Software
In order to achieve simple system integration, wenglor offers a software development kit (SDK) for all ShapeDrive G4 sensors, which can be downloaded free of charge. This is made up of the following components. 

License
This page provides license information for wenglor's open source software.

Product Highlights
On these pages, innovation is more than just a promise. All information about new product series as well as downloads, tutorials, templates and much more are combined here and clearly prepared – tangible, understandable and traceable. Everything at a glance.

History of the wenglor Group
Technology that moves in over three decades of wenglor sensoric group. On this interactive journey through time, we researched deep into wenglor’s archives and have tracked the history of the company since the eighties – starting in an attic and growing into a global corporation.

FAQs
What is structured light? What is a 3D point cloud? How does triangulation work? On this page, the most frequently asked questions on the topic of 3D sensors have been compiled for both experts and laypeople. 

FAQ Machine Vision Software
What is machine vision software? What image processing software does wenglor offer? And what functions do the different software packages offer? This page provides a clear overview of frequently asked questions relating to machine vision software. 

Product Highlights wenglor Discovery Tool
The wenglor Discovery Tool is a software for easily searching for and finding wenglor machine vision devices in the network regardless of the network configuration of the system or the PC! It enables the network configuration of wenglor machine vision devices to be adjusted.  

Bin Picking – Automated Part Detection
Camera-based 3D ShapeDrive sensors are the ideal solution for bin picking applications where the bins are not in motion.

Vision Expertise Expanded: wenglor sensoric Acquires Illumination Experts TPL Vision
At the end of August 2021, the wenglor group expanded its product portfolio in the field of illumination technology. With the takeover of the Scottish-French company TPL Vision, wenglor is once again reinforcing its position in the Machine Vision sector – specifically with innovative LED illumination technologies for industrial image processing. The specialist founded in 2005 will be integrated into the wenglor group as a division, but will continue to exist as an independent business unit.  “We are very pleased to be able to significantly strengthen wenglor’s product portfolio in the Machine Vision area through the acquisition of TPL Vision,” says wenglor Managing Director Rafael Baur. “The additional know-how and almost 16 years of experience of TPL in the field of industrial illumination technologies are a real advantage. wenglor and TPL will achieve great things together!” The two central locations of TPL Vision in Perth, Scotland and La Chevrolière, France, where the company moved into a new production facility just this year, will remain in operation. All employees will remain part of the independent wenglor business unit. This also means that existing TPL customers will continue to be supported by their usual contact persons. “wenglor and TPL share not only a young, dynamic and family-oriented corporate culture, but also the passion for innovative technologies,” confirms Daniel Huber, who will be Managing Director of TPL Vision in the future. Innovative, International and Technologically Advanced TPL Vision offers a comprehensive product range of different illumination technologies. Thanks to the bright LEDs, so-called power LEDs, objects and surfaces can be perfectly illuminated in any situation and complex tasks can be solved optimally with vision systems, smart cameras or vision sensors. In addition to backlights, spot, ring, bar or dome lighting are also part of the product range, which includes several thousand products. The expertise of wenglor’s new business unit also includes special illumination systems for the food industry or UV light. “The wide variety of different illuminations solutions enables us to offer our customers the right combination of camera system, lighting, analysis module and software as a complete package for all types of applications,” says Christian Vollrath, Head of the Computer Vision business unit at wenglor. “This will allow us to further expand our position as a full-service provider in the Machine Vision sector.” Growth Through Expansion The signs continue to point to growth within the wenglor group. The acquisition of illumination specialist TPL Vision marks the fourth successful acquisition by the family-owned company in Tettnang: Back in 2012/2013, wenglor expanded its portfolio with the acquisitions of AFM Sensorik GmbH and MEL Mikroelektronik GmbH in the fields of flow sensor technology and 2D/3D sensor technology. The acquisition of ShapeDrive GmbH, a specialist in 3D sensors, followed in 2017. The number of employees within the wenglor group grew to almost 1,000 in total over the course of this year. In order to meet this growth, new development and production centers with a total floor space of 12,000 m² will be built both at the company headquarters in Tettnang and in Unterschleißheim, Bavaria, which will be completed over the next year. About TPL Vision Since its foundation in 2005, TPL Vision has been developing and manufacturing LED illumination for use in industrial automation, machine vision, robotics, and logistics applications. TPL Vision's high power LED products and solutions are designed to provide users with the best balance between brightness and homogeneity, ensuring imaging systems can handle almost any industrial imaging processing task. Using optimized LED illumination in this way enables vision systems, smart cameras and vision sensors to perform impeccable quality checks, even over the longest working distances and largest fields of view.

