Real-Time Industrial Vision Inspection with FPGA: From GigE Cameras to Defect Calibration
Along a production-line defect inspection pipeline, from camera pixels to the rejection signal, where exactly is the FPGA irreplaceable? This article first tallies the bandwidth budget of the full data flow, then breaks down the four roles FPGA plays in the vision pipeline, compares the real-time limits of traditional algorithms versus deep learning, and finally gives a deployable hardware selection through a real PCB solder-joint AOI station case.