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New maintenance release 9.0.1 for HALCON 9.0
  (June 17, 2009)
  The newest maintenance release 9.0.1 of HALCON 9.0 includes several enhancements, such as a silent installer for Windows, improvements to the HDevelop 3D visualization mode and to the auto-completion of the full text editor, improved operators, and new reference documentation for HALCON Codelets, 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 9.0.1. Registered customers can download the new release or a package to update an older release of HALCON 9.0.
 
New revision of the HALCON GigEVision interface
  (June 17, 2009)
  New revision 3.5 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 GigEVision interface which is now based on the latest GenApi release 1.1.2 and fixes bugs regarding software cropping and the color conversion of RGB10/12/16_PACKED image formats (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON 1394IIDC interface
  (June 17, 2009)
  New revision 3.5 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 1394IIDC interface released which includes some minor bug fixes regarding parameter queries (registered customers can download both the interface as well as the underlying driver here).
 
New revision of the File (VirtualFG) interface
  (June 17, 2009)
  New revision 3.2 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 File (VirtualFG) interface released which fixes a bug in case of trying to read a non-existing or corrupt TIFF file (registered customers can download it here).
 
First official release of the HALCON interface for Crevis USB 2.0 cameras
  (May 27, 2009)
  First official release of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 Crevis interface which supports the USB 2.0 cameras from Crevis Corporation (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON pylon interface
  (May 27, 2009)
  New revision 3.9 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 pylon interface released which has been adapted to the new Basler pylon SDK version 2.1. Furthermore, the interface has been extended to enable querying access mode, category name, and visibility of a specific parameter (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revisions of the HALCON RangerC and RangerE interfaces
  (May 27, 2009)
  New revisions 3.4 / 4.2 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 RangerC and RangerE interfaces released which are adapted to the new icon_API version 4.0. Furthermore, the interface has been extended to enable the reading of the mark data provided by Ranger 3D cameras via the operators grab_data and grab_data_async (registered customers can download it here).
 
Updated HALCON 8.0.3 Download Packages
  (April 9, 2009)
  New versions of the HALCON 8.0.3 download packages are available. This new version HALCON 8.0.3.1 fixes two critical bugs regarding the binary compatibility of the HALCON/COM and HALCON/.NET language interfaces. Registered customers can download the new version here.
 
New maintenance release 8.0.3 for HALCON 8.0
  (March 30, 2009)
  The newest maintenance release 8.0.3 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 8.0.3. Registered customers can download the new release or a package to update an older release of HALCON 8.0.
 
New revision of the HALCON 1394IIDC interface
  (March 27, 2009)
  New revision 2.4 / 3.4 / 4.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 / 9.0 1394IIDC interface released which allows to specify the actual number of used image buffers (registered customers can download both the interface as well as the underlying driver here).
 
New revision of the HALCON 1394IIDC interface for Linux
  (March 27, 2009)
  New revision 2.3 / 3.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 1394IIDC interface for Linux released which allows to change the Format7 settings during runtime and fixes a bug in the operator close_framegrabber (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON pylon interface
  (March 27, 2009)
  New revision 2.8 / 3.8 / 4.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 / 9.0 pylon interface released which fixes several bugs concering multi-camera configurations, buffer re-queueing, buffer protection in multithreaded applications, and aborting a pending grab (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON MatrixVisionAcquire interface
  (March 27, 2009)
  New revision 2.10 / 3.4 / 4.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 / 9.0 MatrixVisionAcquire interface released which supports also mvBlueLYNX-M7 devices and provides an easier syntax to select a specific image acquisition device (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON SonyXCI-2 interface
  (March 27, 2009)
  New revision 3.2 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 SonyXCI-2 interface released which includes new parameters to control white balancing and fixes a bug in the color conversion (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON mEnableVisualApplets interface
  (March 27, 2009)
  New revision 3.1 of the HALCON 8.0 mEnableVisualApplets interface released which provides a new parameter to query the serial number of the board and fixes bugs regarding the continuous grabbing mode and querying Visual Applet's generic parameters (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON LuCam interface
  (March 27, 2009)
  New revision 3.5 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 LuCam interface released which provides new parameters for aborting a pending grab and for controlling the strobe signal (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON SaperaLT interface
  (March 27, 2009)
  New revision 2.6 / 3.5 / 4.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 / 9.0 SaperaLT interface released which includes new parameters for controlling the line scan direction (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON uEye interface
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 2.12 / 3.4 / 4.1 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 / 9.0 uEye interface released which includes various extensions and improvements such as new parameters to query the presence of an beforehand asynchronously grabbed image and to support new color formats and pixel depths. Furthermore, several bugs have been fixed (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revisions of the HALCON mEnableIII and mEnableIV interfaces
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 3.3 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 mEnableIII / mEnableIV interfaces released which provide new parameters to query the serial number of the board, to specify the actual number of used image buffers, and to control the Camera Link CC0-3 lines (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON BitFlow interface
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 2.17 / 3.3 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 BitFlow interface released which includes bugfixes in the parameters 'do_comm_param', 'ctab_fill', 'overflow_thread', and 'hardware_exception_thread' (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON iPORT interface
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 2.3 / 3.2 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 iPORT interface released which includes several enhancements such as the support of dual output format (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON DahengCAM interface
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 3.2 of the HALCON 8.0 DahengCAM interface released which supports now also the SV-xxxx camera series and includes several new parameters, e.g., to control strobe and digital I/O (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON LinX interface
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 3.1 of the HALCON 8.0 LinX interface released which provides new parameters for controlling exposure and shutter speed. Furthermore, several bugs have been fixed (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revisions of the HALCON GingaDG and Ginga++ interfaces
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 3.3 / 3.2 of the HALCON 8.0 GingaDG / Ginga++ interfaces released which provide a special thread handling in continuous grabbing mode (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revisions of the HALCON FlashBusMV and GINGA interfaces
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 3.2 of the HALCON 8.0 FlashBusMV / GINGA interfaces which include a bugfix in querying the revision number of the interface via the operator info_framegrabber (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON PXC interface
  (March 26, 2009)
  New revision 3.2 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 PXC interface released which includes a bugfix in querying the revision number of the interface via the operator info_framegrabber (registered customers can download it here).
 
