IDS has designed its first USB3 Vision cameras to be "all-rounders". They will be supplied with a monochrome, color, or NIR sensor and will be suitable for a broad range of applications – from automation engineering and robotics, to small device construction, through to applications in the printing and packaging industry or medical technology.
The integrated CMOS sensors deliver outstanding sensitivity to light in CCD quality and come with a range of interesting features.
For instance, global and rolling shutter modes that can be changed while the camera is in operation provide greater flexibility if requirements or ambient conditions change. More areas of interest (AOIs) are also available. You can use these either to check several features simultaneously or to capture AOIs in a sequence of exposures using a wide range of different parameters.
The firmware of the USB3 Vision cameras currently supports the basic features of the standard camera and is gradually being extended. For users wishing to exploit the performance features of the current sensor generation, model versions of the same design are available with the field-proved and tested IDS driver package. The package is identical for all the manufacturer's USB 2.0, USB 3.0, and GigE cameras.
For more information about the new USB3 Vision industrial cameras: www.ids-imaging.de.