Name

Instrumentation Technologies

Legal name

Instrumentation Technologies, D.O.O.

Website

https://i-tech.si

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Particle Accelerator Beam Diagnostics Instrumentation

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

Microwave & RF Signal Chain ICs (Mixers/Detectors/Attenuators) (HDAHAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radiation Detection Instruments & Systems (Portal monitors, spectrometers, contamination monitors) (EUAKAIAK), Space Payloads & Instruments (Sensors, Comms, EO/IR) (IMABACAD)

Keywords

• Particle accelerator instrumentation
• Beam diagnostics systems
• Beam position monitoring
• Low-level RF control
• Scientific data acquisition

Headquarters

HQ city

Solkan

HQ country

Slovenia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Specialized Scientific Instrumentation: Sale of proprietary beam diagnostics instruments including BPM electronics, LLRF systems, BLM processors, and related hardware. Products are highly specialized scientific equipment with long sales cycles targeting research institutions and national laboratories. Revenue is primarily one-time hardware sales with associated warranty and support services.
2. Support and Maintenance Services: Extended warranty programs, technical support, training, and repair services. Hardware warranty of 2 years standard (1 year for Libera Sync and Libera MONACO 3), with optional warranty extensions up to 2 additional years.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Instrumentation Technologies designs, develops, and manufactures high-specification beam diagnostics instrumentation for particle accelerators, centered on the proprietary Libera platform family. The portfolio spans FPGA-based beam position monitors, low-level RF (LLRF) control systems, beam loss monitors, photon beam processors, high-speed digitizers, and reference master oscillators, supported by the Libera BASE software framework for integration with EPICS, TANGO, MATLAB, Python, and HTTP control environments.

Product overview

Instrumentation Technologies is a high-technology company (founded 1998) based in Solkan, Slovenia, specializing in advanced instrumentation for particle accelerators and related high-tech fields. The product portfolio centers on the Libera family—a comprehensive, modular beam diagnostics platform comprising both hardware instruments and software frameworks. Core products include beam position monitors (BPM) such as Libera Brilliance+ (high-precision for electron synchrotrons), Libera Spark ERXR/ERPT (compact for electron circular machines), Libera Spark HR/EL/HL (compact BPM for hadron/electron machines), Libera Hadron (for hadron synchrotrons), Libera CavityBPM (for cavity-type pickups), Libera Single Pass E/H (for linear machines), and Libera Photon (for photon beams). Supporting products include Libera BLM (beam loss monitoring), Libera LLRF (RF control), Libera Digit 125/500 (digitizers), Libera Sync 3 (clock distribution), Libera RMO (reference oscillator), and various modules (GDX, SER, Amplifier 110). The Libera BASE software framework provides unified control system integration (EPICS, TANGO, Matlab, Python) across all instruments. The company also developed Red Pitaya (open-source data acquisition platform) and Cella (medical technology) as notable spin-offs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Libera: Brand of beam diagnostics instruments including Libera Brilliance+, Libera Spark, Libera LLRF, Libera BLM, Libera Sync, Libera Photon, Libera Hadron, Libera Single Pass, Libera Digit, and related products for particle accelerator instrumentation
• Red Pitaya
• Cella
• SWICSSY