Updated HALCON 9.0.0.1 Installation Package for Windows
  (February 27, 2009)
  A new version of the HALCON 9.0 installation package for Windows is available. This new version HALCON 9.0.0.1 fixes four critical bugs in HALCON 9.0 which affected the development of HALCON applications considerably: Erroneous usage in Visual Studio designer, wrong HDevelop default language on systems with simplified Chinese, corrupted line break characters in HDevelop cut and paste functionality, and occasionally broken system path during installation. Registered customers can download the new version here.
 
New revision of the HALCON GigEVision interface
  (February 18, 2009)
  New revision 3.4 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 GigEVision interface which includes several minor enhancements and bugfixes, e.g., regarding the support of the 'SingleFrame' acquisition mode and the handling of custom pixel formats (registered customers can download it here).
 
New HALCON Embedded releases for eneo SC series
  (February 16, 2009)
  A new HALCON Embedded version for eneo SC series (HALCON Embedded, Version 9.0) has been released. To download it (registration required) and to read its Installation Guidelines, go here.
 
New revisions of the HALCON RangerC and RangerE interfaces
  (February 16, 2009)
  New revisions 3.3 / 4.1 of the HALCON 8.0 / 9.0 RangerC and RangerE interfaces released which are adapted to the latest icon_API version 3.3.2. Furthermore, these new interface revisions provide the implementation of the operators grab_data and grab_data_async to return a tuple of images in measurement mode instead of multi-channel images and refinements in interacton with the HDevelop Image Acquisition Assistant (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON MILLite interface
  (February 16, 2009)
  New revision 2.6 / 3.4 of the HALCON 7.1 / 8.0 MILLite interface released which provides bugfixes in the operator grab_image_async to reach the full frame rate in case of free-running analog cameras and to allow software triggering. Furthermore, the new interface revision provides support for the Matrox Vio boards (registered customers can download it here).
 
New revision of the HALCON SonyXCI-2 interface
  (February 6, 2009)
  New revision 3.1 of the HALCON 8.0 SonyXCI-2 interface released which is adapted to the latest Sony driver version 1.0.0.0 (registered customers can download it here).
 
Release of HALCON 9.0
  (January 26, 2009)
  HALCON 9.0 - out now! Speed up your development, multiply your productivity, enter new markets, and benefit from the latest in machine vision technology: HALCON 9.0 provides you with many cutting-edge features and improvements, such as the speedup of the entire HALCON library, revolutionary new matching technologies, complete 3D vision support, a powerful new full text editor and other usability enhancements, and the capability to process extremely large images (> 32k x 32k) with HALCON XL. More than 100 new operators, together with all the proven features and many unique selling propositions that established HALCON as a world-wide technology leader, make this version the new cornerstone of advanced machine vision software.
Read more about the new features and enhancements of HALCON 9.0 or view the technical details in the release notes. Registered customers can download HALCON 9.0 right now.
 
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