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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This work represents a radical simplification in the design of the optical head needed for high-precision laser ranging applications. The optical head is now a single fiber-optic collimator with...
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Anritsu Company (Richardson, TX) introduces the MW90010A Coherent OTDR (C-OTDR) that can detect faults with 10-meter resolution, and collect 1.2 million data points for accurate analysis on optical submarine...
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Toshiba Imaging Systems Division (Irvine, CA) has partnered with Olympus Canada (Markham, Ontario) to offer the High Definition Synergy-HD Microscope Imaging System, a new tool for clinical pathology and teaching. Olympus...
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Photonic Products Ltd. (Hertfordshire, UK) offers 35mW and 60mW versions of their 405nm (blue-violet) Photon laser diode modules with TTL modulation. The laser modules produce an elliptical output beam of 3.5 × 2mm...
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Cognex (Natick, MA) introduces five new models of the In-Sight Micro vision system, including a two-megapixel model, in packages that measure just 30mm × 30mm × 60mm. The vision system has EasyBuilderTM configuration software...
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The 4-megapixel Fastcam SA2 High Speed Camera from Photron, Inc. (San Diego, CA) delivers up to 1,000 fps at full pixel resolution. Additional speeds and resolutions are available, including high definition 1080p up to...
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Ocean Optics (Dunedin. FL) introduces the Jaz modular optical sensing instruments easily adaptable for the field, lab, or process environments. The stackable, modular, and autonomous components share...
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Labsphere (North Sutton, NH) offers the Fluorescent Spectral Lamp Measurement Systems (FSLMS) that facilitates accurate photometric and electrical characterization with application-specific, turnkey systems that evaluate...
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4D Technology (Tucson, AZ) has released optical mounting components for use with large aperture laser interferometers. Rigid and vibration-resistant, the mounts interface readily with optics from most manufacturers....
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J P Sercel Associates (JPSA) (Manchester, NH) offers its IX-4000 series high-throughput, high-speed Class 1 laser workstations. There are two systems in the 4000 series: the IX-4100 ChromaDice and IX-4600 CromAblate. Both are...
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The 8810AH synchro/resolver angle measurement instrument from North Atlantic Industries (Bohemia, NY) provides fully independent dual-inputs, high-resolution touch screen controls, 0.0001º...
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Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) introduces the LC Series Linear Photodiode Array. The SU256LCS-2.6T2 detector array is available with 256 elements of extended response InGaAs material and is designed for...
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The Wafer Scanner 3840™ from Rudolph Technologies (Flanders, NJ) is for inspection and metrology of back-end semiconductor manufacturing processes, including bumping, probing, sawing, and dicing. The WS 3840 Inspection System...
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LMI Technologies, Inc.(Vancouver, Canada) has released the FireSync™ platform that allows developing a single unified design for building vision applications ranging from smart sensors to complex web scanning...
Articles: Imaging
The development of a robotic random bin picking system that translates to a real-world factory application has received attention for more than 30 years, and has been called by some the...
Briefs: Information Technology
An improved method of computing positions of objects from digitized images acquired by two or more cameras (see figure) has been developed for use in tracking debris shed by a spacecraft...
Application Briefs: Imaging
A Tier 1 automotive supplier of brake drum assemblies with customers here and abroad has tried a number of different vision systems for brake drum assembly inspection, but have...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A charge-control unit was developed as part of a program to validate Li-ion cells packaged together in batteries for aerospace use. The lithium-ion cell charge- control unit will be useful to...
Application Briefs: Test & Measurement
As a leading global component supplier to the automotive industry, the Keiper GmbH & Co. Group in Germany develops and manufactures metal seat components and structures for...
Briefs: Information Technology
Reduced-Order Kalman Filtering for Processing Relative Measurements
A study in Kalman-filter theory has led to a method of processing relative measurements to estimate the current state of a physical system, using less computation than has previously been thought necessary. As used here, "relative measurements" signifies measurements that yield...
Products: Imaging
The i-SPEED 3 high-speed video camera from Olympus, Orangeburg, NY, combines high image quality, portability, and speed. The high image quality is derived from a 1280 × 1024 resolution sensor. It features a Controller...
Briefs: Physical Sciences
The figure schematically depicts a lidar system for measuring optical properties of clouds and aerosols at three wavelengths. The system is designed to be operated aboard the NASA...
Products: Imaging
The OVSRRGBCC3 is a surface-mount RGB LED with a 150° viewing angle from OPTEK Technology, Carrollton, TX. The three separate diodes are housed in a miniature package that is compatible with automatic pick-and-place...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Spaceborne Processor Array
A Spaceborne Processor Array in Multifunctional Structure (SPAMS) can lower the total mass of the electronic and structural overhead of spacecraft, resulting in reduced launch costs, while increasing the science return through dynamic onboard computing. SPAMS integrates the multifunctional structure (MFS) and the...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) would be used for commercial product activation, according to a proposal. The concept of RFID is not new: RFID systems are widely used in commerce for tracking such...
Products: Imaging
4DSP, Reno, NV, has introduced a JPEG2000 hardware compression platform that is powered by Xilinx FPGA accelerators. The system provides image compression for digital cameras, 4G infrastructure, and headsets, and...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
A chromatic modulator has been proposed to enable the separate detection of the red, green, and blue (RGB) color components of the same scene by a single charge- coupled device (CCD),...
Products: Imaging
Photron, San Diego, CA, offers the Fastcam SA3, a megapixel, high-speed video imaging system that is designed to withstand high-G and rugged environments. Suitable for automotive safety testing, the camera features a...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
An improved self-validating thermocouple (SVT) instrumentation system not only acquires readings from a thermocouple but is also capable of detecting deterioration and a variety of discrete faults...
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