because they sell their DSP cameras to other companies who relabel them as their own. If you don't believe me, just look at the Vision Components VisiCube
Then look at the:
Allen-Bradley 48MS Multisight
Festo SBOC-Q/SBOI-Q
Pepperl & Fuchs VOS310
Sensopart FA 45 Vision Sensor
Thanks fuzzyj, that's a great observation and after checking the links you provided, I have to say that I agree.
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