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Embention EMBENTION LEADERS IN AUTOPILOTS & CRITICAL SYSTEMS NEW COMPONENTS COMING 1 RADAR ALTIMETER 2 Evtol motor controller 3 GNSS DENIED NECT PRESENTATION DURING XPONENTIAL BOOTH: 3515 19-22 May / Houston, Texas Maxtena USA MAXTENA M9PLUS-HCT-A-SMA Maxtena’s new M9PLUS antenna features extended filtering for GNSS unmanned applications www.maxtena.com electrically scanning in one direction and a 1D polygon/mirror scanning in the other. This solid-state source consists of either a series of small VCSEL/AR-VCSEL chips or a chain of VCSEL/AR-VCSEL narrow arrays. This design eliminates the need for precise alignment between the lasers and the MEMS mirror. EEL-based Lidars usually have a range limit of 200m, while AR-VSCEL-based Lidars with the current six-junction technology already surpass this range, and advancements to eight to 10 junctions promise to push it towards 300-400m. Additionally, the generally lower cost of VCSELs compared with EELs suggests AR-VCSELs may hold significant long-term advantages. Camera hybrid The laser technology is also being combined with a camera sensor. Aligning the optical axis of the laser system and an optical camera allows the real-time acquisition of parallax-free superimposed data, which was previously unattainable through sensor-fusion algorithms. Typically, Lidar is used with cameras to identify objects more accurately, but parallax in the data from the various units often caused delays from calibration between the sensors. The cameraLidar fusion approach integrates the camera and high-resolution Lidar in a single unit for parallax-free, real-time data integration, ensuring efficient and accurate results. This enables the real-time integration of camera image data and Lidar distance data for advanced object recognition. Lidar can recognise small obstacles over long distances by increasing the density of laser beams emitted, thereby improving resolution and accuracy. This combination sensor has an irradiation density of 0.045° with a custom The packaging (right) of a 1 kW laser diode (left) (Image courtesy of Rohm) www.maxtena.com Maxtena’s new M9PLUS antenna features extended filtering for GNSS unmanned applications M9PLUS-HCT-A-SMA LEADERS IN AUTOPILOTS & CRITICAL SYSTEMS RADAR ALTIMETER 1 eVTOL MOTOR CONTROLLER 2 GNSS DENIED 3 BOOTH: 3515 19-22 May | Houston, Texas NEXT PRESENTATION DURING NEW COMPONENTS COMING

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