Knowledge base
Recurring selection questions and the reasoning behind them. Every entry ends in an actionable conclusion, not generalities.
10 entries
Glossary
TOPS (tera operations per second) is a peak integer-compute figure for AI chips, usually quoted at INT8 and higher with sparsity. Compare…
What do IP65 / IP67 ratings mean?The first IP digit is dust protection (6 = dust-tight), the second is water (5 = jets, 7 = temporary immersion). Choose at least IP65…
Engineering guides
If any of bandwidth, latency or privacy constrains you, run inference at the edge: millisecond response, video stays on-site, works offline…
Choosing an industrial camera: resolution, frame rate, interfaceDerive resolution from 'smallest defect covers at least 3 pixels', set frame rate from line takt, then pick the interface: GigE for cable…
Do cobots need fencing? Safety-deployment basicsCobots have collision detection and speed limits, but 'fence-free' depends on a whole-cell risk assessment (per ISO/TS 15066 thinking): the…
Choosing within the Jetson Orin family: Nano / NX / AGXTier by streams and model size: 1-4 detection streams - Orin Nano (up to 67 TOPS); 4-8 streams or mid-size models - Orin NX (up to 157 TOPS…
Selection Q&A
GigE Vision runs over Ethernet with ~100m reach and easy multi-camera networking; USB3 Vision offers more bandwidth (~350MB/s class) but…
Modbus RTU vs Modbus TCP - which to use?RTU runs on RS-485 serial - simple wiring, cheap devices, fine for local small-scale acquisition. TCP runs on Ethernet - faster, routable…
AMR vs AGV - what's the difference?AGVs follow fixed guides (magnetic tape / QR codes) - route changes mean infrastructure changes. AMRs navigate autonomously with laser SLAM…
Mechanical vs hybrid-solid-state LiDAR - how to choose?Mechanical units (like the RS-LiDAR-16) sweep 360 degrees with uniform point clouds - good for research and low-speed vehicles…