5 Best Machine Vision Cable For Sale

Industrial camera is the key component of the machine vision system. It convert the optical signal captured by the industrial camera into an electrical signal. After the industrial camera captures the image, the data is transmitted to the controller through machine vision cables.

In industrial automation, the controller judges whether the product is defective by identifying the image. The machine vsion cables are used to connect the industrial camera, the controller and other equipment.

In the application of machine vision industrial cameras and monitoring fields, higher and higher transmission speed and accuracy are required, and most of the application environments are harsh outdoor or industrial environments,the machine vision cables have to meet these different requirements, can transmit stable and quick datas in these harsh environments.

Different brands of industrial cameras, and even the same brand of industrial cameras will have different data transmission interfaces and cables.

The machine vision cables mainly have 3 different types:

Data transmission machine vision cables

Mainly used for data transmission, some interfaces support data transmission and power connection at the same time,such as GigE , USB3.0 , CoaXpress , Camera Link

Machine vision I/O cables

Used to control the actions of industrial cameras, such as shutter control, etc. The most popular vision I/O cable is Hirose HR10 cable , other cables like vision camera M12 cables , vision camera M12 USB cables , vision camera M12 D-SUB15 cables

Machine vision power cables

Mainly used to supply power to industrial cameras, like M8 3 pin cables , M8 4 pin cables , M5 4 pin cables

What are the most widely used interfaces and machine vision cables?

Machine Vision Type A USB3.0 MicroB Cable

The industrial camera that adopt USB interface is a digital camera, and the output image is a digital signal image. USB is the abbreviation of Universal Serial Bus. The USB2.0 interface have 4 “pins”, 2 them are used for power supply and the other two are used for signal transmission.

Due to the slow transmission rate of the USB2.0 interface, the transmission speed is only 480Mbps, and the communication distance is also very short, only 5m, and it takes up a lot of bandwidth and CPU during the image transmission process, that consumes a lot of resources. In addition, the USB2.0 interface is not designed with much consideration for industrial cameras and large-scale and industrial automation applications. There is no screw fixation, it may become loose in a vibration environment, resulting in interruption of transmission.

USB3.0 is developed based on USB2.0, increase two data lines, compatible with USB2.0, greatly improving the transmission rate, reaching 4.8Gbps, and the transmission distance is also enhanced compared to USB2.0, It reaches ten meters, but it is not long enough for some applications.Because industrial cameras with USB interfaces are easy to use and easy to connect to computers, have been widely used in microscopes, scientific research experiments, portable equipment and other fields.

The type A USB3.0 Micro-B cable has been widely used in industrial cameras, but with the continuous development and maturity of USB Type-C technology, many people predict that USB type-c will replace the USB Type A Micro-B interface.

The type A USB3.0 MicroB cable has many advantages:

1. Serial interface, hot-swappable, easy to operate, and unprofessional operators will not damage the industrial camera.

2. It can be directly connected to the computer, because most computers are equipped with a USB interface, no capture card is required, and the cost is saved.

3. Can power the camera without extra cable

CAZN Connector have 3 different types Type A USB3.0 MicroB cable:

1. Both ends straight
2. Angled Type-A USB3.0
3. Angled MicroB

Vision Camera Type A USB3.0 MicroB Cable parameters:

• Shielding : Yes
• Interface Standard : USB3.0
• Application : Machine vision
• Gender : Male
• Pin number : 10 pin
• Voltage : 5V
• Cable gauge: 28AWG
• Cable OD : 6.5mm
• Cable length : 1M 3M 5M 7M 0r customized length
• Contact material : copper (gold-plated)
• Shell material : PA66
• Temperature range : -25~+85
• Waterproof degree : Non-waterproof
• Shielding : Braid
• Certification : CE ROHs

Camera Link Machine Vision Cable

Camera link is a digital image signal communication interface protocol specially used in machine vision industrial cameras introduced by the AIA Association. Similar to USB, cameralink is also a serial communication protocol.

Camera Link adopts the LVDS interface standard (Low Voltage Differential Signaling), which has the following advantages:

1. Low power consumption and will not occupy a lot of resources

2. Fast speed is suitable for real-time transmission of large data volume of industrial cameras

3. Strong anti-interference ability to ensure correct and stable data transmission

4. Can be made of high flex wire, which is suitable for towline application

Channel Link technology was improved and developed, and Camera Link was born.

Compared with Channel Link, Camera Link adds some transmission control signals. It turned out that the transmission speed was only 250Mbit/s. After parallel processing, it is increased to 6.4Gbit/s, and the cost is almost unchanged. .

Channel Link, promoted by the American Automation Industry Association AIA, has become one of the industry standards for machine vision products. The Camera Link standard includes cameras, cables, and frame grabbers.

The Camera Link protocol typically uses a 26-pin MDR or SDR connector. The pin definitions for these two connectors are exactly the same, but the MDR size is larger and the SDR size is smaller. Due to the large size of the MDR, the camera size will also be made big size , some camera have 4 Camera Link interface , then the camera will be very big for machine vision application. In the case of inconvenient operation, SDR connectors were developed, which are smaller in size but have the same performance as MDR.

