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Donal Waide

Donal Waide is the director of sales at BitFlow Inc, a frame grabber manufacturer in Woburn, MA. He has been involved in the machine vision industry since the 1990s. For more information, call (781) 921-2900, email donal.waide@bitflow.com or visit www.bitflow.com.

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BitFlow Claxon CXP4

Machine Vision Frame-by-Frame

Once written off as old tech, the frame grabber has become a necessary, dynamic component of industrial inspection.
Donal Waide
June 30, 2020
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Frame grabbers are essential components in machine vision systems that provide ultra high-speed, high-data image capture from one camera or multiple cameras simultaneously. 


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CXP frame grabbers

Applying the CoaXPress Interface in Multi-Camera Machine Vision Systems

Multiple camera systems have been a fixture in machine vision for decades. What is new is the use of CXP.
Donal Waide
January 1, 2020
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Understandably, designers of high-throughput, multi-camera machine vision systems have grown dissatisfied with those aging standards and have found a new champion, CoaXPress (CXP), a high-speed, point-to-point, serial communications interface that runs data over off-the-shelf 75Ω coaxial cables.


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A CoaXPress frame grabber (Cyton CXP4). Source: BitFlow

Cross-Industry Collaboration Can Fuel Machine Vision Innovation

Machine vision applications have grown exponentially.
Donal Waide
January 8, 2018
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Since its early days, machine vision has been primarily used to check the liquid level in a bottle, or verify if a packaging label is applied correctly.


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These cameras provide excellent imaging from low to high light scenes

The Future of Machine Vision Standards

Because of the large scope of machine vision, there can be no true winner of this battle of standards. 
Donal Waide
July 1, 2017
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In 2000, the Camera Link standard was adopted as one of the first machine vision standards. Now more than 17 years old, it has seen some changes and several other standards have emerged and been adopted by the industry.


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Frame Grabbers

CoaXPress Technology

Bringing Quality control to higher levels
Donal Waide
July 2, 2014
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Over the last four decades the demand for quality in manufacturing has dramatically increased.


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