pylon Software Suite

Industrial image processing software for machine vision

Everything in one software suite – from image acquisition to analysis: the pylon Software Suite combines all the necessary functions in one user-friendly interface. With pylon AI, the pylon vTools, pylon Viewer, pylon SDK, and the standardized API, it offers a comprehensive, flexible, and powerful solution. pylon has been specially developed for the requirements of industrial image processing. The suite guarantees robust and efficient vision solutions, supported by certified drivers for various operating systems.

  • Real-time image acquisition

    Industry-leading low latency and jitter for stable image acquisition

  • Integrated image processing & analysis

    Software add-ons with classic and AI-based analysis algorithms for flexible and precise image processing

  • Best image quality

    Configure the camera and in-camera image preprocessing capabilities for the best images

  • 80% time savings

    pylon SDK, pylon APIs, and other tools minimize development time and simplify deployment to target applications

  • Certified drivers

    Reliable performance for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android

  • GenICam and GenTL standards compliance

    pylon APIs are based on standardized programming interfaces

  • Easy to learn

    Intuitive user interface and graphical programming of machine vision pipelines

  • Fewer sources of error

    Fast troubleshooting due to reduced program scope and simple application development
New

pylon AI

The efficient AI software

Deep learning algorithms enable complex image analysis such as object detection or segmentation. With the new Performance Benchmarking, you maximize the performance of your AI application.

More about pylon AI

Machine vision with the pylon Software Suite

Set up your hardware, create high-performance image processing pipelines, and deploy everything into your application. With the pylon Software Suite, you will have the right software with the add-ons you need.

  • pylon for image acquisition

    Image acquisition with pylon

    Helpful setting tools allow you to get the most out of image recording by providing camera setup and parameterization

  • pylon vTools

    Image processing with pylon vTools

    Flexibly construct image processing designs for applications in quality assurance or product tracking with simple drag-and-drop design—without any programming

  • Workflow pylon AI platform

    Image analysis with pylon AI

    Precise AI-based image analysis for complex or challenging applications, created via drag-and-drop, with individually optimized AI models

  • pylon SDK with APIs

    Easy hardware and image processing integration into the target application with C, C++, C#, Java, or .NET.

All-in-one software interface

We've made image processing as easy as possible. That's why all the steps – from camera commissioning to complex image analysis – are combined in a single software interface. Choose only the functions you need from the software package to create your own custom, all-in-one software.

The pylon Software Suite at a glance

  • Certified drivers: reliable performance for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android

  • Supported interfaces: USB3, 5GigE and GigE, CXP-12, MIPI CSI-2, Camera Link, and others

  • GenICam standard compliance: the pylon APIs allow you to integrate machine vision hardware into your application according to the GenICam standard

Scope of the pylon Software Suite

All image processing at a glance

Supported operating systems and their features

This is an extract of the pylon OS versions and the features they contain. A detailed list of all features can be found in the product documentation.

To the product documentation

pylon for Windows

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pylon for Linux x86

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pylon for Linux ARM

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pylon for macOS

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Platform

Latest pylon Version

pylon 8.0.2

pylon 8.0.2

pylon 8.0.2

pylon 7.3.1

Supported OS Version

10 (64 bit), 11 (64 bit)

Ubuntu 20.04 or newer (64 bit), CentOS 9 or newer (64 bit)

Ubuntu 20.04 or newer (64 bit)

11, 12, 13, 14 (Intel/ARM 64 bit)

Configuration Tools

pylon Workbench & vTools

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pylon Viewer

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How can we support you?

We will be happy to advise you on product selection and find the right solution for your application.

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