‘Machine Vision Applications’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Micro stepper motors bring pictures into focus from EMS, which we summarised at the time by saying "Electro Mechanical Systems has supplied Precistep micro-stepper motors to Life Optics to allow it to develop a compact, reliable and light-weight head-mounted microscope.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Thermometers feature advanced signal processing from Ircon: "Ircon has introduced the Modline 6 Series of infrared thermometers with advanced signal processing and background-reflected energy compensation capabilities. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Stratophase - take a look at Insertion probes monitor bioproduction process which says: "Stratophase has collaborated with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) to develop an insertion probe variant of its Spectrosens system. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Q-Sys, Q-Sys provides custom-designed motion systems, as well as ABB drives reduce swimming pool energy bills from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors), and James Walker designs advanced seat material from James Walker and Co.

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CMOS digital photo IC for colour sensing (November 2009)

Hamamatsu Photonics has introduced a 12-bit digital output colour sensor photo IC.

Sherborne announces MEMS inclinometers (November 2009)

Sherborne Sensors has announced the launch of the T700 series, a high-precision range of compact, DC-operated solid-state MEMS inclinometers.

Birchwood sealants prevent rust and corrosion (November 2009)

Birchwood Casey offers a full line of eight different aqueous and solvent-based inhibitors and sealants to prevent rust and corrosion on all metal surfaces.

Actuator system for sampling applications (November 2009)

Heason Technology has launched a low-cost modular actuator range for pick-and-place and sample dispensing in life science and other analytical equipment applications.

NI expands HIL simulation platform (November 2009)

National Instruments (NI) has announced the expansion of its hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation platform, which includes numerous products to optimise embedded system validation.

Lifebatt battery modules include management system (November 2009)

Lifebatt Lithium Iron Phosphate battery modules are equipped with advanced management systems to monitor and balance each cell.

CPS launches Corob First 70 automatic dispenser (November 2009)

CPS Color, a supplier of advanced tinting systems, has launched the Corob First 70 automatic dispenser.

Martek releases compact onboard DC/DC converters (November 2009)

Martek Power has announced the release of the 200UFR series compact 2W onboard DC/DC converters.

Camera suits machine vision applications

SUI 's SU-LDH Digital Line Scan SWIR camera offers high sensitivity, room-temperature-stabilised operation and integrate-while-read capability for fast readout speeds with minimal dead time.
Software speeds machine vision applications

ActivVisionTools is a family of ActiveX components, which enables designers to configure machine vision applications intuitively, with no need to acquire complex new programming skills.