CORSIGHT models
from NET New Electronic Technology (Fin-ning, Germany; www.net-gmbh.com), Viento-G and Viento-GT models from Sierra-Olympic Technologies (Hood River, OR, USA; www.
sierraolympic.com), EXO models SVS-Vistek
(Seefeld, Germany; www.svs-vistek.com),
Tigris-640 from Xenics (Leuven, Vlaams-Bra-bant, Belgium; www.xenics.com), DFK models
from The Imaging Source (Charlotte, NC,
USA; www.theimagingsource.com), Genie
Nano, Calibir from Teledyne DALSA (
Waterloo, ON, Canada; www.teledynedalsa.com),
and TAG models from Tattile (Mairano, BS,
Italy; www.tattile.com).
Listed above are industrial camera models,
smart cameras, and infrared cameras. Among
the visible cameras listed, most use either Pregius sensors from Sony Semiconductor Solutions (Tokyo, Japan; www.sony-semicon.co.jp)
or PY THON sensors from ON Semiconductor
(Phoenix, AZ; www.onsemi.com).
There’s less of a trend in the non-visible
cameras with four different sensors. FLIR’s
high-speed cameras uses strained layer
superlattice (SLS) detectors, Teledyne DAL-
SA’s Calibir uses vanadium oxide (VOx)
based microbolometers, Xenics’ Tigris-640
uses either an InSb or MCT infrared detec-
tor, and both cameras from Sierra-Olympic
Technologies use VOx microbolometers.
Developers and end users can test and
debug their GigE Vision client applica-
tions and receivers, utilizing the GigESim
GigE Vision simulator from A&B Software
(New London, CT, USA; www.ab-soft.com)
which turns a computer into a set of virtual
GigE Vision cameras.
According to Boris Nalibotski, president
of A&B Soft ware, users can select bet ween
GEV 1. 2 and GEV 2. 1 versions of the stan-dard, inject artificial error conditions to the
network, assign a pre-recorded image or video
file as video source and control virtual camera
features from their client application.
“GigESim is bundled with a powerful GigE
Vision Server SDK which allows developers
and design engineers to turn their application
or embedded computer into a customizable
GigE Vision device with an assignable set of
GenICam features,” said Nalibotski. “This
can be used to convert non-GEV camera
interfaces such as CameraLink or USB,
into GigE Vision cameras without utilizing
any additional hardware.”
He added, “The SDK can also be used to
transfer data in the GigE Vision format
between multiple computers on the net-
work for temporal and spatial multiprocess-
ing. The latest version of GigESim supports
10 GigE and multi-NIC connections which
makes it an ideal choice for developing distrib-
uted image processing systems based on the
GigE Vision standard.”
Of course, by the time this article is printed,
there will almost surely have been more GigE
Vision cameras released into the market, with
many more to come. Keep an eye on all of
the latest GigE Vision releases and more here:
http://bit.ly/VSD-PROD.
Learn more about the GigE Vision standard, and other AIA standards, here: http://
bit.ly/AIA-VIS
IDS Imaging Development Systems’ uEye FA camera
A&B Software’s
GigESim camera
simulator and
ActiveGigE viewer
transmitting/receiv-
ing a simulated 3D
point cloud pattern
per GigE Vision 2. 1
standard”
Basler ace L cameras
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