October News

We’ll be exhibiting on 9-10 October 2024 at Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring and Air Quality and Emissions Monitoring on WWEM stand J6 so come and say hello.

Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring and Air Quality and Emissions

Photonics technology is widely used in pollution detection applications. We will be showcasing modules... read more

Compact and Consistently Accurate Distance Sensing: How ToF Sensors are Leading the Way in Industrial Sensing

The technique known as Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensing is becoming a realistic commercial option for OEM companies, opening the door to a multitude of innovative applications. Broadcom's ToF sensors have now been successfully integrated into diverse systems such as collision/overhang/void avoidance for autonomous vehicles, robotic arm control, drone navigation, inventory management, material level... read more

Fast, Precise, Adaptable: Liquid Crystal Components are a Game Changer for Machine Vision

Machine vision technology has gained significant importance due to its ability to automatically inspect, analyse and control processes. Its deployment only stands to increase with the development of industry 4.0 and further automation of manufacturing processes. In modern machine vision, high speed imaging is increasingly important. In this article, we will discuss how the unique properties of liquid... read more

NewDEL™ Fibre-Coupled LED Light Sources Set New Standards in Brightness, Versatility, and Efficiency

AP Technologies are proud to become UK distributor for LumeDEL LLC's range of fibre-coupled LED instruments.

Fibre-coupled LED light sources have in recent years enabled significant advances in both life sciences and industrial research. Potentially displacing traditional solutions, the use of fibre-coupled LED-based systems has led to notable progress in fields such as microfabrication,... read more

Broadcom ToF Sensors: Revolutionising Distance Sensing Applications

Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensors have emerged as a groundbreaking technology for precise and rapid distance measurement. This innovative technology has evolved significantly since its inception in the early 2000s and is now a realistic alternative to distance sensing methods like ultrasonic or infrared sensors, offering several advantages over these more traditional technologies.

Broadcom’s... read more

Liquid Crystal Optical Components. A Fast, Efficient and Reliable Alternative to Electro-Mechanics

You may not know that liquid crystal components can be used for more than just displays and can be deployed to control the polarisation of, modulate and control the intensity of light in applications ranging from welding to machine vision, biometrical sensing to videography.

Given their solid-state nature, fast switch rate, accuracy, product lifetime and proven reliability,... read more

Bullet Microspectrometers for OEM integration

We’re excited about the recent launch of two new microspectrometers from OtO Photonics.

The Bullet series offers OEM customers the utility of compact size, the assurance of ruggedised design and consistently accurate performance.

Despite their compact size spectrometers in the Bullet series feature an extremely rigid optical bench ensuring... read more

Laser Diodes – OEM and Laboratory Use

We’ve supplied our customers with laser diodes for many years and are always looking to see how we can increase the range of products we offer. We’ve recently started working with a fourth supplier, the Italian company Lyocon, specialists in medical and industrial laser diode subsystems and systems.

Whatever your wavelength, output... read more

Broadcom release new generation of Silicon Photomultipliers

We are pleased to announce the release of Broadcom's new generation of high performance Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs), the NUV-MT-Series.

Silicon photomultipliers are a fast and sensitive solution to the challenge of detecting, timing and measuring extremely weak light. NUV-MT SiPMs take extreme low light level detection, accuracy... read more

APT distribute Broadcom silicon photomultipliers

Many of our customers are now aware that KETEK sold their Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) assets to the Industrial Fiber Optic Products Division (IFPD) of Broadcom in October 2021.

We are pleased to announce that AP Technologies is now working with Broadcom to support the sales of their full range of SiPMs.

In addition to the KETEK WB- and WL-series products we... read more