Product Description:

The VSC122812.021P-000 is a smart camera that belongs to the VS Smart Sensors series manufactured by B&R Automation. As part of the integrated machine vision product range, it combines optics, lighting, and processing in a single housing to execute inspection, positioning, and identification tasks on automated lines. Within an industrial installation, it serves as an autonomous vision node that performs image capture and in-device analysis without the need for a separate controller. This arrangement keeps image acquisition, illumination, and processing inside one device instead of dividing those functions across separate modules.

The imaging section records scenes at a native resolution of 1.3 MP, and its CMOS sensor can sustain a capture speed of 165 fps so high-throughput conveyors can be monitored without motion blur. A viewing angle of 74° pairs with a focal length of 4.6 mm to cover wide fields at short working distances, and the factory-aligned S-mount lens uses a 4.6 mm, F3.5, 1/1.8" format. Optical surfaces are protected by front glass with an anti-reflective coating to improve transmission. Continuous acquisition is supported by a clock rate of 800 MHz, and image buffers reside in 2 GB of DDR memory so multiple vision functions can run at the same time. The unit also supports line-sensor operation and uses 16 LEDs arranged in four independently switchable segments with a wide-beam LED lens type 1 to adapt lighting geometry to part contours.

Computation is handled by a Cortex A9 i.MX6 quad core system-on-chip, and its 4 cores accelerate image preprocessing during inspection tasks. An L2 cache of 1 MB reduces external memory access latency during real-time feature extraction. The built-in strobe synchronizes with the optical path, and the diode array emits at 632 nm to support stable contrast on red-responsive targets. The housing includes a glass window suited for automated washdown, and the lens uses an S-mount mechanical interface.