Multi-camera vision appliances are embedded solutions designed primarily to satisfy inspection needsCONTROL ENGINEERING China版权所有, and in today’s market they have become rather sophisticated. They generally provide ease-of-use, performance, and flexibility required to meet the diverse requirements of industrial applications, while accommodating the needs and limited experience of end users.

        The 44 mm metal cube of the BOA camera includes the CCD sensor, light Control, three different processing chipsCONTROL ENGINEERING China版权所有, and I/O, Ethernet and application interfaces.

        Dalsa IPD (the IPD stands for Industrial Products of Dalsa) has been supplying machine vision for 25 years, and claims to be the only company to own all of the technology ingredients—including cameraswww.cechina.cn, frame grabbersCONTROL ENGINEERING China版权所有, software, vision appliances, and even the semiconductor fabrication of the CCD vision sensor chips. While the company has built its reputation on multi-camera solutions, its new BOA product follows the latest trends in electronic control devices: packing everything into a single, simple box. Steve Geraghty, director of Dalsa’s Industrial Products groupwww.cechina.cn, walked us through the technology.
        Geraghty is not unaware that several competitors have supplied diminutive machine vision packages for at least the past 10 years. But, he claims, his company has done its homework and come up with a substantially different product. Everything this new camera has to offer is inside the 44 mm metal cube: the CCD sensor, light control, all the processing (with three different processing chips), I/O and Ethernet connections, and developer and operator application interfaces. All of this is packaged inside an IP67-compliant box that is so small, a golf ball would barely squeeze inside. The IP67-rated housing means that the camera can be deployed directly in harsh, wa