Highlights

FPGA-based hardware is being used to enhance the capabilities of hyperspectral cameras, which are often used to direct actuators in automated food sorting. (Image courtesy of Resonon).
FPGA

FPGA-based Data Processing Increases Hyperspectral Camera Resolution

A research project funded by the Montana Department of Commerce is planning to use FPGAs to increase the frame-rate and resolution of hyperspectral cameras.
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Power

Prize-Winning Fiber-Optic Chip Solution Knocks Out Copper Wires

Replacing copper wires in computer chip designs with fiber optics helps decrease waste heat while increasing the data-transfer load.
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Power

Multi-Chip Laser Diode Produces 50 W For Projectors

With up to 20 blue laser chips packed into a single package for projection applications, compact laser module doubles the optical output of the individual chips, resulting in ...
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Components

Sensor Brings High-Speed HD Video Recording To Smartphones

The T4K82 13-Mpixel back-side-illumination (BSI) CMOS image sensor gives smartphones and tablets the ability to record full HD video at 240 equivalent frames/s.
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Components

8-Mpixel Image Sensor Facilitates Upgrades

CMOSIS’s CMV8000 8-Mpixel, 105-frame/s image sensor fills the resolution gap between the company’s existing CMV4000 and CMV12000 image sensors, while offering the same electro...
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Optical

Triac-Output Optocouplers Help Curtail Power Consumption

Two new triac-output optocouplers developed by Toshiba Electronics Europe provide reinforced insulation and low LED trigger currents up to 3 mA.
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Components

Optocoupler’s Enhanced Isolation Suits Industrial IPM Motor Control

The compact TLP754 optocoupler IC from Toshiba Electronics Europe provides a 5-kV rms isolation interface between an intelligent power module (IPM) and its control circuitry. ...
Robotics

Using The PrimeSense 3D Sensor With ROS

PrimeSense provides the technology behind Microsoft's Kinect. Technology Editor Bill Wong checks out PrimeSense's version that targets developers.
Energy

Understanding Optical Power Measurements

To acquire accurate and reliable optical-power measurements, a number of concerns need to be addressed. These include optical effects, light-to-electron conversions, detector ...
Test & Measurement

Waveform Analyzer Module Characterizes 32-Gbit/s Designs

Agilent's 86108B waveform analyzer module combines with its 86100C/D mainframe to comprise a sampling capable of characterizing high-speed designs out to 32 Gb/s.