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Pixel Binning / Decimation (pixel skipping) / Gamma and Digital Shift explained

Pixel Binning / Decimation (pixel skipping) / Gamma and Digital Shift explained

8/22/2024
Machine Vision Specialist
  Pixel binning is used to increase light sensitivity and reduce image resolution. Decimation, also known as pixel skipping is used to reduce the i...
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I/O Control: How to hardware trigger a machine vision camera using a trigger sensor and how to trigger machine vision lights

I/O Control: How to hardware trigger a machine vision camera using a trigger sensor and how to trigger machine vision lights

8/22/2024
Machine Vision Specialist
This system works with the so-called rising edge or falling edge, voltage going from a low value to high (rising edge), or from high to low (fallin...
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How to use the frame rate calculator for industrial cameras

How to use the frame rate calculator for industrial cameras

8/21/2024
Machine Vision Specialist
To calculate the framerate of an industrial camera, a framerate calculator is available. This doc used to be available after installing the SDK. Th...
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How to control the bandwidth use of an industrial USB3 camera by limiting its framerate

How to control the bandwidth use of an industrial USB3 camera by limiting its framerate

8/21/2024
Machine Vision Specialist
To control the bandwidth of industrial USB3 cameras, we need to understand how the USB3 connection works and how to determine which framerate value...
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How to set a Region of Interest (R.O.I.) inside an industrial camera in 3 steps

How to set a Region of Interest (R.O.I.) inside an industrial camera in 3 steps

8/21/2024
Machine Vision Specialist
This guide will explain how to set and use the Region of interest function of the industrial camera, how to resize an image and how to capture only...
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How to use Power over Ethernet (PoE) with a GigE camera?

How to use Power over Ethernet (PoE) with a GigE camera?

8/21/2024
Machine Vision Specialist
The MER2 series power specifications are: PoE (Power over Ethernet, IEEE802.3af compliant) or 12VDC-10% ~ 24VDC+10% supplied via the camera's 8-pi...
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