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News Release from: Cognex UK | Subject: MVS-8500 Series
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 26 September 2003
Frame grabbers bridge between old and
new cameras
The MVS-8500 Series of frame grabbers is designed to support next generation high-speed analogue cameras that use the latest progressive-scan CCD sensor technology.
The MVS-8500 Series of frame grabbers is designed to support next generation high-speed analogue cameras that use the latest progressive-scan CCD sensor technology The Cognex MVS-8504, the first model available in the new series, offers four completely independent channels supporting up to four cameras
In order to help engineers meet a wide range of high-performance acquisition requirements, the highly flexible MVS-8504 is designed to handle asynchronous, synchronous, and dual tap image acquisition.
Additionally, the MVS-8504 provides users with the capability to mix-and-match camera formats, clock rates, partial and full scans, as well as colour and monochrome acquisition on a single frame grabber, which eliminates the need for multiple frame grabbers for different camera types.
The next model in the MVS-8500 Series to be released later this year will be a high performance, single channel, four-camera frame grabber called the MVS-8501.
"Combined with the new high-speed analogue cameras that provide twice the performance of standard cameras at a comparable price point, the MVS-8500 Series enables customers to cost effectively achieve higher performance in their machine vision applications", says Peter Neve, International Director of Marketing, for Cognex.
"The new frame grabbers also offer the added benefit of support for legacy analogue cameras, simplifying migration to next generation high-speed analogue cameras for equipment builders and factory automation engineers.
Designed to support high-bandwidth requirements, the MVS-8500 Series half-slot PCI frame grabbers are PCI 2.31 compliant.
The MVS-8504 has a 16Mbyte FIFO for reliable image transfer and employs a high-speed 32bit/66MHz bus architecture that is compatible with standard PCI 32bit/33MHz, as well as higher-speed 64bit/66MHz and PCI-X buses.
General availability for the MVS-8504 is scheduled for September.
The MVS-8501 will accommodate up to four multiplexed high-speed analogue cameras and offer a 32bit/33MHz bus architecture when it is released later this year.
All MVS-8500 Series frame grabbers provide real-time image transfer over the PCIbus to system memory for analysis.
Independent direct memory access on each acquisition channel eliminates delays by allowing captured images to be processed at the same time other images are being captured.
Moreover, the frame grabbers come equipped with the industry's highest performance machine vision software tools, including Cognex's industry leading PatMax technology for locating objects despite changes in angle, scale, and appearance.
Developers familiar with Microsoft Visual C++ can choose the CVL (Cognex Vision Library) software developer's kit to program fully customised solutions for a variety of vision applications.
Alternatively, developers will be able to choose VisionPro, a suite of COM/Active-X based vision software tools that combines the power and flexibility of advanced programming with the ease of development that graphical programming environments such as Visual Basic provide. Request a free brochure from Cognex UK ...
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