LED rings
 

We would like to buy a led ring for our Axis Camera. The only ones that we can find are all White. has anybody had any success with using a white LED ring? Most of the teams I have seen have used a green ring. Also, white size diameter do we need to use with the axis camera?

Re: LED rings
 

Where did you find the rings? We would like to use one but cannot locate a supplier.

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Try Super Bright Leds. They are called ascent rings

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Our team has used green LED's in the past. I believe the reasoning is that green lights have a slightly higher intensity therefore any reflections are easier for the Axis camera to find. We are trying to use a green LED ring because of the issues we have had with white ones. Our previous white ones have had an issue being recognized by the Axis camera after being reflected. A lot has to do with the amount of outside light that may interfere with the camera's readings. Personally I would suggest getting a green LED ring just because of the issues I have seen with white ones.

As for the diameter, personally I suggest getting the 60mm because it fits around the axis camera perfectly. We are still trying to find a good way to mount it. Our team may end up just using double sided tape if we cant figure anything better out.

Hope that helps :)
Kevin

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is there any alternative to the axis camera?

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It doesn't matter what camera you use, if you want to be able to track the vision targets, you're going to need to shine a light of some sort at it.

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Thank you!!

:D

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I only ask because we need to buy a camera, and we really do not want to spend $200 on an axis camera if not necessary. We do have a kinect, if that will work.

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You can use the Kinect, as well as most webcams, however, since these require a USB connection, you'll need a separate onboard processor to do your vision processing. This often requires a basic understanding of Linux, and if you have not played around with this form of vision processing, I would say it's a little too late in build season to be poking around with it.