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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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Vision & Sensors | Machine Vision 101

Camera Link Standard Continues to Evolve with Machine Vision Industry

Although more than two decades old, camera link shows no sign of slowing down.
Donal Waide
September 1, 2021
242 Comments

Launched in 2000 by the Automated Imaging Association, the Camera Link™ digital interface standard has stood the test of time.


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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
3 Comments

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
One Comment

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
No Comments

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
No Comments

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
2 Comments

Over the last four decades the demand for quality in manufacturing has dramatically increased.


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