BiSon64-ET-B

Never a dull day at Lens R&D B.V. now that the production has officially started. 54 new BiSon Sunsensors are expected to be functionally tested and in stock in March, so that we have enough Sunsensors to make ET-Bs when needed and to keep our SCOTS+ approach up to standards. Don't wait to place an order!

We welcome back our CEO and wife from India, where they attended the wedding of our colleague Suman Kasani. Going from a nice, warm country to the cold winter in the Netherlands is a big step, and we're sure the delicous curries will be missed.

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Most of the time gold nuggets that fill a man's hart with joy are a lot larger, but Johan Leijtens is very happy to see only very small gold nuggets in this case. The reason for this is simple. Although not easily recognisable the photo shows the extra wide bondpads implemented on the IPS+ chip which is supposed to lead to the first radiation hardened single chip true digital Sunsensor IBIS. Although the European Space Agency - ESA ARTES AT contract has formally finished, nothing is stopping SystematIC Design B.V. and Lens R&D B.V. from taking the next steps in proving the functionality of the preliminary design. After the metalfix at XFab, the gilding has now been performed PacTech - Packaging Technologies and the chips will go for dicing and packaging shortly after which PhotonFirst will create new prototypes to be tested. Exiting times ahead and steps taken that at least at Lens R&D B.V. make people happy. hashtag#highreliability hashtag#Sunsensors

Together with the NL Space tent we filled it with stands (like our Lens R&D stand), demonstrations, activities, good conversations, questions for astronauts, etc. This year also for the first time with an NL Space Quiz, a new format of company presentations that resulted in a lot of attention and interaction at the stage for speakers like Lens R&D's CEO Johan Leijtens. Together we have once again given the (inter)national general public an excellent picture of the importance of Dutch space travel and our cooperation with ESA.

In the series 'SMEs talk along', small and medium-sized enterprises talk about the major economic developments every day and share entrepreneurial insights from practice. What is behind the news for entrepreneurs? On October 7th the program was about SMEs in the space sector. BNR discussed this with Johan Leijtens, foudner and CEO of LENS R&D B.V. (Dutch only)