The VICORE is a compact dual-camera smart vision system from Teledyne Dalsa, built around a 1.8 GHz quad-core Intel x7-E3950 (Apollo Lake) processor. Housed in a fanless 160 × 57 × 90 mm book-style enclosure with passive heat-sink cooling and DIN-rail mounting, it is designed for space-constrained industrial factory-floor deployment. The system provides two GigE Vision camera ports and simultaneously supports 2D area scan cameras, 3D profile sensors, and thermal imaging cameras, enabling mixed-sensor inspection applications from a single compact controller.

How does multi-sensor support expand inspection capability?

Most compact vision controllers are limited to a single camera type. The VICORE dual GigE Vision ports accept mixed sensor modalities — a visible-light 2D camera for surface defect detection, a 3D laser profiler for dimensional measurement, or a LWIR thermal camera for hot-spot analysis — with any two operating concurrently. Resolution support extends up to 25 megapixels for 2D applications. The dedicated 100Base-T PLC port communicates via Ethernet/IP and Profinet, allowing the VICORE to integrate directly with plant-wide automation networks without an intermediate gateway.

What software options are available for application development?

The VICORE runs Teledyne's Sherlock 8 or iNspect embedded application software. Sherlock 8 provides a full-featured development environment for complex inspection logic, pattern matching, measurement, and OCR. iNspect offers a simplified interface for quick deployment of standard inspection tasks with minimal programming. The system also includes 8 digital inputs and 8 digital outputs for direct machine control, RS232 serial, HDMI display output, and 2× USB 3.0 plus 2× USB 2.0 ports for peripherals. Operating temperature range is -20°C to +50°C with CE, FCC Class A, and RoHS certifications.