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Smart-Eye™
The Smart-Eye™ is a machine vision based concept in applied microscopy for the professional user. The system consists of a compact digital mini microscope mounted on a multifunctional high precision stand.
The high speed USB interface allows convenient interfacing with a lab top through dedicated control and acquisition software. All of this comes at a most reasonable and affordable price. For research as well as quality inspection the Smart-eye system is very suitable.
Microscope set-up
A typical configuration of a Smart-eye system is depicted in the diagram on the right.
The central unit of the system is a mini microscope with build CMOS camera sensor with up to 1.3 MP resolution, a build in LED ring Light, a magnification wheel allowing 10-50X, 200X magnification or 500X fixed and a microtouch function and high speed USB 2.0 interface. CMOS SensorThe last decenniad, technology has advanced to such an extend that CMOS sensors for use in camera devices have become better in quality. For many CMOS sensors give equal quality images as compared with the more expensive CCD cameras. The 1260x1024 pixels of the Smart-eye sensor allows acquisition of images with a speed of 30 frames/sec. Build in LED lightIn the mini-camera 8 LED lights form an illumination ring which can be swithed on and off by the software. Instead of white light flurescence UV diffuser LED lights can be selected. Magnification and focusThe mini-camera system has a magnification wheel, which allows to inspect objects from 10~50X, 200x or 500X in fixed mode. The magnification position can be calibrated through the Mimas software. MicrotouchThe mini-camera has a micro-touch function. This is a manual button to trigger the capture of an image. |
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High Speed USB 2.0
The mini-camera comes with a high speed USB 2.0 interface.
Software
For the Smart-eye system we provide various software options enabling, real time video display, image data management, image analysis, geometric measurement, real time particle analyis, statistics, with related graphing and many more. Our standard Mimas software package is Windows based.
Examples of applications
- PCB soldering
- Plastic parts structure
- Bio specimen
- Authentification
- Jewelry
- Mould profile
- Micro-welding
- Fine mechanical parts
Accessories
Micro-Optik provides many useful accessories. Most configurations are based around our multifunctional stand which can be used for practically all possible experiments. The stand consists of a massive anodized aluminium base plate where a stainless steel rod is vertically positioned. On the rod a positioning unit is placed to firmly hold the camera The base block which allows a sample to be inspected either from the top or with back light. The cylindrical basin in the base plate allows a mirror to be positioned such as to focus light arising from a multifiber cord of which end is positioned through the connector on the base plate. The Mini-camera is mounted on the stand through various possible positioning units.
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The positioning units vary from a standard manual, a manual high precision to a automatic stepper motor controlled.
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We also provide X,Y positioning stands, which can be used to inspect large objects at various positions in a plane.
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The X,Y stand comes in manual as well as in stepper motor computer controlled. We provide for any application a tailored motorized stage.
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For liquid studies we provide tailored cells allowing the inspection of particles on-line when a liquid flows through.
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3D inspection
For the Smart-eye we provide a rotary head to inspect objects through 360° in one plane. This kind of analysis is especial convenient for complex samples like PCB boards, small devices in the automotive industry. When removing the rotation.
IlluminationWe provide various illumination solutions for various demanding sample analysis. |
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Geometrical measurementThe MIMAS software was developed with the daily time pressure of the quality inspector in mind. User friendliness is the key word for the 2 dimensional measurement package which results in faster quality reporting. The results can easily be imported in quality inspection reports. 2D parameters which can be calculated are shown in the diagram |
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Morphometric parametersFor particle analysis the morphometric parameters are very convenient. The software offers a sophisticated methodology to characterize the different particles in accordance to their morphometry. |
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TopographyFor quality inspection of various devices we provide special topography visualisation routines. |
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Smart-Eye™ brochure