The industrial camera using the Camera Link interface needs to be used with the Camera Link acquisition card. The Camera Link acquisition card is generally installed on the control computer through the PCI-E interface. Its image acquisition, processing and other software algorithms are mainly completed on the Camera Link acquisition card. , installation and operation need professional personnel to complete.

The cable connector of Camera Link is very large, and the data cable is also very thick (26 signal lines), which makes the cable difficult to bend, and the cost is quite expensive. In order to solve the problem that the Camera Link cable is difficult to bend, people developed a “High-flex” data cable, the price will be more expensive.

Note: The Camera Link interface does not support hot swapping. When the camera is working with power on, it is strictly forbidden to unplug the data interface, so there is a certain probability that the camera will be damaged!

For the Camera Link machine vision cables , CAZN have 3 different types:

1. Camera Link MDR to MDR cables
2. Camera Link SDR to MDR cables
3. Camera Link SDR to SDR cables

Machine vision Camera Link Cable Parameters

• Interface Standard : Camera link
• Application : Machine vision
• Gender : Male
• Pin number : 26 pin
• Voltage : 12V
• Cable gauge:  28 AWG data line , 24 AWG power line
• Cable OD : 9.3mm
• Cable length : 1M 3M 5M 10M 0r customized length
• Contact material : copper (gold-plated)
• Shell material : PA66
• Temperature range : -25~+85
• Waterproof degree : Non-waterproof
• Connector : HONDA from Japan , support PoCL power
• System requirements : industrial PC with free MDR interface and Camera Link frame grabber
• Certification : CE ROHs

Vision Camera GigE Cables

Vision camera GigE cable is also called Gigabit Ethernet cable , it is the most popular industrial camera data transmission interface cable.

AIA (Automatde Imaging Association) created this standard, and it has been quickly promoted and applied in the industrial camera industry. The basis of the GIGE camera interface standard is Gigabit Ethernet network communication protocol.

GigE industrial cameras can perform long-distance high-speed image transmission through the existing Ethernet cable, with fast transmission speed and large amount of transmitted data.

Many machine vision applications use GigE. Because its easy installation and high performance, GigE had been widely used in industrial machine vision system. Different industrial camera brands and software providers have different industrial camera products based on the GIGE interface.

Many machine vision applications require high-speed, long-distance, and large-scale transmission of image data, and often face harsh environments, such as towline applications, vibration, electromagnetic interference in industrial automation,GigE can perfectly solve these problems. .

The GiGE standard is built based on the UDP protocol. The application layer protocol is different from the ordinary network data packet. GVCP (GigE Vision Control Protocol) is used to configure the camera, and GVSP (GigE Vision Streaming Protocol) is used to transmit the datas. The GIGE machine vision software system is developed under these two protocols and enables the management and control of industrial cameras.

Main types Of Machine Vision GigE Cables

1. Both ends RJ45 vision camera GigE cable , angled or rotated
2. GigE M12 cable, one end M12 connector ,the other end is RJ45

Advantages of GigE Industrial Cameras

1. Most manufacturers in the market have industrial cameras suitable for the GIGE interface. This is an open protocol,many companies and institutions have developed compatible software and hardware based on GigE, have all the functions and performance that other interface have.

2. The GigE Vision solution is highly cost-effective solution and can achieve long-distance and high-speed image transmission through standard network cables at low cost.

3. High versatility, the cameras from different manufacturers can be operated by software from other supplier, the operation is convenient and fast

4. GigE cameras can achieve data transfer speed up to 1000Mb/s, which is extremely fast

5. The transmission distance is long, up to 100 meters or even longer, which solves the problem of long-distance transmission

When choosing an industrial camera, the user first considers image resolution, image quality, etc., but the image quality is only a part of the machine vision system, and the high-speed and stable data transmission from camera to the control system by the vision camera cable is also very important , it take little part of the cost, but play a big role.

The stable, high-speed, long-distance, and low-cost characteristics of GigE make it the fastest growing, most widely used, and most popular digital interface in industrial cameras, and can realize all the functions of analog camera interface.

Parameters for vision camera GigE cables

• Product Name : Machine vision camera GigE cable
• Type : Gigabit ethernet RJ45 cable
• Shielding : Yes
• Interface Standard : GigE
• Application : Machine vision
• Pin number : 8 pin
• Number of folding : Ten million times
• Cable OD :  6.6mm
• Conductor Specification: 26AWG
• Cable length : 1M 3M 5M 10M 0r customized length
• Contact material : copper (gold-plated)
• Shell material : PA66
• Temperature range : -25~+85
• Waterproof degree : Non-waterproof
• Connector : RJ45
• Cable Jacket : PVC / PUR / TPU
• Shell Material : PA66
• Certification : CE ROHs

CoaXPress（CXP）Interface – Machine vision Camera CoaXpress Cable

The CoaXpress interface first appeared in 2008 for high-speed machine vision systems. The CXP interface uses 75Ω coaxial cable, and the data transmission speed is 6.25Gbit/s. If there are higher data transmission requirements, multiple channels can be used.

