Mountain View's Aeva wins multi-thousand-sensor order for factory laser measuring tool
Industrial sensor maker Micro-Epsilon will build Aeva's Eve laser technology into its products, which measure parts' thickness and position on assembly lines.
Aeva, a Mountain View company that makes laser sensors for cars and factories, said Tuesday that industrial sensor maker Micro-Epsilon will build Aeva's Eve technology into its own products. The two signed a supply deal that includes an order for several thousand sensors. Neither company disclosed its value.
Micro-Epsilon ships more than 100,000 precision sensors a year to factories in industries such as cars, robotics, electronics and semiconductors, according to Aeva. Those sensors check things like whether a part is the right thickness or in the right spot.
How Eve works
Eve uses a method called FMCW, short for frequency-modulated continuous wave. It shines a steady laser beam whose frequency changes, then measures the reflection. Because of the Doppler effect, the same shift that makes a passing siren change pitch, the sensor can read both distance and speed at once. Aeva says Eve 1D measures to a fraction of a micron, far thinner than a hair, from 10 centimeters to 20 meters away.
Aeva says Eve beats today's best displacement sensors because the type of surface does not throw it off, and it works in any lighting. Its speed-measuring version can replace a mechanical encoder, a wheel that rolls along material to measure it, without touching the material. Aeva says Eve builds on silicon chips it first developed for car lidar, the laser radar used in driver-assistance systems.
Micro-Epsilon's selection of Aeva further demonstrates our commercial momentum
Aeva reports quarterly results Wednesday.
Source: Aeva news release, Nov. 3, 2026; Aeva Eve 1 product page.