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New revision of the HALCON BitFlow interface
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(August 30, 2010) |
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New revision 3.5 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 BitFlow interface
released which now is based on the BitFlow SDK 5.30 and provides
several new parameters and an improved internal thread handling
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON uEye interface
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(August 30, 2010) |
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New revision 3.8 / 4.5 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 uEye interface
released which is based on the uEye SDK 3.5 (or higher) and
runs now also on Linux x64_86 systems
(registered customers can download both the interface as
well as the underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON LinX interface
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(August 30, 2010) |
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New revision 3.5 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 LinX interface
released which now is based on the LinX SDK 5.30 and provides
several new parameters for advanced users
(registered customers can download it here).
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First official release of the HALCON interface for
Leuze LPS 36 light-section sensors
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(August 25, 2010) |
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First official release of the HALCON 9.0 LPS36 interface
which supports the LPS 36 light-section sensors from Leuze electronic.
This new interface allows the easy grabbing of equidistant depth images
via laser triangulation with sheet of light
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON MILLite interface
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(August 25, 2010) |
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New revision 3.10 / 4.6 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 MILLite interface released
which fixes a bug regarding error handling in continuous grabbing mode
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON VRmUsbCam interface
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(August 25, 2010) |
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New revision 3.2 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 VRmUsbCam interface
released which now is based on the new VRmUsbCam SDK version 3.13 and supports
the "triggered internal" mode for asynchronous grabbing
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON DirectShow interface
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(August 25, 2010) |
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New revision 2.11 / 3.5 / 4.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 / 9.0 DirectShow interface released
which fixes a bug regarding the calculation of the actual buffer size
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON DirectFile interface
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(August 25, 2010) |
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New revision 2.4 / 3.3 / 4.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 / 9.0 DirectFile interface released
which fixes a bug regarding the calculation of the actual buffer size
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON Andor interface
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(August 25, 2010) |
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New revision 3.1 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 Andor interface released
which now is based on the new Andor SDK version 2.88 and supports
the dual exposure mode as well as the continuous grabbing mode
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON Crevis interface
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(August 25, 2010) |
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New revision 3.4 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 Crevis interface released
which now is based on the new Crevis driver V2.0.0.2 and supports
also the new camera models MV-BU10U, MV-BU17U, MV-CU10U, and MV-CU17U
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON PixeLINK interface
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(August 25, 2010) |
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New revision 3.1 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 PixeLINK interface released which fixes a bug in the implementation of the parameter
'trigger_mode_values' to avoid a possible application crash caused
by accessing uninitialized memory
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON eneo interface
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(August 25, 2010) |
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New revision 3.3 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 eneo interface
released which now is based on the camera firmware and SDK version 3.4.0
(registered customers can download it here).
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First official release of the HALCON GenICamTL interface
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(July 30, 2010) |
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First official release of the HALCON 9.0 GenICamTL interface
which allows to access all cameras that are compliant to the GenICam
GenTL standard.
The new HALCON GenICamTL interface acts as a complete GenTL Consumer,
i.e., it can be used with every compliant GenTL Producer. Note that
this interface does not install any new drivers, but will access the
vendor-specific drivers which are encapsulated by the installed
GenTL Producers. Like the HALCON GigEVision interface, this new
interface also uses the GenApi runtime installation in
%HALCONROOT%/genicam which is already part of HALCON 9.0.2
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON 1394IIDC interface
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(July 30, 2010) |
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New revision 3.8 / 4.5 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 1394IIDC interface released
which is based on the new FirePackage driver 2v33
and allows to trigger a bus reset to all connected cameras.
Furthermore, the new interface revision enables the use of
a user-specific callback to indicate that a new image has
been grabbed
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customers can download both the interface as well as the
underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON SaperaLT interface
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(July 30, 2010) |
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New revision 3.10 / 4.6 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 SaperaLT interface released which
supports the acquisition of four-channel RGB images and provides
additional parameters to control the line trigger and to query
the camera signal status
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON SICK-3DCamera interface
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(July 30, 2010) |
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New revision 4.3 of the HALCON 9.0 SICK-3DCamera interface released
which is adapted to the new SDK version 4.1 and supports now also
the ColorRanger E camera. Furthermore, the interface enables
the reading of additional mark data for each scan and includes
several improvements regarding trigger modes and error handling
(registered customers can download both the interface as
well as the underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON MatrixVisionAcquire
interface
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(July 30, 2010) |
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New revision 3.6 / 4.3 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 MatrixVisionAcquire interface
released which provides bugfixes regarding a memory leak in
the operator close_framegrabber and the error handling
in case of invalid values for specifying an specific image
part in the operator open_framegrabber
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revisions of the HALCON mEnableIII and
mEnableIV interfaces
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(June 28, 2010) |
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New revision 3.6 / 4.4 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0
mEnableIII /
mEnableIV interfaces
released which enable the direct buffer access mode to access only
the pointer to the image buffer instead of the actual image data
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON SVCam-GigE interface
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(June 28, 2010) |
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New revision 3.5 / 4.3 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 SVCam-GigE interface released
which provides all supported Generic parameters also for
the value list of the HDevelop Image Acquisition Assistant and enables
to query these parameters via the operator get_framegrabber_param
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON SaperaLT interface
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(May 19, 2010) |
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New revision 3.9 / 4.5 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 SaperaLT interface released which
fixes several problems in combination with DALSA Genie cameras
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON pylon interface
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(April 28, 2010) |
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New revision 3.11 / 4.4 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 pylon interface released
which has been adapted to the new Basler pylon SDK version 2.2 and
thus supports now also the new ace GigE Vision camera series.