The maximum power of each CXP cable is 13W, and the matching camera and host need to have the GenICam camera programming interface. Single-channel coaxial cable applications are very cost-effective in machine vision, and if multi-channel technology is used, the installation of multi-channel cable assemblies and frame clips will result in a lot of increase in cost.

CoaXPress has very clear advantages:

1. High transmission speed, asymmetric high-speed point-to-point serial communication digital interface standard, transmission speed up to 6.25Gbps, large amount of data transmission

2. Long transmission distance, more than 100m.

3. Multi-channel transmission can be selected to increase the transmission speed

4. Cost-effective and cost-saving

5. Easy to integrate, match a variety of camera brands and other devices

6. Support hot swap, no need for professional operation, not easy to damage the camera

As technology develops, future machine vision applications may require higher transmission speeds and larger batches of data, and the CoaXPress standard can meet the growing demand in the future.

Due to its obvious advantages, CoaXPress is not only widely used in the field of machine vision, but also medical equipment and security monitoring that originally used coaxial cables began to use CoaXpress interfaces.

CoaXPress can upgrade analog video to digital video without changing the original wiring and cables.

CoaXPress cables and connectors are required to meet IEC standards for industrial environments, and there are two types of connectors for cameras and frame grabbers – 75Ω DIN 1.0/2.3 type or 75Ω BNC type, both of which are suitable for high vibration industrial environments.

Brief For CoaXpress Camera BNC Cable

• BNC connector is a connector for coaxial cable
• The full name is Bayonet Nut Connector
• Coaxial cable is a shielded cable with long transport distance and the advantage of signal stability.
• It is used in a large number of communication systems, in high-end monitors, and audio devices are often used to transmit audio, video signals.
• It is mainly used to connect the workstation and the like a system with high scanning frequency, so it is very good choice for machine vision.
• The BNC connector can reduce the signal disturbation to each other and realize optimum signal response effect.

Brief For CoaXpress Camera DIN 1.0 / 2.3 Cable

• The DIN connector for coaXpress camera cable mainly use DIN 1.0 / 2.3
• DIN full name is Deutsches Institut für Normung , it is the largest and widely representative non-profit standardization non-governmental organization in Germany , it is a series of connector standards formulated by it
• The DIN 1.0/2.3 connectors are very small in size and compact in design, ideal for smaller spaces, enabling dense connector installations and saving shipping costs.
• DIN 1.0/2.3 connectors comply CECC 22 230, DIN 47297 and DIN 41626
• DIN 1.0/2.3 connector is high-performance connector withfrequency up to 10GHz, supporting high-speed data transmission for machine vision.

DIN To Din / DIN To BNC / BNC To BNC CoaXpress Camera BNC DIN Cable Technical Paremeters:

• Place of Origin : Guangdong , China
• Product Name : Machine vision CoaXpress camera cable
• Application : Machine vision
• Shielding : Yes
• Interface standard : CoaXpress
• Type : BNC to BNC , BNC to DIN , DIN to DIN
• Cable length : 1M / 3M / 5M / 10M / customized
• Cable : 23 AWG  Strand  Bare Copper 2.049Ω
• Impedance : 75 ohm
• Frequency range : 0~6 GHz
• VSWR : Straight ≦ 1.3max / Angled ≦ 1.5max
• Withstand voltage : 750 V rms
• Operating voltage : 500 V rms
• Center Contact Resistance : ≦ 6.0 mΩ
• External Contact Resistance : ≦ 3.0 mΩ
• Insulation resistance : 5000 ohms min
• Coupling method : push-pull
• Holding Force : 4 lbs min.
• Mating durability : more than 500 times
• Temperature range : -65°C ~ +165°C
• Certification : CE ROHs

Vision Camera Hirose HR10 cable

Hirose HR10 cables had been used a lot for machine vision camera power supply and I/O interface connection. 

Digital I/O interface: The application of machine vision is not just to capture images, interaction with other equipment and instruments is also part of its work. The digital I/O interface is the interface for communicating with other equipment and instruments. 

For example, industrial camera triggers the shutter through an external event to capture an image, which is the external trigger output. 

Vision Camera Power I/O Hirose HR10 Cable Technical Paremeters:

• Place of Origin : Guangdong , China
• Product Name : Hirose HR10 Cable
• Type : Machine vision I/O or power cable
• Shielding : Yes
• Interface Standard : HR10 I/O
• Application : Machine vision
• Gender : Female
• Pin number : 4 5 6 10 12 20 pin
• Rated Current : 2A
• Rated Voltage : AC150V/ DC200V/AC100V/DC140V/AC100V/DC140V
• Shieliding : Braid
• Cable length : 1M 3M 5M 10M 0r customized length
• Contact material : copper (gold-plated)
• Cable material : PVC/PUR/TPU
• Temperature range : -25~+85
• Waterproof degree : Non-waterproof
• Certification : CE ROHs

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