Host PC or standalone? You make the call. (In Gear).Who: Cognex (Natick, MA) What: Checkpoint (programming) checkpoint - Saving the current state of a program and its data, including intermediate results, to disk or other non-volatile storage, so that if interrupted the program could be restarted at the point at which the last checkpoint occurred. III and Checkpoint IV machine vision systems Why you should care: Checkpoint III allows the operator to utilize a PC-based vision solution that takes advantage of the fast processor speeds of the host PC. Checkpoint IV is a closed-box, self-contained solution that can be mounted on a line without a PC. Pertinent PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319. Data: Both systems are designed to handle many different operations like: multi-camera guidance, gauging, and defect defect - bug inspection. Both come with a library of MMX-optimized vision software tools including Cognex's PatMax and Patinspect tools for locating and inspecting parts with up to 1/40 pixel accuracy. The open, scalable software architecture used lets users import applications developed on one system into another. Checkpoint III features a frame grabber A device that accepts standard TV signals and digitizes the current video frame into a single, bitmapped still image. Frame grabbers can be stand-alone devices that plug into a port on the computer or a function built into the video capture board or display adapter. that plugs directly into the host PC for fast image transfer. |
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