KONSTANZ, Germany, August 12, 2014 — Chromasen’s 3-D Camera Toolkit calibrates data and corrects image color using the company’s 3DPIXA camera. The toolkit obtains data in real time using graphic boards, integrating the stereo camera within National Instruments’ LabVIEW software. Images are captured within LabVIEW using an NI frame grabber, while a complete set of virtual instruments accesses functionality of the CS-3D-API. The 3-D Camera Toolkit provides easy access to the height image, rectified...

CHATENAY-MALABRY, France, Aug. 12, 2014 — The Snake SW from Sofradir provides shortwave-infrared imaging for military applications. The uncooled InGaAs focal plane array is sensitive from 0.9 to 1.7 µm, and optionally from 0.4 to 1.7 µm. It was developed with a VGA format...

MARCOUSSIS, France, Aug. 11, 2014 — New plug-in modules from Apex Technologies can be used to build a multi-function test and measurement platform. Modules include distributed feedback lasers (AP3390), erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (AP3370) and optical tunable filters (AP3380)....

YOKNEAM, Israel, Aug. 11, 2014 — The MiniScope X-See from Senso Optics is an uncooled thermal imaging monoscope based on an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The X-See features a 31.2° horizontal × 23.4° vertical field of view, a 800 × 600...

PALAISEAU, France, Aug. 6, 2014 — The Daphnis 10 µ Pitch IR Detector from Sofradir provides image resolution that increases the range capability of military thermal imaging equipment, while not increasing its overall size. It features larger array formats, which permit...

DARMSTADT, Germany, Aug. 4, 2014 — The Area Profile Scanner 3-D (APS3D) from Isra Visions is a smart sensor for 3-D robot guidance and in-line gauging. APS3D uses stereometry, triangulation and phase-shift methods to measure free-form surfaces with an accuracy of >10...

JENA, Germany, Aug. 4, 2014 — The LSM 880 with Airyscan from Zeiss is a confocal laser scanning microscope. The microscope allows the user to achieve 1.7× higher resolution in all spatial dimensions, 140 nm laterally and 400 nm axially. The LSM uses a...

BERLIN, Aug. 4, 2014 — The Series 8r silicon avalanche photodiodes (APDs) from First Sensor are highly sensitive to red and green light. The APDs feature a flat gain curve where the internal amplification rises slowly with the applied reverse bias voltage, allowing...

MUNICH, Aug. 1, 2014 — The HS-20000 from Emergent Vision is a high-speed camera for industrial vision applications. The camera is capable of 32 fps at 20 megapixels with its global shutter and 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface. It is available in either monochrome or...

KIRYAT GAT, Israel, Aug. 1, 2014 — Light-absorbent foil from Acktar is used to eliminate light reflectance in several applications. The foil features a spectral absorbance of 99.99 percent and is available in pre-cut patterns or large sheets, up to 200 × 600 mm, with...

JERUSALEM, July 25, 2014 — The ConoProbe Mark10-HD by Optimet is a non-contact laser sensor that offers distance and multidimensional measurements at sub-micron levels. The new sensor is designed for 2-D, 3-D, surface contour and volumetric measurements necessary for...

BRIDGEND, Wales, July 25, 2014 — The Nova 1000 from Spectrum Technologies plc is a UV laser system for integration into wire and cable production lines to meet manufacturers’ needs for in-line laser coding of difficult-to-mark insulation. The system is suitable for...

BOEBLINGEN, Germany, July 25, 2014 — The ACPL-302J from Avago Technologies GmbH is a smart gate drive optocoupler that improves isolated power supply and simplifies gate drive design. The ACPL-302J features an integrated flyback controller for DC-DC converters, a full set of...

KENLEY, England, July 24, 2014 — New miniature reflective beam expanders from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are aspheric mirror-based devices offering either beam expansion or reduction capabilities. The expanders are available in standard 2.5, 5 and 10 × fixed magnification...

TRING, England, July 24, 2014 — The SIMX from Specialised Imaging Ltd. is a high-speed framing camera with high-resolution intensified CCD sensors. The camera can be configured to give up to 16 multi-spectral images at 1 billion fps, with red, green and blue filters on each...

OTTAWA, July 16, 2014 — The Infinity 3 camera series from Lumenera is intended for fluorescence microscopy applications. The cameras feature Sony CCD sensors and offer high dynamic range, high sensitivity and optional thermoelectric cooling for high-quality images...

OPPENWEILER, Germany, July 16, 2014 — The mvBlueLYNX-X smart camera from Matrix Vision is offered with various accessories and software. The camera features CMOS and CCD sensors, resolutions from VGA to 5 megapixels, a 1 GHz Cortex-A8 ARM processor and a real-time DSP running at...

ETTLINGEN, Germany, July 16, 2014 — VC Base+ cameras from Vision Components provides high resolution for industrial image processing. The black-and-white and color cameras feature a 700-MHz processor and a line scan mode that allows for frame rates up to 18 kHz. The cameras...

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, July 14, 2014 — The HFALDM series from Fisba Photonics GmbH consists of ultrafast and compact high-frequency analog driver modules for TO-housed high-power laser diodes. Modules for 405, 450, 520 and 638 nm and current ranges of up to 2 A are available. Light...

BERLIN, July 14, 2014 — The Blue Eagle from First Sensor is a high-dynamic-range CMOS camera for automotive and mobile OEM applications. The camera offers a range of >100 dB, designed for high brightness differences and low-light conditions. The device operates in...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The iKon-L SO camera by Andor is a high-energy detection system with a large-area digital CCD platform that is suitable for life sciences laboratory applications such as high-harmonic generation soft x-ray imaging. The camera offers...

ANGLEUR, Belgium, July 9, 2014 — The Coaxlink Quad frame grabber from Euresys acquires images from high-resolution cameras using the CoaXpress interface. The device records a log of all the events related to the image acquisition for debugging and optimization purposes. ...

BERLIN, July 9, 2014 — The EasyTau software for the FluoTime 300 spectrometer from PicoQuant supports measurements with an integrating sphere and the Solea supercontinuum laser. The FluoTime 300 is an automated fluorescence spectrometer that uses EasyTau for focused...

LOCHHAM, Germany, July 8, 2014 — Bi-telecentric QuadraMount lenses from Opto GmbH incorporate a high-efficiency mounting and integration mechanism to eliminate errors in imaging. The QuadraMount series comprises seven bi-telecentric C-mount lenses with magnifications ranging...

TÜRKENFELD, Germany, July 1, 2014 — The ISS-17-VA integrating sphere source calibration standard from Gigahertz-Optik produces variable light intensities while maintaining a constant color temperature. The ISS-17-VA is 170 mm in diameter with a 50-mm-diameter illumination field....