Spotlight on industrial cameras in ‘smallest standard format’

The new XCP camera family of the uEye+ product series not only combines industrial quality and a favourable system price, says IDS, “but also fills a gap in the market as the smallest camera with housing and C-mount”.

The models measure only 29 x 29 x 17 mm and have a completely closed zinc die-cast housing with a screwable USB Micro-B connector. “Thanks to cost-optimised electronics and compatibility with common lenses, they are perfect for price-sensitive applications,” adds the company.

“With the market launch of the camera family, we prove that cost-effective industrial cameras with C-mount can also be offered in the industry's smallest standard format. They are aimed at customers who value budget-friendly, extremely compact and lightweight camera models in industrial quality over extraordinary camera features. They are used, for example, for analysis tasks in the laboratory, as eyes in autonomously navigating vehicles, in production or for visual support of robots in the field of automation.”

Series production and beyond

Initially, the industrial cameras will go into series production with the 2.3 MP global shutter sensor AR0234 and the 5 MP rolling shutter sensor AR0521 from onsemi. Other sensors will follow.

“Thanks to USB3 and Vision Standard compatibility (U3V/GenICam), the cameras can be easily integrated into any image processing system,” confirms IDS. “In principle, they can be used with any suitable software, but they are particularly easy to use with the modern software development kit IDS peak."