Gardasoft Vision Ltd was founded in 1999 by Peter Bhagat, to provide turnkey machine vision systems for industry and image processing software consultancy. The market need for lighting controllers was quickly identified and Gardasoft's first controller, the PP101, was released in 2000.

The company's core business is the design, development and supply of high performance LED lighting controllers. The company no longer undertakes machine vision or consultancy projects. However the knowledge gained from producing systems means that detailed and knowledgeable applications advice on the use of controllers in machine vision systems can always be provided.

The company benefits from the "Cambridge Effect" - this region has a highly skilled workforce and has invented and developed many leading technologies in use worldwide today. There is a high concentration of advanced technology companies in Cambridge.

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PP400 Series Lighting Controllers

PP400 Series Specification:

- Four constant current outputs up to 2A or 10A pulsed per channel
- From 0mA to 10A in steps of 2.5mA resolution
- DIN rail or panel mounting.
- Patented SafeSense technology protects the LEDs from
- 4 opto-isolated digital inputs. Require 5V to 24V
- Pulses from 20uS to 999 milliseconds in steps of 20uS. Timing repeatability 0.1uS
- Optional 'fast' version allows pulse widths down to 1uS
- Single DC supply up to 48V
- 118mm long by 76mm wide by 27mm high (excluding DIN fixing).

Series USA V004 Data Sheet (1.4MB-PDF file)

PP500 Series Lighting Controllers

PP500 Series Specification:

- Two constant current outputs up to 10A
- Ethernet plus push button and display
- TCP/IP and UDP comms option
- From 0mA to 10A in steps of 2.5mA. Up to 2A per channel continuous or 10A pulsed
- 2 opto-isolated digital inputs. Require 5V to 24V.
- Pulses from 20us to 999 milliseconds in steps of 20us. Timing repeatability 0.1us
- Single DC supply up to 48V
- DIN rail or panel mounting.
- 118mm long by 76mm wide by 27mm high (excluding DIN fixing).

Series USA V007 Data Sheet (528KB-PDF file)

  PP820 Series Lighting Controllers

PP820 Series Specification:
- Output channels - 8 independent constant current output channels with independant pulse control
- Output current - Various options of output control resolution offering step sizes ranging from 100mA down to 0.5mA
- Trigger inputs - 8 opto-isolated digital inputs
- Pulse width timing - From 1 microsecond to 3 seconds in steps of 100 nanoseconds.
- Delay from trigger to pulse - From 5 microseconds to 3 seconds in steps of 100 nanoseconds.
- Supply voltage - Unregulated or regulated 12V to 48V
- Ethernet control
- Dimensions - 245mm long by 51mm wide by 109mm high
- Weight - 750g
- Mounting - Panel mounting. Six M4 tapped holes

Series USA V007 Data Sheet (684KB-PDF file)

  PP860C Lighting Controller Range

PP860 Specification:
- Output channels - 8 independent constant current output channels
- Output current - Controllable in steps of 0.1A. Up to 20A pulsed or 2A continuous. High current pulses are powered from a reservoir within the PP860
- Trigger inputs - 8 opto-isolated digital inputs
- Pulse width timing - From 1 microsecond to 2 milliseconds in steps of 100 nanoseconds. Timing repeatability 10 nanoseconds
- Delay from trigger to pulse - From 5 microseconds to 2 milliseconds in steps of 100 nanoseconds. Timing repeatability 100 nanoseconds
- Supply voltage - Unregulated or regulated 12V to 48V
- Control - RS232 commands at 115 Kbaud
- Dimensions - 245mm long by 51mm wide by 109mm high
- Weight - 750g
- Mounting - Panel mounting. Six M4 tapped holes

Series USA V007 Data Sheet (592KB-PDF file)

  CC320 Trigger Timing Controller

CC320 Specification:

- 8 opto-isolated digital inputs require 5V to 24V
- 8 open collector outputs (switch up to 24V)
- Status LEDs on all lines
- TCP/IP and UDP comms option
- Very flexible configuration
- Pulse widths from 100us
- Single DC supply 12V to 24V
- DIN rail mounting
- 100mm long by 50mm wide by 27mm high (excluding DIN fixing)

Series USA V007 Data Sheet (291KB-PDF file)