New Impact CL machine vision micro-system

New, low-cost Impact CL machine vision micro-system first to integrate camera link open standard, supporting broad range of camera formats and vendors

New, low-cost Impact CL machine vision micro-system first to integrate camera link open standard, supporting broad range of camera formats and vendors.

PPT Vision has introduced Impact CL, a new extension to the Impact machine vision micro-system product line that provides connectivity to digital cameras from all major camera suppliers.

Impact CL combines the power of PPT Vision machine vision micro-system technology with Camera Link, the global standard for industrial camera communications, to eliminate the closed architecture and limited camera selection associated with smart cameras and self-contained vision systems.

"Previously, users of low-priced machine vision have been limited by systems that only support a few basic cameras," stated Joe Christenson, President of PPT Vision.

"With Impact CL, vision system users can leverage the Camera Link open standard, and now have the flexibility to choose from a broad range of camera formats and vendors, including linescan, color, and high-resolution cameras".

With the introduction of Impact in September 2002, PPT Vision created a new vision industry category with the first micro-system solutions that made high performance inspection tools available at a much lower price.

Since then, Impact has been widely acclaimed with successful installations in packaging, medical device, automotive, electronics, and semiconductor applications.

"Manufacturers have embraced our low-cost Impact machine vision micro-system because the performance and flexibility of our Impact hardware and Inspection Builder software provide the most cost-effective vision solution on the market," added Christenson.

"Now Impact CL further enhances this flexibility and performance by supporting third-party machine vision cameras from leaders in the camera industry".

Camera Link is an open digital camera standard for machine vision applications, previously available only for high-cost, heavily-customised framegrabber-based applications.

The Automated Imaging Association (AIA) sponsors the Camera Link certification program including the oversight Camera Link Committee and product registry.

All major industrial camera suppliers have obtained certification for a range of digital Camera Link cameras.

Impact CL is available for immediate shipment.

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