Machine Vision in 3D: Precise Point Clouds without Artifacts
The latest machine vision release from wenglor sensoric group has it all: The next generation of ShapeDrive 3D sensors is now available worldwide – and stronger than ever before. The two product series from the ShapeDrive G4 family for small and large measuring volumes MLAS and MLBS generate high-resolution point clouds in the shortest possible time with almost no noise or artifacts. Among other things, this is made possible by the integrated MPSoC technology (multiprocessor system-on-a-chip), which ensures powerful performance values fourfold. The integrated Ethernet interface with up to 10 Gbit/s also enables fast transmission speeds. The 3D sensors of the new ShapeDrive G4 product family meet the highest demands on the quality and availability of 3D point clouds. The combination of high-quality hardware and sophisticated algorithms ensures an excellent measuring rate and display performance. Stable and repeatable measured values are guaranteed even under fluctuating ambient conditions thanks to the built-in temperature management. The G4 sensors can be integrated via an SDK or a GigE Vision interface. The built-in web server also makes configuration easier. Calibration on delivery and regular updates ensure that the sensors provide consistent results for years to come and stay up-to-date at all times. Two out of nine sensor models come with 5 MP resolution and three others with 12 MP resolution. All models cover small measuring volumes of just 60 × 40 × 40 mm – for example, for inspecting the smallest electronic components such as circuit boards – up to large volumes of 1,300 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm, e.g. for bin picking applications from large containers. ShapeDrive G4: New Chip Technology Enables Four Times More Performance All of these advantages are made possible by sophisticated multiprocessor system-on-a-chip technology (MPSoC). ShapeDrive G4 combines four performance features on a single chip. Two Dual Core Arm® processors with up to 1.3 GHz act as a unit to enable extremely smooth command processing, control and communication. As a real-time processing unit with 192k System Logic Cells, the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) enables fast calculation of the 3D point clouds in less than 250 milliseconds. The large (4 GB) and fast (19.2 Gbit/s) memory manages the huge amounts of data in a very short time. Generated data volumes are transmitted via Gigabit Ethernet interface with fast transmission speeds of up to 10 Gbit/s. Bin Picking, Depalletizing, Measurement Technology: Application Variety in 3D More and more companies are relying on 3D measurement technology with results in micrometer accuracy. Logistics companies in particular have long been aware of the advantages of this innovative technology: For fully automated gripping and moving of chaotically arranged objects, so-called bin picking, for loading and unloading Euro pallets (depalletizing) or for robot-assisted filling and emptying of pallet cages or multiple Euroboxes: 3D sensor technology makes handling movements by robots, which can be reproduced millions of times over, even safer, more reliable and faster. In bin picking applications in particular, users benefit from the symmetrical design of the built-in camera and illumination – which significantly reduces shadowing effects in containers. However, the micrometer-precise resolution of the sensors is also used for the visual quality inspection of metal components in the automotive industry. Structured Light: How 3D Sensors Work Structured light is an illumination technology where the light creates a known pattern such as grids or bars. The depth and surface information of the objects can be detected by the way in which the patterns are deformed. Highly accurate resolutions of less than 10 micrometers can be achieved with the measurement method based on triangulation and structured light. This enables the smallest structures that are practically invisible to the human eye to be identified. The pattern sequence of structured light is recorded by the camera. The result of the calculation is a 3D point cloud – i.e. the set of points providing a three-dimensional description of the object surface. Information on the intensity and quality of the point can also be obtained. The Highlights at a Glance 9 model variants in two MLAS and MLBS series Camera resolutions of 5 or 12 MP MPSoC including FPGA for integrated 3D point cloud calculation for the highest measuring rates up to 4 Hz (250 ms)  Active temperature management for stable measured values SDK and GigE Vision interface up to 1/10 Gbit/s 4 digital I/Os Standard M12 connections Durable housing with IP67 protection

ShapeDrive MLAS – 3D Sensor
The ten variants included in the ShapeDrive MLAS series are available in two performance classes with camera resolutions of 5 and 12 megapixels. Thanks to IP65 protection class, the robust MLAS sensors are suitable for use in harsh industrial environments.

ShapeDrive MLBS – 3D Sensor
The six variants included in the ShapeDrive MLBS series are available in two performance classes with camera resolutions of 5 and 12 megapixels. Thanks to the rugged IP67 housing, the MLBS sensors are suited for use in industrial environments.