Electro-Optical-Mechanical Systems™ (EMOS™)

DFM Engineering has designed and built numerous customized systems dedicated to specific research.

DFM Engineering can accommodate your specific requirements whether it is a custom size, specialized instrumentation or custom optical systems.

These systems typically combine electronics, optics, and mechanical systems and include:
astronomical telescopes, siderostats, heliostats, beam directors, coeleostats, gimbals, satellite tracking systems, LIDAR scanners, X-Y focus stages, specialized camera systems, laser communications transceivers, etc.

There is some confusion concerning the words "siderostat", "lunastat", "heliostat", "ceoleostat", and "beam director" due to how the various configurations are presently used compared to historical usage.
We define a siderostat as an altitude over azimuth (Alt-AZ) gimbal mounting a single optical flat mirror. We define a heliostat as an equatorially mounted optical flat mirror that directs light along the polar axis either upward or downward. A lunastat may take either configuration. A ceoleostat is typically a siderostat, but again the word is poorly defined. A beam director can take the form of a siderostat, or a Coude' telescope of Alt-AZ, Alt-Alt, or equatorial configuration.

• Configurations Summary
• Heliostats
• Siderostats/Coeleostats
• Beam Directors
• Gimbals
• Satellite Trackers
• ATLAS Asteroid Trackers
• Custom Optical Systems
• Telescope Control System (TCSGalil™)
• DIMM (Differential Image Motion Monitor) / Atmospheric Seeing Monitor