Product Description:

The VSS122F21.041P-000 is a smart sensor camera produced by B&R Automation within the VS Smart Sensors series. It belongs to the manufacturer’s integrated machine-vision product range and is intended to execute localized inspection or guidance tasks directly on the machine, minimizing the need for an external PC. By combining image capture, processing, and I/O inside a single housing, the unit streamlines installation in industrial automation lines where space and cycle-time constraints are strict.

An onboard Cortex A9 i.MX6 quad-core processor runs at 800 MHz, and its four computing cores (4) work in parallel on filtering, thresholding, and classification routines assigned to one active vision function. The processor accesses 1 MB of L2 cache and 2 GB of DDR3 RAM so intermediate frame buffers can be held without overruns during peak throughput. Image data are acquired by a 1/1.8-inch sensor that provides 1.3 MP of spatial resolution; this pixel count supports precise feature localization while keeping compute demand moderate. At a sustained capture rate of 90 fps, the sensor can track high-speed web or pick-and-place motions without motion blur, and the standard preprocessing variant ensures deterministic latency before results are released to the control system.

The optical chain is built around an 8 mm F4 lens fitted to an S-mount, delivering a horizontal field of approximately 37°. A front window made of glass with an anti-reflective coating protects the imager while limiting stray reflections. Scene illumination is generated by 16 LEDs arranged in four individually addressable segments behind an LED lens type 2 optic, and the diodes emit white light that spans the entire visible spectrum, eliminating color bias during inspection. No line-sensor mode is provided, and the package is a standard smart sensor variant suited to applications that require a self-contained, software-selectable vision node without specialized cooling or mechanical adapters.