TRI-TRONICS COMPANY, INC. Since 1995, he has held the positions of Electrical Engineer, Director of Engineering, VP of Engineering, and most recently Senior VP of Operations. Seehawer is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Enginneering and also graduated with honors from their MBA program. He holds several […]
Vision systems
Compact Vision System Ideal for 3D Vision Robotic Guidance
ADLINK Technology, Inc., released the EOS-1000, the industry’s first compact vision system based on the Intel® Core(TM)2 Duo P8400 processor. The EOS-1000 provides four independent PoE (Power over Ethernet) ports with data transfer rates up to 4.0 Gb/s and combines high computing power and multi-camera imaging-ideal for applications such as 3D vision robotic guidance. The […]
“Smart” Contact Lens Promises To Detect Glaucoma Earlier
STMicroelectronics will develop and supply a wireless MEMS sensor that acts as a transducer, antenna and mechanical support for additional read-out electronics in a breakthrough platform developed by Swiss company Sensimed AG. This solution will enable better management of glaucoma patients via earlier diagnosis and treatment that is optimally tailored to the individual patient. Known […]
Photoelectric Sensor Includes Suppression Sensors
Users looking to standardize on a mid-sized block style photoelectric sensor need to search no further than the BOS 23K sensor family from Balluff. Featuring the conventional sensing modes of diffuse, retro-reflective, and thru-beam, the BOS 23K also includes background suppression sensors, thus making it suitable as a “go-to” family for all of your sensing […]
SMARTEYE® ColorWise™ Sensor from TRI-TRONICS
TAMPA, FL: TRI-TRONICS COMPANY, INC. has introduced the first “True Color Sensor” designed to perform as well as an instrument or a spectrometer. The new SMARTEYE® ColorWise™ Sensor will solve the most difficult color applications at higher speeds than color cameras or other sensors; ideal for intricate color sorting or inspection problems found in today’s […]
Optical Sensor Accurately Detects Small, Fast-Moving Objects
For sensing applications involving distances as far as 200 mm, Baumer has introduced the new Long-Range ParCon, an analog optical line sensor that projects a continuous 24 mm wide beam of parallel light to a reflector, permitting extremely fast and reliable detection of moving parts as small as 0.5 mm. The sensor can also measure […]
Safe Camera Sensor Monitora Aeas of up to 2.25 m²
SICK is presenting the V300 WS Extended – the latest generation of safe camera sensors for protecting hazardous areas and points-of-operation at SIL2 or PL d levels – for the first time at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2009 trade fair in Nuremberg. Its range has been enhanced so that it can now monitor protective areas of up […]
Photoelectric Sensors Deliver Printed Circuit Board Detection
Pepperl+Fuchs launched their ML8 Series Miniature PCB Photoelectric Sensors. Available with 30 or 50 mm detection ranges, ML8 PCB sensors provide consistent, reliable printed circuit board detection regardless of holes, indentations and components on the circuit board, while delivering more precise detection of board edges by virtue of customized light beam patterns. These sensors come […]
Single Photon Detector
The SQLightSensor is an ultra low noise near infrared Single Photon Detector based on a Geiger-mode InGaAs avalanche photodiode and an internal thermoelectrically cooler. The SQLightSensor includes a Geiger-mode InGaAs avalanche photodiode (APD) and a thermoelectrically cooler (TEC) that ensures high detection efficiency up to 25%, low dark count (5.10-6 per ns gate), high speed […]