HALCON 18.11 machine vision software offers expanded deep learning functionality
28 Nov 2018
A USB3 Vision interface for both 32 and 64 bit is provided. A further improvement is that the reading of data codes has been optimized and made more flexible. For example, the ECC200 data code reader is much faster and capable of reading codes with missing or damaged/disrupted "quiet zones”. In addition, codes against complex backgrounds can be found and read faster and more robustly.
Enhanced features for developers
HALCON's HDevelop integrated development environment now allows easy identification and checking of current features of complex data structures at a glance, to help with debugging. A new data structure called ‘dictionaries’ is provided for conveniently managing complex data. Different data types, such as images, ROIs, and parameter settings, can be grouped into a single dictionary, allowing data to be easily shared for offline debugging. Dictionaries can be read using the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data exchange format, allowing more efficient integration of data from different sources.
The field bus connection is another useful feature for developers. The Hilscher CifX interface allows communication with almost all industrial field bus protocols including Profibus, ProfiNet, and Ethernet/IP. HALCON 18.11 also fully supports UTF-8 encoding, for use of the software in multiple languages simultaneously. Western alphabets and Asian characters are now displayed in the same encoding and no longer have to be converted from one to another, reducing error rates.
HALCON 18.11 is available in two editions. The ‘Progress’ edition is a subscription version on a six-month release cycle, while the ‘Steady’ edition can be purchased with a release cycle of two years.
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HALCON is a comprehensive standard software for machine vision with an integrated development environment (IDE) that serves all industries. It provides outstanding performance and a comprehensive support of multi-core platforms and special instructions sets like AVX2, as well as GPU acceleration.