Sensor System Performs Accurate 2D Measurements In A Single Procedure

May 10, 2004
The Z500 laser-measurement sensor is unusual in that it combines a wide-beam laser (4 to 45 mm in width, depending on the model) with a 2D charge-coupled capacitor to conduct highly accurate 2D measurements in a single procedure. It uses a Class II or...

The Z500 laser-measurement sensor is unusual in that it combines a wide-beam laser (4 to 45 mm in width, depending on the model) with a 2D charge-coupled capacitor to conduct highly accurate 2D measurements in a single procedure. It uses a Class II or IIIb visible red laser and measures distances from 5.2 to 100 mm with resolution from 2.5 to 1.0 µm. Users can measure level difference and width or edge position. The Z500 includes a sensor (up to two can be connected), a controller, a programming console, and an LCD monitor that displays data in four different formats. The Z500 sensor system is available from stock and costs $20,000.

Omron Electronics LLCwww.omron.com; (219) 55-OMRON
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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.

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