NEWS
Basler releases 1:1 replacement of discontinued Sony ICX618 CCD
9 July 2018
Basler has introduced a camera that it says is a direct one-to-one replacement of cameras that use Sony's discontinued ICX618 CCD sensor
CMOS
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Enhanced time-of-flight: CMOS solution for automotive lidar
29 May 2018
After speaking at AutoSens Detroit on 16 May, Nadav Haas, product manager at Israeli firm Newsight Imaging, gives his opinion on why the company’s CMOS solution is a good fit for lidar sensing in autonomous driving
NEWS
Newsight and TowerJazz announce high-volume lidar CMOS production
10 May 2018
Israeli firm Newsight Imaging is to produce CMOS image sensors for high-volume automotive lidar markets using TowerJazz’s foundry in Israel
NEWS
Leti demonstrates curved sensors at Photonics West
7 February 2018
The French research institute, Leti, has developed a prototype technology able to curve image sensors and micro-displays, which was shown at SPIE Photonics West
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Broadband graphene-CMOS sensors shown at Photonics West
6 February 2018
Greg Blackman reports from SPIE Photonics West, where the first image sensors based on graphene-CMOS integration were on display
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Stacked CMOS opening up 'new world of features'
5 October 2017
Greg Blackman listens to Professor Dr Albert Theuwissen's invited talk at the European Machine Vision Forum in Vienna, where he updates on the latest stacked CMOS image sensors
FEATURE
The CMOS choice
24 August 2015
Photonfocus is on a mission to promote the power of CMOS image sensor technology within the machine vision and optical metrology markets. Beth Harlen reports
NEWS
Sony extends CCD last-time-buy deadline
11 May 2015
Sony has published a revised schedule for last orders of its CCD line. The company has extended its last-time-buy deadline by seven months until March 2016
NEWS
Sony to support CCD cameras until 2026
1 May 2015
Sony Europe's Image Sensing Solutions (ISS) has said that it has no plans to discontinue any industrial camera products related to CCD sensor availability before March 2026
FEATURE
End of the line for the CCD?
1 April 2015
Sony has decided to discontinue its line of CCD sensors. Pierre Cambou at Yole Dėveloppement assesses what the move means for machine vision camera suppliers
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Feature
Damir Dolar, managing director of Croatian firm Smartek Vision, spoke at the European Machine Vision Association’s business conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in June. Here, he gives his view on the European industrial imaging market
Feature
Matthew Dale discovers that polarised imaging could soon see a surge in uptake in industrial inspection, thanks to a new sensor from Sony
Feature
Active Silicon turns 30 in September. Greg Blackman speaks to founder Colin Pearce (below) on building the company and the importance of FPGA technology
Feature
Greg Blackman on the deep learning software tools now being deployed in industrial imaging
Feature
Keely Portway looks at some of the miniature imaging technology used in endoscopes