Furthermore, the new interface revision provides two bugfixes regarding
the SingleFrame acquisition mode
(registered customers can download it here).
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New maintenance release 9.0.2 for
HALCON 9.0
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(March 19, 2010) |
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The newest maintenance release 9.0.2 of HALCON 9.0
includes several enhancements, such as an improved HDevelop Image
Acquisition Assistant, extensions to the 1D bar code and 2D data code
readers, increased accuracy for high contrast images, and a significantly
improved GigEVision interface, as well as documentation updates
and fixes of all currently known bugs. Have a look at the release
notes for a detailed description of HALCON 9.0.2. Registered
customers can download the new
release or a package to update an older release of HALCON 9.0.
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First official release of the HALCON 1394IIDC-2 interface
under Linux
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(March 17, 2010) |
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First official release of the HALCON 9.0 1394IIDC-2 interface
which supports all IIDC 1394 (FireWire) compliant cameras under Linux.
This new interface now is based on the latest libdc1394 v2 library and
supports in particular also IEEE 1394b cameras. Note that this new
interface is the official successor of the existing HALCON 1394IIDC
interface for Linux which is still based on the old libdc1394 v1 library
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON GigEVision interface
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(March 17, 2010) |
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New revision 3.7 / 4.4 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 GigEVision interface released
which allows the use of up to 65535 image buffers and includes
two serious bugfixes to prevent a possible crash when increasing
the payload size or when reconnecting a previously lost device
in a multi-camera setup. Note that this new revision
includes the updated version v1.0.0.2 of the underlying
filter driver for Windows x86 which has to be installed
seperately
(registered customers can download it here).
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First official release of the HALCON interface for
Silicon Software boards via VisualApplets SDK 5.0
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(March 16, 2010) |
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First official release of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 SiliconSoftware interface
which supports all microEnable III and microEnable IV Camera Link
boards from Silicon Software based on the new SDK 5.0.2 under Windows XP/Vista/7
as well as under Windows XP/Vista/7 x64 Editions. Note that this new unified
interface is the official successor of the existing HALCON mEnableIII, mEnableIV, and
mEnableVisualApplets interfaces which were based on older SDK versions
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON MILLite interface
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(March 16, 2010) |
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New revision 3.9 / 4.5 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 MILLite interface released
which now is based on the new Matrox SDK Mil-Lite 9.0 and supports also
Windows XP/Vista x64 Editions. Furthermore, the new interface revision
allows to explicitly set the number of internally used buffers as well as
to manually control the buffer ordering
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON 1394IIDC interface
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(March 16, 2010) |
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New revision 3.7 / 4.4 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 1394IIDC interface released
which provides a bugfix concerning a memory leak in grab_image_start
and grab_image_async in case that the parameter MaxDelay was explicitly set
to a positive value and the grabbed image was actually "too old".
Furthermore, the new revision allows to query all
supported values for the Generic parameter in open_framegrabber
(registered customers can download both the interface as
well as the underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON Crevis interface
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(March 16, 2010) |
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New revision 3.3 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 Crevis interface released
which now is based on the new Crevis driver V2.0.0.1 and supports
the control of digital I/O lines and several new camera types including
color models. Furthermore, a bugfix in grab_image and grab_image_start
ensures that pending aynchronous grabs are terminated properly
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON SICK-3DCamera interface
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(March 16, 2010) |
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New revision 4.2 of the HALCON 9.0 SICK-3DCamera interface released
which provides a bugfix in the 3D calibration functionality in combination
with 'High 3D COG' configuration files and allows to query all
supported values for the Generic parameter in open_framegrabber
(registered customers can download both the interface as
well as the underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON MatrixVisionAcquire
interface
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(March 16, 2010) |
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New revision 3.5 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 MatrixVisionAcquire interface
released which includes the support for YUV and additional RGB
pixel formats
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON SaperaLT interface
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(March 16, 2010) |
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New revision 3.8 / 4.4 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 SaperaLT interface released
which fixes a small memory leak in close_framegrabber and provides new
parameters to query the current image size in combination with Sapera boards
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revisions of the HALCON mEnableIII and
mEnableIV interfaces
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(March 16, 2010) |
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New revision 3.5 / 4.3 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0
mEnableIII /
mEnableIV interfaces
released which provide new parameters to query the timestamp of the
grabbed image and to enable direct device access. Furthermore,
the new revisions allow to query all supported values for the
Generic parameter in open_framegrabber
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON mEnableVisualApplets
interface
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(March 16, 2010) |
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New revision 3.3 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0
mEnableVisualApplets interface
released which provide new parameters to query the timestamp of the
grabbed image and to enable direct device access
(registered customers can download it here).
