Overview:
The course aims to provide engineers and technicians with the knowledge and skills to use Cognex In-Sight Explorer software in a confident manner. By applying the tools, the learners will gain a good understanding of the features that the In-Sight range offers and an appreciation of the range’s powerful inspection, identification and guidance capabilities in manufacturing environments.
This course is designed for beginners to machine vision and will cover the basics including how the vision systems work, field of view, image acquisition, resolution and lighting techniques.
The course will progress and provide the learners with the skills to write a job file, connect to the camera and set up an image. The learners will gain confidence in using In-Sight Explorer software and the wide range of tools available to program the cameras.
The course will provide the learners with the skills to diagnose and carry out fault finding activities.
Content:
Cognex product range
What is vision?
How vision systems work
Field of view
Image acquisition
Resolution
Lighting techniques
What are vision tools?
In-Sight Explorer spreadsheet vs Easy Builder
Connecting to a camera
Saving job files, Backup, Restore, Saving images
Tools
Strings / Text
Presence and absence
Edge
Blob Pattern / PatMax
Maths
Structures
Histograms
Counting / Measuring
Distance
Filters
Snippets
Calibration
Error handling
Events
Connections
Security
Inspect edge
OCR / OCV
Colour tools
ID tools
Fault finding