VC44380 pages

The VC4438 is one of the world‘s fastest and most
excellent Smart Cameras with computational power of
8000 MIPS rivalling a 7.2 GHz Pentium. It has 64 MB
DRAM, 4 MB Flash EPROM for program and data
storage (expanded by the standard 512 MB SD card
inside). It can acquire full frame 640 x 480 pixels at 63
frames per second!

SPECIFICATIONS

VC4438

SENSOR

1/3“, 640 (H) x 480 (V) pixels

SHUTTER

high-speed: up to 5 µs
low-speed: up to 8 s
adjustable integration time

INTEGRATION

full frame progressive scan

The own internal operating system ’’VCRT’’ of the
VC4438 is multitasking. This means that multiple
processes can be executed in parallel.

FRAME RATE

63 fps (126 fps with 2 times binning)

ACQUISITION

asynchronous, program controlled
or external trigger, full frame

A/D CONVERSION

1 x 25 MHz / 10 bit

PROCESSOR

8000 MIPS, 1 GHz
Texas Instruments TMS320C64xx

IMAGE DISPLAY

B&W or pseudocolor from
3 x 8 bit RGB lookup table

IMAGE/
DATA MEMORY

64 MB SDRAM

FLASH MEMORY

4 MB Flash EPROM (non volatile
memory) for programs and data,
programmable
in the system

DIG. I/O’S

4 inputs / 4 outputs optically
decoupled 24 V, outputs 4 x 500 mA

INTERFACES

RS232 up to 115 . 200 baud max.
AND
100 Mbit Ethernet

VIDEO OUTPUT

SVGA 800 x 600 (VESA standard)

SUPPLY VOLTAGE

24 V +/-20 % DC, max. 300 mA

ELECTRICAL
CONNECTIONS

I/O (DC In, PLC, 12-pin),
V24 (6-pin), Trig (trigger/keypad, 6-pin),
VGA Out (10-pin)

DIMENSIONS

approx. 110 x 50 x 35 mm, approx. 400 g

The Smart Camera has also a High-Speed Trigger input
with absolute constant capture delay, which allows
absolutely jitterfree image acquisition even at very highspeed processes.
And whereas a standard progressive scan camera
gets a trigger, starts exposure and then reads out the
pixel data, the VC4438 has optimized the image
acquisition process so that exposure, read-out and the
image processing can be done in parallel.
It has an 8 bit colour overlay which can operate in opaque
or semitransparent mode so that you can block out or still
see the underlying image.
All Vision Components Smart Cameras are built for
industrial applications. They are insensitive to shock and
vibration, and have multiple I/O lines for direct control of
external equipment. For more complex control tasks, they
can easily be inter-faced to a PLC.

No liability is assumed for possible errors!