(Vision Components: Ettlingen, Germany) -- VC Smart Inspect, the new vision sensor from Vision Components, the image processing experts, is an ultracompact and complete machine vision solution for a wide range of industrial applications. Featuring a 700 MHz processor with a computing power of 5,600 MIPS, the high-performance sensor is extremely fast. 32 MB Flash and 128 MB DDRAM are available for program and data storage.

The housing, which measures only 140 mm × 70 mm × 35 mm, contains an intelligent camera and a high-output, high-power LED illumination. The illumination, which is positioned at an angle, ensures that even difficult surfaces can be examined reliably.

Like all intelligent cameras from Vision Components, the VC Smart Inspect executes all image-processing routines without an external PC, outperforming conventional vision sensors. The units thereby enable automation in applications where conventional, PC-based image processing systems are too costly or too complicated to implement.

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