Product Description:

The VSC122Q14.031P-000 smart camera is manufactured by B & R Automation as part of the VS Smart Sensors series. It belongs to the Smart Camera product group within the integrated machine vision range. The unit combines imaging optics, onboard illumination, and processing hardware in one housing, allowing automated stations to capture images, run inspection algorithms, and issue pass-fail results without a separate PC. This layout suits compact inspection points where image acquisition and decision-making need to happen directly at the machine.

The optics block provides a 74° field of view through an S-mount lens assembly sized for area inspection rather than line scanning. Image data are delivered at up to 43 fps with a native resolution of 3.5 MP, supporting short inspection cycles on moving or indexed parts. Glass with an antireflective coating protects the front aperture, and LED lens type 1 produces a wide beam for more even illumination across the scene. A lighting ring with red, green, blue, and lime emitters supports multiple vision functions in the same device, letting the camera emphasize contrast differences on parts with varied surface finishes. The line sensor setting is disabled because this model is intended for conventional image capture instead of line-scan operation. Inside, a Cortex-A9 i.MX6 quad-core processor runs at 800 MHz, and its 4 logical cores handle image preprocessing in the standard configuration.

System memory includes 2 GB of DDR RAM and a 1 MB L2 cache, which buffer image data and intermediate results between inspection steps. The illumination array contains 16 LEDs arranged in four segments, with each segment using multicolored diodes that match the red, green, blue, and lime lighting setup. The optical train uses a nominal focal length of 6 mm, helping the wide-beam lighting reach uneven part surfaces with reduced shadowing. This memory and lighting arrangement supports the use of multiple vision tools in one sequence, and the segmented light source can be adapted to different contrast conditions within the same inspection routine.