Monat: April 2002

APRIL 17–Nyquist Industrial Control (Eindhoven, The Netherlands; www.nyquist.com) has introduced its latest FireWire industrial input/output products under the name FirePoint. These I/O modules, based on the IEEE 1394 standard, enable OEM machine builders and system integrators to offer their clients a complete machine- control system–motion, vision, and I/O on a single FireWire machine backbone. The FirePoint products are set up in a modular system, available in various models for volume OEM clients.

„APRIL 17–Peco Controls (Fremont and Modesto, CA; www.pecocontrols.com) recently unveiled its new x-ray inspection system at Interphex by conducting on-line

APRIL 15–Accurate reproduction of colors in digital images for applications such as remote sensing, machine vision, and fluorescence imaging requires the use of multispectral imaging systems. Using cameras that sample light from objects through multiple spectral bands, these systems reproduce more accurate color images than when broadcast-standard color cameras are used.

APRIL 15–Research-and-development activities of the Jenoptik AG (Jena, Germany; www.jenoptik.com) and Lambda Physik AG (Goettingen, Germany; www.lambdaphysik.com) joint venture, XTREME technologies GmbH, will be funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The purpose of this strategic research partnership is to develop light sources in the extreme-ultraviolet range (EUV) for future production of even more-efficient chip generations.