We expand our successful Basler scout series with four new camera models based on Sony’s high sensitivity ICX285 CCD sensor. The new camera models feature a compact housing with either Gigabit Ethernet interface or a FireWire-b interface and are available in monochrome or color.

We have extended our Basler pylon driver software package by adding line scan camera support. This driver software package has been used very successfully with Basler area scan cameras for more than a year, and it greatly simplifies the integration of cameras into applications.

California is the world’s fourth largest wine-producing region. Given that the Californian wine industry plays such a significant role in the state’s economy, there is a lot of pressure to produce quality and to operate efficient production facilities. Wineries use the 360 Full View by CI Vision to check the labels after they have been placed on the bottle. As a bottle passes through the enclosure, it simultaneously triggers four Basler GigE Scout cameras to capture images of the bottle’s entire surface.

Building off of a successful show in early 2007, Basler once again exhibited at the Photonics West conference and tradeshow in January 2008. Basler showcased the new pilot 5MP GigE Vision digital camera featuring Sony’s ICX625 area scan sensor and received a lot of interest in the sprint line scan camera series.

GigE Vision cameras require efficient software drivers. Vision System Design magazine compared several drivers for GigE Vision applications. Read more about the results!

We welcome Russ Seery on the Basler team! Russ joined Basler in December 2007 as Director of Sales and Marketing of Basler Inc.