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HALCON Embedded successfully tested for Vision Components VC
Optimum Smart Cameras
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(March 4, 2010) |
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HALCON Embedded has been successfully tested for the Vision
Components VC Optimum Smart Cameras platform. More information on this
platform can be found at the HALCON Embedded for Vision Components VC Optimum Smart Cameras
webpage.
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New maintenance release 8.0.4 for
HALCON 8.0
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(February 19, 2010) |
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The newest maintenance release 8.0.4 of HALCON 8.0
includes several enhancements, such as improvements of many operators,
several new examples for HDevelop, as well as documentation updates
and fixes of all currently known bugs. Have a look at the release
notes for a detailed description of HALCON 8.0.4. Registered
customers can download the new
release or a package to update an older release of HALCON 8.0.
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New revision of the HALCON GigEVision interface including filter driver
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(February 17, 2010) |
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New revision 3.6 / 4.3 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 GigEVision interface released
which is now based on the latest GenICam release v2.0.1 and provides
a specific filter driver to increase the performance under Windows
XP/Vista/7. Additionally, the new interface revision fixes some
bugs and includes several new parameters and enhancements regarding
device discovery, device initialization, and parameter handling
(registered customers can download it here).
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First official release of the HALCON interface for
Andor cameras
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(February 17, 2010) |
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First official release of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 Andor interface
which supports the scientific cameras from Andor
(registered customers can download it here).
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HALCON Embedded successfully tested for Nokia N900
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(February 15, 2010) |
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HALCON Embedded has been successfully tested for the Nokia N900
platform. More information on this platform can be found at the HALCON Embedded for Nokia N900 webpage.
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New revision of the HALCON uEye interface
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(February 15, 2010) |
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New revision 3.7 / 4.4 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 uEye interface released
which supports now also Windows x64 and provides new parameters
for controlling gain, white balancing, color correction, and for
loading a camera parameter ini-file
(registered customers can download both the interface as
well as the underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON SICK-3DCamera interface
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(February 15, 2010) |
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New revision 4.1 of the HALCON 9.0 SICK-3DCamera interface released
which includes corrections regarding the parameters 'external_trigger'
and 'trigger_mode' and provides a bugfix for the operator
info_framegrabber('info_boards')
(registered customers can download both the interface as
well as the underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON pylon interface
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(February 15, 2010) |
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New revision 3.10 / 4.3 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 pylon interface released
which provides two bugfixes regarding the first triggered image in
continuous grabbing mode and the exception handling in case of
wrong device names
(registered customers can download both the interface as
well as the underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON 1394IIDC interface
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(February 12, 2010) |
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New revision 3.6 / 4.3 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 1394IIDC interface released
which provides an improved control of the isochronous resource manager
(registered customers can download both the interface as
well as the underlying driver here).
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New revision of the HALCON MILLite interface
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(January 22, 2010) |
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New revision 3.8 / 4.4 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 MILLite interface released
which provides now the use of the continuous grabbing mode
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON SaperaLT interface
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(January 22, 2010) |
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New revision 3.7 / 4.3 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 SaperaLT interface released
which provides a new action parameter to enable software triggering and
fixes a bug in the operator open_framegrabber when using multiple cameras
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON BitFlow interface
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(January 22, 2010) |
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New revision 4.1 of the HALCON 9.0 BitFlow interface released
which enables the use of a user-specific callback to indicate that
a new image has been grabbed
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON SonyXCI-2 interface
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(January 22, 2010) |
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New revision 3.4 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 SonyXCI-2 interface released
which fixes bugs in controlling the image size and cropping parameters
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON DirectShow interface
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(January 22, 2010) |
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New revision 3.4 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 DirectShow interface released
which allows the correct device initialization in special cases
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON LinX interface
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(January 22, 2010) |
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New revision 4.1 of the HALCON 9.0 LinX interface released
which enables the use of a user-specific callback to indicate that
a new image has been grabbed
(registered customers can download it here).
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New revision of the HALCON GingaDG interface
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(January 22, 2010) |
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New revision 3.4 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 GingaDG interface released
which fixes a bug in the operator info_framegrabber when called
with the input parameter 'parameters'
(registered customers can download it here).
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HALCON Embedded successfully tested for BeagleBoard
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(January 14, 2010) |
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HALCON Embedded has been successfully tested for the BeagleBoard
platform. More information on this platform can be found at the
HALCON Embedded for BeagleBoard webpage.
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