Baumer's 1.3-Mpixel cameras operate at up to 500 fps 07/02/2009
Aimed at ultra-fast machine-vision applications, such as semiconductor quality control and high-speed industrial process analysis, the HX series of CMOS cameras from Baumer can capture up to 500 fps with over a megapixel of resolution at 1280x1024 pixels.
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2009 Buyer's Guide 07/01/2009
Our 2009 Buyer's Guide contains more than 60 product and service categories, divided into five main sections with a total of 16 subsections. Each section includes hotlinked vendor names and a sampling of products from the past year.
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Charting test's road to recovery By Larry Maloney, Contributing Editor - 07/01/2009
In a recent interview, Ron Nersesian of Agilent Technologies discussed the outlook for the test industry and new technology development at Agilent.
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When robots meet vision Larry Maloney, Contributing Technical Editor - 07/01/2009
Adding machine vision to a production process presents a challenge to most engineers, but what happens when you combine vision with robotics? The answer is that it's no walk in the park, yet more and more companies are pairing the two technologies.
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2009 Tops in Test: Weathering the Storm By Lawrence D. Maloney, Contributing Editor - 07/01/2009
The electronics test industry started 2008 battling very choppy business seas and ended it facing something resembling a perfect storm. Outside of the communications market, it was difficult to find a sector that showed healthy gains.
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Asylum outfits AFMs with thermal-analysis capabilities 06/23/2009
The Ztherm modulated local thermal-analysis option from Asylum Research works with the company's MFP-3D and Cypher AFMs for materials studies and identification.
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Dalsa launches entry-level Camera Link frame grabber 06/22/2009
Part of the Xcelera series of frame grabbers from Dalsa, the Xcelera-CL LX1 Base is an image-acquisition board intended for use with Camera Link Base cameras.
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