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Machine Vision Assures Automotive Part Quality
“First Tier” automotive suppliers make subassemblies from |
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New Camera Interface Offers Extended Range, Lower Cost
Increasing resolution and faster frame rates have caused cameras for machine vision systems to steadily grow in their need for bandwidth. The popular Camera Link interface, however, tops out at 850 Mbytes/second and 10G Ethernet interface can only manage 1.2 Gbytes/second, even as an increasing number of cameras become available that can send more than 1 Gbyte/sec to a frame grabber. To address this shortfall, DALSA has developed a new interface – called HSLink* – that can serve a full range of camera types from 300 Mbytes/second up to 6 Gbytes/second while keeping implementation simplified and costs down. The HSLink interface is now in the process of becoming an open industry standard. (Dalsa) |
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The Power of Next Generation GigE Vision v1.2
In the four years since its introduction, GigE Vision has more than lived up to its promises. Not only has it seen widespread acceptance as a standard interface, it has increased the range of vision applications that digital cameras and other peripherals can serve. Constant enhancements to the standard take GigE Vision well along the way to becoming the major industry interface for cameras operating to 120 Mbytes/second. Availability of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, link aggregation and Power over Ethernet make GigE Vision the industrial camera interface of choice when cables longer than 10 meters are needed. (Dalsa) |
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The Coolest Compounds
Through heat dissipation, thermally conductive adhesives and potting compounds play a pivotal role in the protection of today’s electronic circuitry. In tandem with the great growth of the technological sector comes the need for a new generation of innovative, highly advanced solutions capable of reliable performance in the ever increasing temperatures of electronic devices. Master Bond’s white paper examines the challenges design engineers face as chip makers up the ante on microprocessor power and density, and how thermally conductive adhesives and potting compounds can manage heat while solving other application issues. |
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Understanding Low Outgassing Adhesives
Applications that must meet stringent outgassing requirements now have more adhesive options than ever. If you suspect outgassing could potentially pose a problem in your application, specifying adhesives that comply with the ASTM outgassing standard makes sense. |
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High-power diode laser modules from 410 nm - 2200 nm
In this work we report on high-power diode laser modules covering a wide spectral range from 410 nm to 2200 nm. Driven by improvements in the technology of diode laser bars with non-standard wavelengths, such systems are finding a growing number of applications. Fields of application that benefit from these developments are direct medical applications, printing industry, defense technology, polymer welding and pumping of solid-sate lasers. (DILAS ) |
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KTN Crystals Open Up New Possibilities and Applications
By exploiting the giant electro-optic effect of potassium tantalate niobate (KTN) |
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Measuring in Microsecond order, "KTN High-speed Spectrometer"
Fast varifocal lenses that respond as fast as 1μs, which is 1000 times faster |
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1000 times faster than conventional devices, "KTN Varifocal Lenses"
Fast varifocal lenses that respond as fast as 1μs, which is 1000 times faster |
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High Density Pulsed Laser Diode Arrays for SSL Pumping
Northrop Grumman Cutting Edge Optronics has developed a new laser diode array package with minimal bar-to-bar spacing. These High Density Stack (HDS) packages allow for a power density increase on the order of ~ 2.5x when compared to industry-standard arrays. |
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Five Considerations for Choosing your Vision System
From inspecting the packaging of consumer goods to surveilling traffic to identifying cells with fluorescence, vision techniques are increasingly being used in every industry imaginable. Whether you are using vision to improve the quality of your finished goods, guide your robot, or add traceability to improve your process, here are five considerations to keep in mind when you choose your vision system. (National Instruments) |
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Vision Guided Robotics
Vision and robotics systems are able to be programmed within one application with LabVIEW and the ImagingLab Robotics Library for DENSO. This paper will cover the calibration between the vision and robot systems to use the same coordinate system. (National Instruments) |
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High-speed Response of the KTN Scanner
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Highest-Speed Solid-State Laser Beam Scanner
The new optical beam scanning phenomenon was discovered using KTN crystal. |
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10 Things to Consider When Choosing Vision Software
National Instruments has been a leader in machine vision and image processing for nearly a decade. NI vision software is available in two packages -- the NI Vision Development Module and NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI). The Vision Development Module contains hundreds of vision functions to use with National Instruments LabVIEW, NI LabWindows/CVI, C/C++, or Visual Basic to program powerful vision inspection, alignment, identification, and measurement applications. Vision Builder AI is an interactive software environment for configures, benchmarking and deploying machine vision applications without programming. Both software packages work with all NI vision frame grabbers and the NI Compact Vision System. This white paper outlines 10 important points to consider when choosing vision software. (National Instruments) |
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Using the NI 17xx Smart Camera Direct Drive Lighting Controller
The use of proper lighting is often overlooked when designing a machine vision application. More robust and accurate |
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Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser Materials (YAG)
Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) has emerged as the most widely produced laser gain |
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Thin Film Coatings
VLOC specializes in high laser damage threshold |
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Lightweighted Optics
VLOCLightweighted optics have been used by NASA, Department of Defense, aerospace companies, universites and other organizations. The use of lightweighted optics provides 75-90% in mass reduction. These optics are commonly used in aerospace, metrology, and astronomical applicaitons. (VLOC) |
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Large Optics
VLOC uses proprietary production technologies in designing and fabricating larger diameter windows for high power laser astronomy, metrology, and aeronautic applications. (VLOC) |