GemHunt / CoinSorter

Sorts coins by solenoid on a conveyor by classifying images with Caffe & DIGETS
MIT License
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Upgrade cameras & Lighting #50

Closed pkrush closed 6 years ago

pkrush commented 8 years ago

These 50-500 Microscope USB cameras are not the way to go. They are really hard to focus in general and much harder with the belt moving at 72mm a sec.

There is a lot to say about this...

pkrush commented 8 years ago

I might be too much at $40... I ordered one of these:

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pkrush commented 8 years ago

ELP looks like a great company to get cameras from. They sell on AliExpress, eBay, and Amazon.

pkrush commented 8 years ago

Here are two more companies that stock low end machine vision cameras. It would be nice to get a camera with global shutter, but I have yet to see one under $50.

www.leopardimaging.com www.e-consystems.com/