Mini camera performs packaging inspections

The Vision MINI Xi is touted as the world’s smallest machine vision smart camera with embedded Ethernet connectivity for ease of programming and data acquisition (in plant or remotely). From Microscan, the industrial vision system fits into confined spaces within packaging machines to perform a variety of inspections, including optical character recognition (OCR), color matching and bar code decoding. It measures just 1 x 1.8 x 2.1 inches (25.4 x 45.7 x 53.3 mm) and weighs just 3.2 oz (91 g). The patented mini design includes a built-in lens, LED lighting, a 24-volt interface and optically isolated I/O. Programming is simple with the company’s easy-to-use AutoVISION machine vision software.