Newsletter | February 11, 2026

02.11.26 -- Vision Systems Shrink As Intelligence Moves To The Edge

Vision Systems Shrink As Intelligence Moves To The Edge

Vision systems are shrinking as optics, sensors, and AI converge at the edge, enabling compact, real-time intelligence for industrial, consumer, and defense applications without cloud dependence.

SPOTLIGHT ON MACHINE AND INDUSTRIAL VISION

Precision Illumination & Detection For Machine Vision Systems

Opto Diode's machine vision components deliver precise, wavelength-matched LED and photodiode solutions, ensuring reliable detection, fast response, and high durability in industrial automation systems.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

BOROFLOAT & Optical Mirrors: A Union of Inspiration & Quality

Explore BOROFLOAT, the world’s first borosilicate glass by SCHOTT, which explains how it is used in the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) and describes its exceptional optical and thermal properties.

A Fit-For-Purpose Velocimeter Optimizes Press Processing

Non-contact displacement sensors eliminate challenges such as damage to the target object, measurement errors due to friction, or slippage that occurs in contact-type measurements.

How Compensating Gain Flattening Filters Improve PPEF Performance

Depending on the application, tight PPEF may need to be combined with other precise specifications, including modulation depth, insertion loss and error function slope.

Measuring Jet Engine Turbine Blades With 3D Optical Profilers

3D Optical Profilers deliver nanometer-precision, non-contact inspection of turbine blades, ensuring surface integrity, dimensional accuracy, and reliability under extreme jet engine conditions.

Chemical Process Control

Near infrared spectroscopy enables real-time, remote chemical process monitoring using fiber optics and InGaAs detectors, allowing tighter control, enhanced safety, and reduced process variation.

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FEATURED SOLUTIONS

Optical Polishing System

The NOVA™ optical polishing system provides industry-leading flexibility and precision for a wide range of photonic components.

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KrellTech

Precise, Robust Laser Energy Measurement

Discover the widest range of calibrated laser energy sensors, measuring from nanojoules to tens of joules per pulse, available standalone or compatible with external energy meters.

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Gentec Electro-Optics, Inc.

Piezoceramic Components For Ultrasound Applications

PI Ceramic offers piezoelectric ultrasound transducers, piezo ceramic components for piezo sensors, and elements made from PZT and lead-free material formulations.

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PI (Physik Instrumente) LP

Standard Performance Optical Filters

Semrock optical filters combine ion-beam-sputtering systems with our deposition control technology, unique predictive algorithms, and volume manufacturing for unsurpassed, standard-setting performance.

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