Vision Systems – Smart Camera or PC-based
The question often comes up as to what is the most appropriate approach to take in implementing a machine vision system - using a Smart Camera or using some sort of PC-based approach. There is no question that as the microprocessor, DSPs and FPGAs are getting faster and, therefore, more capable, Smart Cameras are getting smarter. Hence, they are a challenge to more ''traditional'' approaches to machine vision. Significantly, however, ''traditional'' approaches are also taking advantage of the advances and so, too, are faster and smarter.