Product category:
Vision and Colour Sensors
News Release from: Balluff UK | Subject: BFS-26K
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 05 April 2002
Colour sensors carry on regardless of
ambiance
At just 50 x 50 x 17mm, the BFS-26K is one of the smallest colour sensors available.
At just 50 x 50 x 17mm, the Balluff BFS-26K is one of the smallest colour sensors available The BFS-26K is a compact colour sensor that works as a true three-channel colour recognition system without needing an external light source
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 24 Oct 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The application possibilities for the new BFS-26K span the rainbow.
The sensors never let themselves be confused by the ambient lighting like the human eye.
No colour remains undetected by the sensor.
The BFS-26K uses an integrated, pulsed white light source, eliminating the need for external illumination and making it insensitive to ambient light.
Its novel receiver measures the red/green/blue component of the reflected light in a single processing step.
And thanks to the white light emitter, the BFS-26K can even distinguish shades of grey.
With its dimensions of just 50 x 50 x 17mm and a 270-degree rotatable connector, the BFS-26K sensor fits in the smallest spaces and can be programmed either through the control line or using two teach-in buttons.
Each of the three digital outputs can be calibrated using five tolerance levels.
Numerous special functions such as colour scanning, pulse expansion and blanking input provide additional application flexibility.
And, best of all, the BFS-26K is very affordably priced.
(This was Engineeringtalk's Top Story on 4 April 2002).
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