Basler will have two booths, one for machine vision products and one for embedded vision products and solutions. At booth 403, Basler will show the new Ace U models with the IMX287 and IMX273 sensors from Sony’s Pregius series. They offer high quality and high speed with 1.6 megapixel and VGA resolution, and are a convenient replacement for CCD sensors.

The live demos will show new features of the Ace: the PGI for monochrome cameras includes denoising and improved sharpness, while the stacked ROI feature means the user can select multiple regions of interest. This increases the speed and reduces data load.

At booth 917, the new Dart Bcon for MIPI camera will displayed, offering a combination of the MIPI CSI-2 interface with the GenICam standard. There will be two live demos, one of which showing face recognition.

CCS America will launch its LSS Computational Illumination Series at the show. CCS will introduce a new open-architecture illumination system designed for computational imaging.

The series will be the highlight of the company’s exhibit with multiple live demonstrations supporting the product launch. These include a demo of extended depth of field using a liquid lens controller, as well as demos showing photometric stereo and multispectral imaging. With this new technology it is possible to capture images that previous systems could not, in less time and at lower cost.

Euresys will show the Coaxlink Octo, an eight-connection CXP-6 frame grabber. The camera data transfer rate is 5GB/s; the frame grabber comes with a PCIe Gen 3 x8 bus offering a peak delivery bandwidth of 7.8GB/s. The effective delivery bandwidth is 6.7GB/s. The device is also compatible with the Memento Event Logging Tool.

The Coaxlink Octo is designed for multi-camera applications, with support for up to eight cameras on a single frame grabber. Successful Coaxlink applications include 3D automated optical inspection, flat panel display inspection, printing inspection, and in-vehicle video transfer.

Flir Systems will be showcasing the latest technologies from its infrared camera and area scan camera divisions.

The infrared cameras are ideal for monitoring high and low voltage installations, and electrical and mechanical equipment to identify potential problems before failure occurs. The area scan cameras include the new 10GigE Oryx camera combining the latest Pregius CMOS sensors, 10 Gb/s transfer rates, and rich features. Flir will also display its newest Blackfly S GigE camera featuring the Sony 20 megapixel CMOS sensor.

This is a great opportunity to ask about upgrading Sony CCD installations to Sony Pregius CMOS, as well as see Flir’s latest Pregius cameras from VGA to 12 megapixels.

John Merva, vice president, North America at Gardasoft, will be giving a talk entitled ‘When, where, and how to use an LED lighting controller’ at 8am on 12th April at The Vision Show conference. In the talk, Merva will explain the situations in which precision lighting control can greatly improve the performance of a machine vision system. Merva will give examples such as how lighting controllers can enable the user to overcome the effects of ambient light and avoid measurement errors.

There will also be the opportunity to watch precision lighting control in action. The power and flexibility of the Gardasoft CC230 trigger timing controller will be displayed in a demonstration that shows how precision illumination sequences can be easily created to allow a camera and light to be triggered when a fast-moving object passes under the camera.

Laser Components will present a new generation of line laser modules for machine vision. The M18 threaded MV18 module is the latest addition to the successful MV series, while existing models like MVnano, MVpico and MVfemto have been re-engineered for better functionality and flexibility.

Functionality includes: a focusing mechanism for stable beam positioning and low line positioning drift; focusing options to match line thickness and depth of focus; COS4 correction for homogenous line performance in applications with a wide field of view; low-priced fixed focus variants; space-saving versions with separated optics and electronics; optics-only versions for integration in camera systems; and versions with integrated microcontrollers and a serial interface.

Matrox Imaging will be demonstrating the field-proven Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) SDK, recently updated for photometric stereo imaging, rectangular shape finding, and image classification using deep learning (CNN). Visitors can request individual presentations of Matrox Design Assistant 5.1, the latest version of the company’s flowchart-based IDE software.

On display for the first time will be two new PCIe adaptor boards, one supporting multiple GigE Vision cameras with PoE, and the other the higher-speed CoaXPress standard. Matrox Imaging products are designed to decrease development time and cost while providing optimal price/performance within a common software environment.

NET will present its latest smart cameras and custom vision solutions. The smart vision system, Corsight, is a versatile all-in-one device for machine vision. It features a quad-core CPU and a FPGA, resulting in more computing power for real-time applications.

NET offers Corsight with a freely programmable FPGA, so customers can apply their own algorithms. Also, customers can choose which image library to apply on Corsight: third-party or proprietary.

Also on display will be GigEPro, the company’s GigE Vision cameras with integrated image pre-processing. The camera’s open camera concept gives customers access to the onboard FPGA for custom applications. NET offers GigEPro with all features enabling customers to integrate their algorithms on the camera. By shifting image pre-processing from the PC to the camera, customers can make performance improvements.

Finally, HDselect will be shown, a compact modular camera supporting various sensor resolutions up to 1080/60p. The device is suitable for flexible and rigid endoscopy. HDselect has various interface technologies, including MIPI, LVDS, parallel and analogue. It also features data transfer over remote distances between glavanic isolated camera electronics, and electromagnetic compatibility.

Ximea will be exhibiting embedded vision solutions; cameras with Sony CMOS Pregius and PCIe or USB3 interfaces, ideal for multi-camera setups; and cameras with resolutions from 2.3 to 12.4 megapixels.

The XiB is a new high resolution model with a 50 megapixel CMOS sensor, operating at 30fps with no frame grabber. The XiB-64 offers a PCI Express Gen3 interface with a data stream of 64Gb/s. One model offers 1.1 megapixels at 3,500fps, while a second has HD resolution at 2,500fps.

The XiJ scientific-grade line of cameras is based on TE cooled CCD sensors with up to 29-megapixel resolution and USB3 interface. The XiS is Ximea’s latest sCMOS camera with 4.2-megapixel and 15.2-megapixel models, and backside illumination versions. The cameras have high dynamic range and exceptional QE of up to 95 per cent.

Finally, the XiSwitch is an OEM, custom board that can connect many different camera types together. It streams synchronously 64Gb/s of data from cameras directly to computer memory.