When building an inspection system for low-end PCBs (printed-circuit-boards), you can obtain high-resolution images for less cost by using line-scan cameras instead of area cameras. But it has been ...

This project shows how an outdated flatbed scanner was turned into a cheap digital camera that can scan its surroundings. During the assembly, the scanner was disassembled and the electronics was ...

There are plenty of reasons to pick up or build a 3D scanner. Modeling for animation or special effects, reverse engineering or designing various devices or products, and working with fabrics and ...

Emergent Vision Technologies, a maker of high-speed GigE Vision cameras and vision technologies, introduces a new 100GigE line scan camera, the Pinnacle LZ-16KG5. Through its 100GigE QSFP28 interface, ...

Konstanz, Germany -- Automated optical inspection (AOI) of wafer-based solar cells requires a combination of 2D and 3D imaging to detect imperfections in coatings and printings, and for the reliable ...