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Night Vision Goggle Product

A Gen-3 image-intensifier night vision monocular: an objective lens gathers faint light onto a photocathode, an intensifier tube amplifies it, and an eyepiece presents the green phosphor image, all in a sealed nitrogen-purged housing on a helmet mount. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.

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Bill of materials

12 top-level lines · 38 rows shown · 35 parts total · indented to 3 levels
# Item / sub-assembly Part no. Qty/assy Ext. qty Parts Type
1 Housing 4 parts night-vision-goggle-housing 1 5 assembly
1.1 Body Tube night-vision-goggle-body-tube 1 part
1.2 Housing Shell & Boot night-vision-goggle-shells 2 part
1.3 Sacrificial Window night-vision-goggle-sacrificial-window 1 part
1.4 O-Ring Set oring-set 1 part
2 Objective Lens Assembly 2 parts night-vision-goggle-objective 1 3 assembly
2.1 Lens Assembly camera-lens 2 part
2.2 Objective Barrel & Focus Ring night-vision-goggle-objective-barrel 1 part
3 Image-Intensifier Tube 4 parts night-vision-goggle-intensifier-tube 1 4 assembly
3.1 Photocathode night-vision-goggle-photocathode 1 part
3.2 Microchannel Plate (MCP) night-vision-goggle-mcp 1 part
3.3 Phosphor Screen & Fiber Inverter night-vision-goggle-phosphor-screen 1 part
3.4 Tube Housing night-vision-goggle-tube-housing 1 part
4 High-Voltage Power Supply 3 parts night-vision-goggle-hv-supply 1 3 assembly
4.1 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
4.2 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 1 part
4.3 HV Step-Up & Gating night-vision-goggle-step-up 1 part
5 Eyepiece Lens Assembly 2 parts night-vision-goggle-eyepiece 1 3 assembly
5.1 Lens Assembly camera-lens 2 part
5.2 Dioptre Ring night-vision-goggle-diopter-ring 1 part
6 IR Illuminator 2 parts night-vision-goggle-ir-illuminator 1 2 assembly
6.1 IR Emitter & Lens night-vision-goggle-ir-emitter 1 part
6.2 IR Switch night-vision-goggle-ir-switch 1 part
7 Controls 3 parts night-vision-goggle-controls 1 3 assembly
7.1 Gain Knob, Switch & Buttons night-vision-goggle-gain-switch 1 part
7.2 Bare PCB pcb-bare 1 part
7.3 SMD Passive (R/C/L) smd-passives 1 part
8 Battery Compartment 3 parts night-vision-goggle-battery 1 4 assembly
8.1 Li-ion Cell, 18650 li-cell-18650 1 part
8.2 Battery Contacts & Cap night-vision-goggle-battery-contacts 2 part
8.3 Coil Spring coil-spring 1 part
9 Helmet Mount Bracket 3 parts night-vision-goggle-mount 1 4 assembly
9.1 J-Arm & Dovetail night-vision-goggle-j-arm 1 part
9.2 Flip-Up Mount night-vision-goggle-flip-mount 1 part
9.3 Coil Spring coil-spring 2 part
10 Wire Bundle wire-bundle 1 part
11 Connector connector 2 part
12 Fastener Set fastener-set 1 part

Sourcing — likely vendors

Companies that make this · indicative price $100–$8k · MOQ & lead are typical
VendorHQSpecialtyMOQLead time
🇯🇵Canon
canon.com ↗
Tokyo, JP Imaging & optics 500 units 10–16 wks
🇯🇵Nikon
nikon.com ↗
Tokyo, JP Imaging & optics 500 units 10–16 wks
🇩🇪ZEISS
zeiss.com ↗
Oberkochen, DE Optics & optoelectronics 500 units 10–16 wks
🇩🇪Leica Camera
leica-camera.com ↗
Wetzlar, DE Cameras & optics 500 units 10–16 wks
flir.com ↗ Wilsonville, US Thermal imaging 500 units 10–16 wks