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Yeah, when I started, we were using RS-170 cameras connected to $30k Cognex acquisition boards (all analog). The switch over to USB and then GigE has been fanta
by vidanay 4y ago
Yeah, when I started, we were using RS-170 cameras connected to $30k Cognex acquisition boards (all analog). The switch over to USB and then GigE has been fantastic.
- snarf21 4y agoI miss it in a way. USB cameras were just coming online and we're very good yet when I switched to a different industry. It looks like the company was acquired into an automation machinery parent company.
- vidanay 4y agoGod, the first generations of both USB and Ethernet cameras positively SUCKED. Flaky, buggy, and expensive. Our first foray into Ethernet cameras was from a company called Opteon. They had taken a stock Intel ethernet card and flashed custom firmware onto it to support their custom framing. If the cards and the cameras didn't match exact versions, you could end up bricking one or both of them. They had to be sent back to the vendor to be fixed. edit: Oh, hey! Opteon still exists! I'm sure their products are much better than those first generations. https://www.opteontech.com/products/cameras https://www.opteontech.com/products/cameras
- snarf21 4y agooops, meant to say "were NOT very good yet when I switched to a different industry". Apparently I failed at typing and paying attention to a meeting at the same time. :)
- zwieback 4y agoSame here, RS-170 into Cognex MVS8100 ca. 20 years ago. Their pattern matching was gold standard at the time. We also used Matrox but I was a Cognex man at that time. Some of those systems are still running today but I do not miss the days of analog video one bit.