25 Mar 2014 For users needing precise control of their machine vision LED lighting, the new Gardasoft RC Series is a range of single channel LED Controllers providing a cost effective entry level to industry’s most powerful LED controllers for machine vision lighting. Utilising Gardasoft’s SafePower™ and SafeSense™ patented technology, the RC Controllers deliver the power regulation, intensity control, timing and triggering functions required for the highest performance vision systems.
The RC Series have the flexibility to operate in either continuous or strobe modes. In continuous mode a highly stable and accurate constant current of up to 1.2A is provided, and in pulse mode high current pulsing to 2A is possible with up to 10X safe overdriving capability. The units have a maximum power rating of 25W, and because of SafePower™ there is much greater flexibility in the DC power supply used - the advantages being that no heat-sinking is required and the output voltage is not limited to the supply voltage.
When it comes to universal control of lighting, it’s important to know the current rating of the light that is being driven - with inherent SafeSense™ technology, an RC Series controller can detect the current rating of a light to be controlled so it can set safe overdriving pulse width and duty cycle limits.
RC products can be configured by either Ethernet or push-button interfaces - depending on model type. With the Ethernet options, a web browser can be used to access the RC Series internal web pages allowing status to be viewed and parameters to be changed. Peter Bhagat, CEO of Gardasoft Vision, comments that “…the launch of the RC Series is an important step in enabling high function lighting control to a wider range of applications, and is especially valuable at the fast growing smart camera segment of the machine vision industry”.
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