Tools · Machine vision

Calculate before you buy

Machine vision equipment calculations, selection, and comparisons — free and unrestricted.

The catalog has 1548 items · calculations are verified by 1011 tests

Tools

Use these tools for preliminary calculations, component selection, specification comparisons, and calibration target generation. An MVisionPro engineer can review the results and proposed components.

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Lens and Camera Calculator

Enter the inspection area, minimum defect, working distance, and conveyor speed to calculate the required resolution, focal length, and exposure time, and find camera and lens pairs.

Shows whether the object will fit in the frame with a specific lens
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Camera Cross-Reference

Enter a Basler, Cognex, FLIR, or Daheng model to compare Hikrobot candidates: see which specifications match, which differ, and which are unknown. If no suitable candidate is found, the result explains whether the cause is a mismatch or missing data.

Compare published specifications, differences, and data gaps across 1,236 model pages
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Image Sensor Reference

Each sensor has a page listing all our cameras that use it, with resolution, interface, and frame rate. From each row, open the catalog entry or the lens calculator. Sony IMX, Gpixel, and onsemi—48 sensors.

Find Hikrobot camera models that use the same image sensor
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Calibration Target Generator

Generate an accurately scaled SVG checkerboard, circle grid, asymmetric circle grid, or ChArUco target, with a reference ruler to check that the printer did not rescale it.

Checkerboard, circle grids and ChArUco from one page, sized to the sheet you actually have
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System Configurator

Build a system step by step: camera → lens → frame grabber → cables → power supply. See which component combinations meet the checked requirements, which conflict, and which still need engineering review.

Basler offers something similar, but without quotes or a shareable build link
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Interface Selector

Enter the resolution, frame rate, and camera count to see which interface can handle the load, with aggregate bandwidth verification and frame grabber selection.

Basler recommends an interface technology but does not identify a specific frame grabber
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Line Scan Calculator

Enter the web width, defect size, and line speed to calculate the required line rate with margin, select one camera, and determine the available exposure time, operating mode, line illumination direction, optics, and encoder.

Connect line-scan calculations to camera candidates and an engineering review
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How we differ from other manufacturers’ toolsWe reviewed more than 60 interactive tools from 11 manufacturers. Here is how our tools compare.
1 in 60

Calculation state lives in the URL

Send the link to a colleague and they see exactly the same inputs and result. There is also a PDF and a one-click request. We found that combination in just one of 60 tools.

8.4%

Thin-lens calculations with stated limits

In our worked example, the simplified focal-length formula overestimates the thin-lens result by 8.4%. We use the thin-lens equation and state its assumptions; the selected lens still requires verification against its datasheet.

Under the hood

All tools use the same catalog and formulas. An engineer verifies the calculations; they do not replace engineering review.

Catalog items
1548
Competitor models
1359for camera cross-reference
Calculation tests
1011passing
The tools use a shared equipment catalog; calculations are checked with automated tests.