The successful application of machine vision technology involves an intricately and carefully balanced mix of a variety of elements.

Teledyne e2v announced the expansion of its Snappy family of image sensors with a new 5 Megapixel device. The SnappyTM 5M is designed for barcode reading, 2D scanning and other demanding applications. 

Teledyne DALSA introduced its newest Genie™ Nano camera built around the Sony® Pregius 5.1M polarized image sensor.

Teledyne DALSA introduced its newest Genie Nano cameras built around ON Semiconductor’s Python P3 1.3M CMOS image sensors. These new models feature a global shutter, with 1280 x 1024 resolution, and image capture of up to 83 frames-per-second with Teledyne’s TurboDrive technology. 

Over the past several years, there has been a major realignment and consolidation among the companies that design, manufacture, and distribute image sensors. 

FRAMOS Technologies has broadened its existing partnership with Sony.

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The advancement of different digital technologies is one of the main drivers for the development of image sensors. Functions that were previously independent or could not be integrated can currently be packed into one device.