In the field of industrial manufacturing, machine vision inspection plays a vital role, and industrial cameras as one of the core components, often with industrial lenses, machine vision light source and image control software with the use of an extremely wide range of applications. However, there are many types of industrial cameras, newcomers face a wide range of choices, often do not know where to start. The following is to introduce you to the common classification of industrial cameras, to help you easily make a choice.

From the sensor type point of view, industrial cameras can be divided into CCD cameras and CMOS cameras. CCD cameras have high imaging quality and low noise, and perform well in scenes requiring high-precision image acquisition; CMOS cameras have the advantages of low cost, low power consumption and high integration, and are suitable for applications that are more sensitive to speed and cost.

According to the type of signal output, industrial cameras are divided into analog cameras and digital cameras. Analog cameras output analog signals, need to be converted to digital signals by the image acquisition card to be processed by the computer; digital cameras directly output digital signals, fast transmission speed, strong anti-interference ability, is the current mainstream choice.

By output image color, there are black and white cameras and color cameras. Black-and-white cameras capture only grayscale information, with fast processing speed and low cost; color cameras acquire rich color information and are suitable for scenes that require color recognition.

According to the industrial camera interface, it can be divided into VGA industrial camera, HDMI industrial camera and Gigabit network industrial camera. Different interfaces have their own characteristics in terms of transmission speed, distance and compatibility, and need to be selected according to actual needs.

Understanding these classifications, according to the specific application scenarios and needs, more accurate selection of the right industrial camera.