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. ...