HALCON News
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New maintenance release 8.0.2 for HALCON 8.0 | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| The newest maintenance release 8.0.2 of HALCON 8.0 includes several enhancements, such as a much faster bar code reader with more functionality and support for Composite codes that are attached to RSS bar codes, and a universal interface to access all GigE Vision compliant cameras. Additionally, HALCON 8.0.2 delivers GUI and usability enhancements for HDevelop, such as a better parameter GUI for the Image Acquisition Assistant and support for Italian, 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 8.0.2. Registered customers can download the new release or a package to update an older release of HALCON 8.0. | ||
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First official release of the HALCON GigEVision interface | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| First official release of the universal HALCON GigEVision interface which supports all GigE Vision compliant cameras. Note that this new interface is based on an user-space implementation of the GigE Vision protocol and is available for Windows x86 and Linux (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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First official release of the HALCON 8.0 interface for VRmagic USB cameras | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| First official release of the HALCON 8.0 VRmUsbCam interface which supports the USB cameras from VRmagic (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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First official release of the HALCON 8.0 interface for ABS UK1000/3000 cameras | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| First official release of the HALCON 8.0 ABS interface which supports the UK1000/3000 camera family from ABS (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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First official release of the HALCON 8.0 interface for LinX GINGA digital-CL1e/CL2e/CL4e and GINGA++M1e/M4e boards | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| First official release of the HALCON 8.0 LinX interface which supports the new GINGA digital-CL1e/CL2e/CL4e and GINGA++M1e/M4e boards from LinX (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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First official release of the HALCON 8.0 interface for Silicon Software boards via VisualApplets | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| First official release of the HALCON 8.0 mEnableVisualApplets interface which supports the grabbing of user-defined preprocessed images from Silicon Software microEnable boards via VisualApplets (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON pylon interface | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 3.5 of the HALCON 8.0 pylon interface released which has been adapted to the new Basler pylon SDK version 2.0 (with support of the new pilot and runner camera models). Furthermore, the new interface revision provides additional color transformation functionality and fixes a bug in continuous grabbing mode (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON BitFlow interface | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 3.3 of the HALCON 8.0 BitFlow interface released which now is based on the new BitFlow SDK 5.00 that supports also the new Alta-AN, Karbon-CL, and Neon-CL boards (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON SaperaLT interface | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 3.2 of the HALCON 8.0 SaperaLT interface released which provides bugfixes concerning the parameter 'external_trigger' and the registration of the end-of-frame callback (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revisions of the HALCON RangerC and RangerE interfaces | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 3.2 of the HALCON RangerC and RangerE interfaces released which provide a bugfix in info_framegrabber to prevent accessing uninitialized memory (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON TAG interface | |
| (April 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 3.2 of the HALCON 8.0 TAG interface released which now is based on the new Tattile SDK version and includes bugfixes in open_framegrabber and close_framegrabber (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON LuCam interface | |
| (March 31, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.2 / 3.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 LuCam interface released which provides new parameters for iris and lens control as well as for controlling the digital input/output lines of the camera (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON INSPECTA5 interface | |
| (March 31, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.1 / 3.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 INSPECTA5 interface released which fixes a bug in the buffer handling in case of switching from asynchronous to synchronous grabbing (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON INSPECTA interface | |
| (March 31, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.11 / 3.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 INSPECTA interface released which fixes a bug in the buffer handling in case of switching from asynchronous to synchronous grabbing (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON 1394IIDC interface | |
| (February 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.4 / 3.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 1394IIDC interface released which fixes a bug in open_framegrabber to prevent a possible crash due to an erroneous memory access. Furthermore, this new revision supports the usage of interlaced gray-scale cameras (registered customers can download both the interface as well as the underlying driver here). | ||
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New revisions of the HALCON RangerC and RangerE interfaces | |
| (February 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 3.1 of the HALCON RangerC and RangerE interfaces released which have been adapted to the new Sick IVP SDK version 3.3 and fixes bugs in buffer handling, triggering, and error handling in case of grab timeouts (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON iPORT interface | |
| (February 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.2 / 3.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 iPORT interface released which provides the new parameter 'image_available' and fixes several bugs in the parameter handling within the operators info_framegrabber and open_framegrabber (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON MatrixVisionAcquire interface | |
| (February 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.9 / 3.3 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 MatrixVisionAcquire interface released which fixes a bug in acquiring the first image in case that the buffer queue size was set to 1 (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON BitFlow interface | |
| (February 29, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.15 / 3.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 BitFlow interface released which provides a new parameter for discarding all image buffers in the output buffer queue in continuous grabbing mode (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON BaumerFCAM interface | |
| (January 30, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.7 / 3.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 BaumerFCAM interface released which fixes a bug in the operator get_framegrabber_param('image_available') concerning the 2^16 frame counter wraparound (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON BitFlow interface | |
| (January 30, 2008) | ||
| New revision 2.14 / 3.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 BitFlow interface released which fixes a general bug in the serial communication with Camera Link cameras (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revisions of the HALCON mEnableIII and mEnableIV interfaces | |
| (January 30, 2008) | ||
| New revision 3.1 of the HALCON 8.0 mEnableIII / mEnableIV interfaces and new revision 2.3 of the HALCON 7.1 mEnable3 interface released which provide a bugfix in the operator info_framegrabber('info_boards') in case of multiple installed boards (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON MultiCam interface | |
| (November 30, 2007) | ||
| New revision 2.18 / 3.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 MultiCam interface released which is adapted to the MultiCam driver version 6.0 and supports now also the new GRABLINK Express boards from Euresys. Furthermore, six new parameters allow the software control of all digital input and output lines (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON uEye interface | |
| (November 30, 2007) | ||
| New revision 2.10 / 3.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 uEye interface released which now provides new parameters for several advanced camera features and fixes a bug in the parameter 'trigger_signal' for uEye Gigabit Ethernet cameras (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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New revision of the HALCON MatrixVisionAcquire interface | |
| (November 30, 2007) | ||
| New revision 2.8 / 3.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 MatrixVisionAcquire interface released which provides bugfixes in the operator grab_image_start as well as in the parameters 'available_param_names', 'available_param_types', and 'available_param_description' (registered customers can download it here). | ||
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HALCON student version for machine vision book available | |
| (November 13, 2007) | ||
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A HALCON student version and dedicated HDevelop examples are now
available as supplements for the new book "Machine Vision Algorithms
and Applications", written by MVTec staff. This first up-to-date textbook for machine vision software provides all the details on the theory and practical use of the relevant algorithms. The first part covers image acquisition, from illumination to bus systems, while the second deals with the algorithms themselves. The final part concentrates on applications, and features real-world examples, example code with HALCON, and further exercises. Uniting the latest research results with an industrial approach, this textbook is ideal for students of electrical engineering, physics and informatics, electrical and mechanical engineers, as well as those working in the sensor, automation and optical industries. The official book website provides registered readers with book resources (HALCON student version and example programs and images). |
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