Is ’23 the Year Lidar Breaks Out or Breaks Down?
This twelfth issue marks the first anniversary of the DVN-Lidar Newsletter. We’re happy and grateful for all of you reading this, whether you’ve been with us from the start or…
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In 2025, DVN Lidar will become DVN Sensing and Applications!
The scope will be extended to cover innovations in automotive sensing including lidar, but also radar, cameras, …
Functions will play a bigger role. There will be two newsletters, one for sensing and one for ADAS/AD.
Here are the DVN – Sensing and Applications events – planned for 2025:
• DVN & Enmore “EAC Lidar, ADAS and Interior Tech Expo” in Hangzhou, June 04-06
• DVN Frankfurt Sensing & Applications Conference – November 19-20
DVN-Lidar 2023 / Deep Dive I · Report
The DVN-Lidar 2023 Deep Dive I, held at Wiesbaden at the end of February, was dedicated to the challenging ODD (operational design domain) issue for lidar technology in autonomous-drive systems, including sensor dirt and bad weather conditions. With 32 participants, we had a large group of experts from automakers; lidar tier-1s; optics and coating specialists;…
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DVN-L Interview: Rafi Harel, Opsys Technologies CEO
Rafi Harel is an experienced senior executive with over 30 years in the hi-tech industry in R&D; engineering, and product-delivery C-level positions in leading worldwide global teams: GM Finisar Israel, 2010-2016 VP R&D Orckit-Corrignet, 2001-2010 IDF Intelligence Elite Technology unit, 1992-1999 DVN: Opsys, founded in 2016, are still perceived as new. Tell us about your company, won’t…
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Lidar Business News summary
Here’s our new section where you get quick, efficient news as the industry works to find the balance between cost and revenue to achieve a profitable growth. Luminar Announce Big Mercedes-Benz Deal Mercedes-Benz have signed an agreement with Luminar to supply lidar sensors into multiple vehicle models by mid-decade as part of a push to…
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Polestar, Luminar Expand Partnership
Polestar and Luminar will deepen their partnership by putting Luminar’s technology on the Polestar 5, an electric 4-door GT expected to launch next year, based on the Polestar Precept concept. This expanded partnership provides a foundation to further collaborate on lidar integration and design on Polestar’s future vehicles. Both the Polestar 3 and Polestar 5…
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AMD Adaptive Computing for Denso Lidar
AMD’s adaptive computing technology is powering Denso’s next-generation lidar platform to deliver a more-than-twentyfold improvement in resolution with extremely low latency, for increased precision in detecting pedestrians, vehicles, free space and more—and to enable ISO 26262 ASIL-B certification. Denso’s SPAD (single-photon avalanche diode) lidar system, powered by AMD’s XA Zynq UltraScale+ multi-processor system-on-a-chip (MPSoC) platform,…
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Lumotive-Lumentum M30: Reference Design for Next-Gen Lidar Sensors
Lumotive and Lumentum Holdings have announced availability of the M30 Reference Design, a complete sensor implementation of their software-defined lidar solution. The design integrates Lumotive’s Light Control Metasurface (LCM) beam steering chips and Lumentum’s M52-100 multi-junction VCSEL array. Lumotive demonstrated the LCM beam steering technology at SPIE Photonics West 2023 in San Francisco. Lumotive’s VP…
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Kyocera Ceramics and Optics at Photonics West
Kyocera, acclaimed specialists in fine ceramics, exhibited their latest optoelectronic products and technologies at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco. Their products enable new innovations in optical communication, Laser/IR/Motion sensing, 2D/3D industrial image recognition, medical image acquisition, and smart vehicles. Of particular interest, Kyocera propose a variety of components for lidar applications, including: Integrated FMCW…
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NPS’ Breakthrough AtomicSense Radar Technology
Neural Propulsion Systems (NPS), founded in 2017 by Silicon Valley luminaries, specialise in hyper-resolution digital imaging radar technology. Their AtomicSense radar technology been recognised for its exceptional performance—it won a CES 2023 Innovation Award. AtomicSense offers faster scanning time, 10× better resolution, and a 2.5× improvement in range compared to conventional radar offerings. This performance…
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Automated Driving is Coming. Let’s Try it Now!
The future of lidar is partly linked to autonomous driving. In this chapter, you can get a bit of end-user experience to understand what autonomous driving means and where you might use it in the near future. Autonomous-mobility-as-a-service company Zoox have announced a major milestone in the development of AVs: the world’s first purpose-built robotaxi…
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