Show Highlights
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 11/1/2005
Device programming, boundary scan presented
Assembly Technology Expo, September 27–29, Rosemont, IL, Sponsored by Assembly Magazine, www.atexpo.com.
On the in-system-programming (ISP) front, CheckSum (www.checksum.com) was on hand to announce expanded device support for its MultiWriter ISP system, which now supports microcontrollers from companies such as Freescale. MultiWriter operates in conjunction with the CheckSum Analyst in-circuit test (ICT) platform.
Data I/O (www.data-io.com) announced its ImageWriter-300, designed specifically for ICT integration. The ImageWriter line enables device programming inside a test fixture; the first configuration, ImageWriter-200, is a PC-driven programmer for manufacturing test environments with PC-based test programs. ImageWriter-300 can perform fully embedded programming without a PC. The company also introduced its PS588 automated programming system, designed for use in programming centers operating at high volumes—more than 1400 devices per hour.
The PS588 automated programming system can serve in programming centers, operating at rates to more than 1400 devices per hour. Courtesy of Data I/O.
BP Microsystems (www.bpmicro.com) demonstrated its 1710 universal engineering programmer and described its Model 2710 concurrent programming system. Highlighting boundary scan, Digitaltest (www.digitaltest.de) was on hand to demonstrate its Condor flying prober with new boundary-scan support from Corelis (www.corelis.com).
Exhibits span lenses to frame grabbers
International Robots & Vision Show, September 27–29, Rosemont, IL, Sponsored by the Automated Imaging Association, www.machinevisiononline.org.
Imperx (www.imperx.com) announced the addition of Gigabit Ethernet interfaces to its line-up of Lynx cameras, complementing the previously available Camera Link interfaces. Luminera (www.luminera.com) announced the release of a new line of 2-Mpixel USB 2.0 digital cameras for industrial markets. The Lw230 employs a 1616x1216-pixel CCD sensor. Cognex (www.cognex.com) debuted its In-Sight 5400S stainless-steel vision sensor that can sort objects, read linear and 2-D codes, and count products. Cognex also described a new software development kit for its In-Sight sensors.
JAI Pulnix (www.jai.com) highlighted its new CV-L107CL three-CCD line-scan camera, which features 3x2048-pixel resolution, a 19-kHz line rate, flat-field and shading correction, and optional individual exposure times for each of its R, G, and B channels. Point Grey Research (www.ptgrey.com) announced the release of an enhanced version of its Dragonfly digital board-level IEEE 1394a camera, the Dragonfly2, which doubles the original's frame rate. It's available with one-third-inch progressive-scan CCDs running 60 fps at 640x480 pixels or 30 fps at 1024x768 pixels in monochrome or color.
Tattile (www.tattile.com) highlighted the new JPEG-compression capability for its line of 13 TAG digital cameras, which support the
Gigabit Ethernet standard. The company also highlighted its cooperative efforts with MVTec Software (www.mvtec.com) to introduce an interface between MVTec's Halcon software and the Tag family of cameras.
Active Silicon (www.activesilicon.com) highlighted its Phoenix Camera Link frame grabbers, which now operate over the industrial temperature range as a standard feature. The frame grabbers are available as part of an image-acquisition package, which combines a Phoenix frame grabber with a Photonfocus (www.photonfocus.com) CMOS color camera. Active Silicon also highlighted an LFG4 frame grabber that now supports the Mac OS X operating system.
Matrox Imaging (www.matrox.com) announced PCI Express support for its Solios family of frame grabbers. PCI Express is available with the Camera Link-compatible Solios eCL and with the analog Solios eA. View Engineering (www.vieweng.com) highlighted its Benchmark 300 metrology system, which combines optics, illumination, image-processing
capability, and an optional through-the-lens laser to provide a 300x150x150-mm measuring range. In addition, the company announced enhancements to its Elements software suite.
Edmund Optics (www.edmundoptics.com) described new large-format lenses compatible with 12-kpixel cameras; the lenses can achieve up to 100 line-pair/mm image-space resolution and can accommodate 5-micron pixel sizes and sensors up to 90 mm; applications include LCD and plasma flat-panel inspection. Moritex (www.moritexusa.com) highlighted its new SOD-10X micromachine lens for applications including semiconductor and LCD alignment and inspection. The lens features a 1.5-micron spatial resolution. SOD-10X lenses feature telecentricity to maintain magnification and view angle to any part under inspection that remains within the lenses' depth of field.
A new line of large-format lenses are compatible with leading-edge 12-kpixel cameras and can provide an image space resolution of up to 100 line pair/mm.
Courtesy of Edmund Optics.
StockerYale (www.stockeryale.com) introduced its Model 12 SFVI (Spherical Fluorescent Vision Illuminator) HemiLite for machine-vision applications including PCB component inspection. The company also highlighted its Model 6 CFVI (Circular Fluorescent Vision Illuminator)—a low-profile, industrial-grade fluorescent lighting system powered by a 25-kHz driver—and demonstrated its ML Series fluorescent backlight panels. In addition, StockerYale announced that it has extended its COBRA (Chip-On-Board Reflective-Array) family to include models having 125-mm, 250-mm, and 500-mm lengths and to include versions emitting red, blue, and UV (395-nm) light. The company also introduced a COBRA line-scan backlight version, debuted its Model 21DC fiber-optic illuminators, and introduced its Lasiris Magnum II high-power laser-diode line generator.
Shock and awe in Orlando
Autotestcon, September 26–30, Orlando, FL, Sponsored by the IEEE, www.autotestcon.com.
Autotestcon 2005 delivered plenty of firepower for both military and commercial test technologies. In his keynote presentation, Lieutenant General Donald J. Wetekam (US Air Force) detailed test-engineering services, logistics, and readiness for aircraft and missile maintenance across multiple stateside installations. The plenary sessions consisted of six presentations from Marine, Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel who related combat readiness case histories for test equipment delivery as well as field functionality, performance, and maintenance during recent theaters of engagement from Desert Shield and Desert Storm through current ground and sea installations supporting troops in Iraq.
On the exhibit floor, Elgar Electronics (www.elgar.com) introduced the ReFlex Power military ATE power supply. Pickering Interfaces (www.pickeringtest.com) rolled out its 60-100 LXI modular switching chassis. Teradyne (www.teradyne.com) displayed its Di Series of VXI digital test instruments for military and aerospace applications.
Acqiris (www.acqiris.com) released its DC152 and DC122 10-bit PXI digitizers that operate up to 4 Gsamples/s. Hypertronics (www.hypertronics.com) announced the availability of its new HypeRel line of MIL-DTL-38999 rugged connectors for military applications.
AMREL/American Reliance (www.amrel.com) introduced a new 1.2-kW Model SPSE programmable switching power supply, which has a fully functional keypad as well as an
embedded Ethernet interface. WinSoft (www.winsoft.com) demonstrated the new Multi-WISE (WinSoft Instrument System Emulator) unit, a 1U-size emulator module that supports the replacement of multiple instruments regardless of the manufacturer, communication interface (including GPIB, USB, and TCP/IP), or programming language.
