‘Machine Vision Software’

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 Ansys - take a look at Ansys software helps Ferrari improve comfort which says: "Italian car manufacturer Ferrari is using software from Ansys to optimise automobile design and performance.".

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 Sherborne announces MEMS inclinometers from Sherborne Sensors.

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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.

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.

Liberty University wins simulation software grant (November 2009)

Simio has awarded a USD300,000 (GBP180,000) simulation software grant to the School of Engineering and Computational Science at Liberty University in Virginia.

Dassault Systemes releases latest PLM 2.0 platform (November 2009)

Dassault Systemes (DS) unveiled the latest release of its PLM 2.0 platform at its recent European Customer Forum.

IFM releases safety monitors for AS-interface (November 2009)

IFM has launched new versions of its safety monitor for equipment on the AS-interface.

Ricardo to help develop automatic transmission (November 2009)

Ricardo has been awarded a contract by Moscow-based Kate to partner it in the development of a seven-speed automatic transmission for use in Avtovaz cars.

Machine vision software library updated

Halcon 8.0 has been optimised for improved speed, using automatic parallelisation of image data.
Machine vision software is ready for Windows Vista

The Halcon software library for machine vision can be used with Microsoft Windows Vista.