Week of January 8, 1999 New Products VC Series Smart Cameras Vision Components (Cambridge, Mass.; VsnCompUS@aol.com) has expanded its VC Series of industrial smart cameras with the introduction of a megapixel model that features 1280 (H) pixels by 1024 (V) pixels. The increased resolution is designed to enable smaller defects to be detected and classified, measurements to be made more accurately, and characters/codes to be read with greater reliability. The VC Series cameras are complete machine vision systems that include up to 8 MG of RAM, 2 MG of Flash EPROM and a digital signal processor. On the software side, a Normalized Gray-Scale Correlation (NGSC) library is now available for use in addressing precision registration, alignment and robot guidance tasks. Developers can use the new NGSC software to create correlation-based OCR, OCV, logo/mark inspection, IC pin 1 indicator detection, and golden template comparison inspection solutions. The Manufacturing Report © Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 by Lionheart Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Editorial Dept: tmr-editorial@lionhrtpub.com Lionheart Publishing, Inc. 2555 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 299, Atlanta, GA 30339 USA Phone: 770-431-0867 | Fax: 770-432-6969 E-mail: lpi@lionhrtpub.com Web Design by Premier Web Designs E-mail: lionwebmaster@preweb.com