Machine Vision
Basler Starts Production of the runner Line Scan Camera Series
The Basler runner series includes seven models (six monochrome cameras and one tri-linear color camera) with 1k and 2k CCD sensors and screwable RJ-45 connectors for tight connections.
The runner features a well established Gigabit Ethernet interface that is both GigE Vision and GenICam compliant. Over the past two years, the GigE interface on Basler's scout and pilot camera families has proven itself successful in a wide variety of industrial applications. Thanks to the GigE Vision standard, integration is safe and simple, and camera users can quickly begin seeing results.
Used with Basler’s comprehensive pylon driver package, the Basler runner is a robust, easy-to-use, camera/driver combination that is fully compliant with the GigE Vision standard. “We are leveraging GigE Vision technology into line scan applications. Our customers will now have a direct commercial and technical benefit from using this new technology”, explains Henning Tiarks, product manager at Basler Components.
Basler runner cameras have been tested and approved by all major image library suppliers and can easily be used with these libraries.
Series production will start in mid April 2008.
Reduced Costs with Gigabit Ethernet Technology
Thanks to Gigabit Ethernet’s advantages, the Basler runner family offers reduced costs and lower complexity compared to any system based on components designed for Camera Link. There are two typical Camera Link system layouts. The first features a direct connection from a Camera Link camera to a PC equipped with a frame grabber. The second includes a box that converts a Camera Link connection from the camera to a Gigabit Ethernet connection for the PC. The second configuration is basically a trade-off between the longer transmission distances supported by GigE and the high cost of the converter box.
In both of these scenarios, using a Basler runner camera eliminates one costly component. In the first case, the frame grabber is eliminated. In the second case, the converter box is made unnecessary. Because each of these components costs at least several hundred Euros, great cost savings can be achieved. And an additional reduction is possible because the price for a Gigabit Ethernet cable is typically less than one third of the price for a comparable Camera Link cable. Basler runner cameras have been competitively positioned with regard to existing camera products, so a reduction in overall system cost is guaranteed. In addition, Basler runner cameras offer a persuasive feature richness that has never been achieved on Camera Link based cameras.
In summary, the following key advantages of GigE Vision technology can be realized with the Basler runner line scan series:
In both of these scenarios, using a Basler runner camera eliminates one costly component. In the first case, the frame grabber is eliminated. In the second case, the converter box is made unnecessary. Because each of these components costs at least several hundred Euros, great cost savings can be achieved. And an additional reduction is possible because the price for a Gigabit Ethernet cable is typically less than one third of the price for a comparable Camera Link cable. Basler runner cameras have been competitively positioned with regard to existing camera products, so a reduction in overall system cost is guaranteed. In addition, Basler runner cameras offer a persuasive feature richness that has never been achieved on Camera Link based cameras.
In summary, the following key advantages of GigE Vision technology can be realized with the Basler runner line scan series:
 | cable lengths of up to 100 meters allow long distance data transmission |
| cost-effective cables and components compared to Camera Link based products |
| more cameras on one computer for greater efficiency and flexibility |
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