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Valde Systems VS151
Valde Systems has introduced the first camera designed specifically for outdoor autonomous vehicle operation. Now you don't have to choose between cheap, poor-quality security cameras and expensive, but fragile, machine-vision cameras.
The VS151 combines convenient size, ruggedness, and capability with a price you can afford.
Valde Systems VS1501R
The Valde Systems VS1501R is a ruggedized version of the VS1501. It is designed for harsh environments often encountered in applications such as industrial automation and autonomous vehicles. Such environments can expose the processor to temperature extremes, as well as to shock and vibration and corrosive liquids. The enclosure of the VS1501R is designed to operate under such conditions, filling the need for a locally embedded, high-performance, small-sized, low-power image processor.
The VS1501R still maintains all the features of the VS1501, including a DSP processor with 5760 MIPS of performance. Other features include two independent, full-rate (not shared bandwidth) IEEE-1394 FireWire interfaces which make the VS1501R well suited for stereo-vision applications as well as for single-camera setups. The VS1501R fits in tight spaces, and it has heat sinks built right into the enclosure for direct thermal coupling to the mounting surface.
Other features include two inputs and two outputs of I/O, a dual-speed 10/100 Ethernet port, an RS-232 serial port with hardware and software flow control, and a NTSC/PAL composite video output.
Integrated Motion Control Interfaces
What differentiates the VS1501R from the regular VS1501, and makes it ideal for industrial robotics and autonomous vehicles is the built-in powerful ARM 9 processor dedicated to support of the following interfaces:
- 6 CAN bus interfaces
- 8 LIN bus interfaces
- 1 FlexRay interface
- 2 Additional RS-232 serial ports
These interfaces include support for many widely used protocols and standards. This makes connecting the VS1501R to a motion-control system very straightforward. By integrating the motion-control interfaces directly into the image processor, indeterminism and latency between the vision and motion systems are almost eliminated. This is necessary for high performance visual serving applications such as bin picking in industrial robotics or manipulator control for tele-operated and autonomous robots.
High Performance at A Sensible Price
The VS1501R is not just attractive from a feature and performance point of view, but also from a price perspective as well. In high volume applications such as lane-departure warning or pedestrian detection, the VS1501R can be priced competitively with similar ruggedized PC solutions.
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