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International rollout of IDS NXT |
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IDS NXT stands for a new generation of vision app-based sensors and cameras from IDS. The devices offer maximum flexibility, as they can adapt to the users’ requirements and be used for different image processing tasks. For individual applications, which go beyond standard apps, users can create and install individual vision apps. The IDS NXT platform kicks off with the IDS NXT vegas with 1.3 MP CMOS sensor, liquid lens with autofocus, integrated TOF sensor and many other features. Furthermore, we will shortly be launching the IDS NXT vegas with color sensor as well as new firmware and cockpit versions. Traditional vision sensors are usually specialised in a limited number of image processing tasks. If users want to use them for other tasks, they often reach their limits. With IDS NXT, we have chosen an approach that breaks with the classic principles of digital industrial cameras and offers virtually universal possibilities.
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The new generation of devices is vision app-based, which means that apps can be installed and run quickly on IDS NXT devices, just as we are used to it from our smartphones or tablets. As a result, the new cameras and sensors have a variable range of functions and can handle a wide variety of tasks. Since we open the platform for users, they can even develop their own vision apps in just a few steps using the app development kit. The Virtual Box now also offers a Qt project wizard: newly created projects will already contain all important project information and dependencies, so that you can start directly with the actual programming of your vision app.
IDS NXT vegas – the first product of the new device family - is now available internationally. As an embedded vision component, the 185 g lightweight sensor simplifies integrated design into individual device hardware and software. The board-level option is also very interesting for OEM equipment manufacturers. IDS NXT vegas can be used, for example, in optical quality assurance, as an analytical device in medical technology, for monitoring tasks by facial recognition or for vehicle and people counting.
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New release: GigE Vision camera firmware 1.5 |
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Users of GigE Vision camera models and the IDS Vision Suite will benefit from an extended range of functions. New cameras are sold directly with the updated firmware. If you already use GigE Vision industrial cameras from IDS, you can easily update them and use helpful functions such as extended trigger modes, programmable counters and timers as well as pulse width modulation. With the current GigE Vision firmware release, version 1.5, we have intended to make functions as useful and simple as possible. The new Trigger Controlled Exposure Mode was therefore integrated according to the Vision standard, but at the same time extended to ensure reliable camera operation even at the limits. For example, users can enter a maximum value to define a time out after which exposure is automatically canceled even without a separate signal.
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Programmable counter support has also been added. Among other things, they can control that an exactly defined number of images is captured after the trigger input. The new timer function can both stop and count down time. One of its use cases: After trigger input, users want a specified period of time to elapse before recording begins.
As an IDS-specific feature, a pulse width modulation has also been integrated into the firmware. This feature can control the brightness of certain light sources, for example. The function can also be used to precisely synchronize light source and exposure time - which avoids unnecessary lighting phases. It also contains further innovations in the area of trigger modes. More detailed information is available in the article "Triggering in the Lego principle". The firmware release can be used with all IDS cameras that support the GigE Vision standard.
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Install now: IDS Vision Suite 1.1 |
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The new IDS Vision Suite 1.1 offers useful new features for IDS GigE Vision cameras such as data transfer in packed format and storage in various image formats. In addition, developers are supported with a detailed GenICam code sample. The IDS Vision Suite will be available for Windows, Linux and Linux Embedded. With unpacked pixel formats, the available bandwidth of a device is often not fully utilized. From now on, users can no longer only select the classic bit depths 8, 10 or 12 for transmission, but also packed formats. These ensure optimum use of bandwidth so that more pixels are transmitted at the same data rate.
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The IDS Vision Cockpit now also provides a wide variety of possible data storage formats. Depending on the specific requirements, recordings can be saved lossless or space-efficient but with lossy compression (e.g. as .jpg).
With the programming example, developers can quickly and easily find out how to address cameras in C++ best. It illustrates typical application scenarios and makes both the correct sequence as well as the correct use of commands clear – this simplifies individual programming work.
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Triggering according to the Lego principle |
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We are all familiar with them. The colourful plastic bricks with the patented stud system, which allows you to combine the bricks in any way you wish and let your imagination run free. The Lego principle is as ingenious as it is simple and has turned out to be a recipe for success. The world of machine vision has made good use of this principle. With GenICam as the generic programming interface in the field of machine vision, it was possible to define an implementation rule that completely abstracts and separates each property of a machine vision camera.
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The numerous features of a vision camera firmware offer a colourful building block system for innumerable individual machine vision applications.
With the release of IDS GigE Vision firmware 1.5, IDS has greatly enhanced the IDS vision cameras by adding many standard features from the GenICam Standard Feature Naming Convention. With the IDS Vision Cockpit, IDS also provides you with an ideal demo tool, which you can use to reconstruct and thoroughly test each of the trigger cases described here.
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