Tustin, CA--Optical design and engineering company LightWorks Optics hired Chris Yarbrough as director of program management.

The VFI-1200 is an interferometric inspection system designed for checking the endface quality and flatness of cleaved, polished, or lensed fibers with diameters of 125 to 1200 μm.

When referring to optical coating design software a discussion may turn to some of the powerful numerical methods utilized within an individual software package.

When referring to optical coating design software a discussion may turn to some of the powerful numerical methods utilized within an individual software package.

Version 2.5 of SCA Professor laser micromachining software controls positioning stages by directly addressing the command libraries of the positioning stage’s software and controls a wide range of devices.

An ID version of the Sharpshooter vision sensor can read more than 10 types of linear barcodes, including PDF417 and 2D Data Matrix codes at a standard vision resolution of 640 × 480 pixels.

Ann Arbor, MI--According to the Automated Imaging Association, machine vision sales grew 34% in North America in the first quarter (Q1) of 2011.

Littleton, MA and Weingarten, Germany--Lambda Research Corporation will be the exclusive U.S. distributor for light-measurement metrology company opsira GmbH.

The uEye UI1495LE-C camera incorporates an Aptina 1/2-in. CMOS progressive-scan sensor with 10 Mpixel resolution (3840 × 2748 pixels).

A device controller software development kit (SDK) is used for both Matlab and National Instruments’ LabVIEW to the Photron Fastcam Viewer (PFV) software package.

The new SmartScope Apex Micro precision dimensional measurement system is a floor model fixed-optics system, with a digital camera and digital zoom.

Charlotte, NC--The ultimate in digital signage was just unveiled by Panasonic at the Charlotte Motor Speedway: a 200 ft. long x 80 ft. tall video screen composed of nine million LEDs.

Atlanta, GA--Yes, apparently there is an app for everything.

Dunedin, FL--Ocean Optics software engineer Nelson Chandler was awarded the $32,000 dollar Gold Award for Innovation from its parent company, Halma p.l.c.

Dunedin, FL--Ocean Optics software engineer Nelson Chandler was awarded the $32,000 dollar Gold Award for Innovation from its parent company, Halma p.l.c.

The Antares engine toolkit gives LabVIEW software developers access to nearly 500 Antares vision tools, giving them the ability to implement vision systems with any Tattile smart camera or image analyzer.

Nashua, NH--The OptoIQ iPhone App has been updated and improved.

The SD1024FLTM spectrograph offers RoHS compliance and improved line-shape uniformity, resolution, and noise equivalent power over its predecessor, as well as a second-order blocking addition.