Products and services

• Libera Brilliance+ High-precision BPM signal processing system for electron synchrotron accelerators (booster and storage ring). Features sub-micron position measurement resolution, four simultaneous data paths (ADC raw, turn-by-turn, fast acquisition, slow acquisition), and supports up to 4 BPM modules in 2U chassis. Built on MTCA.0 modular technology with latest Kintex Ultrascale+ FPGA. Used by synchrotron light source facilities.
• Libera Brilliance X New-generation high-precision BPM electronics for electron synchrotron accelerators, announced at the 20th Libera Workshop in 2025. Features enhanced position measurement capabilities and platform improvements over Libera Brilliance+.
• Libera Spark ERXR Compact electron beam position processor for synchrotron instrumentation with sub-micron RMS resolution at turn-by-turn data rate. Features 125 MHz 14-bit ADC, Power-over-Ethernet, optional GDX module for real-time streaming. ERXR: 0.3 μm turn-by-turn, 0.04 μm at 10 kHz.
• Libera Spark ERPT Variant of Libera Spark supporting Libera Pilot Tone FE for dual RF frequency input. Features sub-micron RMS resolution at turn-by-turn data rate, 125 MHz 14-bit ADC, Power-over-Ethernet, optional GDX module for real-time streaming. Achieves <1 μm/°C drift.
• Libera Spark HR Compact beam position monitor electronics for hadron circular machines. Features 125 MHz A/D conversion, <2 μm/°C temperature drift, 10 μm position RMS at bunch-by-bunch data rate. Optimized for button, stripline, and shoe-box pickups.
• Libera Spark HL Compact beam position monitor electronics for electron and hadron linear machines. Supports <750 MHz input frequency range, <1 μm position RMS at 1 MHz data rate, programmable 31 dB attenuation.
• Libera Spark EL Compact beam position processor for electrons, protons, and ions with high-precision position measurement. Supports bunch-to-bunch, turn-by-turn, and slow data streams. Features <5 V peak pulse voltage input, programmable 31 dB gain, 4 μm single bunch position RMS.
• Libera Hadron BPM signal processing system for hadron synchrotrons supporting position measurement, tune measurement, and beam studies. Features 250 MHz/16-bit A/D conversion, 4 GB memory per module, bunch-by-bunch processing for shoe box and capacitive sensors, narrow band analysis. Position RMS: 6 μm at bunch-by-bunch, <1 μm at fast 10 kHz.
• Libera CavityBPM Beam position monitor readout system for linear machines with cavity-type BPM pickups. Processes low-Q and high-Q S-band and C-band cavity signals with sub-micron measurement capabilities (<1 μm RMS). Features 500 MHz/14-bit ADC, supports single bunch measurements down to 16 ns bunch spacing.
• Libera Single Pass E High-accuracy single-pass bunch position measurement for electron linear machines. Features 160 MHz/16-bit A/D conversion, up to 4 beam processors per chassis, <1 μm position RMS for single bunch and macro pulse/CW operation. Supports fast-feedback and feed-forward loops via Gb Ethernet.
• Libera Single Pass H High performance beam position and phase monitor for hadron linear machines. Features 130 MHz/16-bit ADC, 20 input channels (4 per module + reference), <3 μm position RMS at 1 MHz data rate. Optimized for processing heavy particles beam signals in linac applications.
• Libera Photon Photon beam position processor compatible with diamond detectors, blade XBPMs, and ionization chambers. Features 2.5 MHz/18-bit ADC, current ranges from pA to 2 mA, user-configurable IIR filtering. Position resolution: <0.02 μm RMS at 180 μA, 10 kHz data rate. Supports external BIAS up to ±150V.
• Libera BLM Beam loss monitoring system processing signals from up to 4 beam-loss detectors. Features 125 MHz/14-bit ADC, 8 ns time resolution, 50 Ohm/1 MOhm selectable input impedance. Supports buffered and counting modes, coincidence counting, and built-in detector calibration.
• Libera LLRF Low Level RF control system for particle accelerators. Industry's first closed-loop RF functionality integrated with ScandiNova RF units. Temperature-stabilized technology for high-precision RF control of accelerator cavities.
• Libera Digit 500 High-speed data acquisition system with 500 MS/s sampling rate for general purpose detector signal processing. Network-attached device with EPICS, TANGO, and TCP-IP socket interfaces.
• Libera Digit 125 Four-channel data acquisition system with 125 MS/s, 14-bit ADC. Available in AC-coupled (10 MHz-700 MHz) and DC-coupled (DC-40 MHz) versions. Features 0-31 dB variable attenuation, PoE, and real-time averaging algorithm.
• Libera Sync 3 RF clock generation and distribution system. Part of the Libera instrument family for timing and synchronization in particle accelerator applications.
• Libera RMO (Reference Master Oscillator) Reference Master Oscillator providing high-precision reference signals for accelerator timing systems. Temperature-stabilized technology developed for clock distribution applications.
• Libera MONACO 3 Neutron diagnostics instrument in the Libera family, marketed as the company's new solution for neutron diagnostics. Targeted at research facilities requiring neutron beam measurement.
• Libera BASE Software Framework Software framework designed to seamlessly integrate Libera instruments with machine control systems. Provides modular architecture with consistent application programming and user interface for configuration, signal acquisition, FPGA management, and software development across all Libera instruments. Supports EPICS, TANGO, Matlab, Python, C++, HTTP, Telnet, and LabVIEW interfaces.
• Support, Warranty, and Maintenance Services Extended warranty programs, technical support, training, and repair services for Libera instrumentation. Hardware warranty of 2 years standard (1 year for Libera Sync and Libera MONACO 3), with optional warranty extensions up to 2 additional years under the same pricing conditions.
• Red Pitaya Open-Source Data Acquisition Platform Open-source data acquisition platform that includes a board, application marketplace, and source code library. Designed as a low-cost alternative to expensive measurement and control instruments. Developed with Instrumentation Technologies involvement, as referenced in its portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sub-micron position measurement resolution (0.02 μm RMS at slow 10 Hz data rate for Libera Brilliance+)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, significant and portfolio.

• Diamond Light SourcecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2025Long-term partnership renewed to equip Diamond-II upgrade project with Libera Beam Diagnostics instrumentation. This represents an ongoing collaboration spanning multiple years and multiple generations of Diamond accelerator facilities.
• ScandiNovasignificantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2025Partnership to integrate Libera LLRF into ScandiNova's RF unit, launching the industry's first closed-loop RF functionality. This integration combines Instrumentation Technologies' beam diagnostics expertise with ScandiNova's RF amplifier technology for enhanced accelerator performance.
• SOLEIL (Synchrotron SOLEIL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2025Libera BPMs selected for SOLEIL II upgrade project, celebrating two decades of cooperation. Marks continued partnership across facility generations.
• Red PitayaportfolioStrategic or Co-development PartnerRed Pitaya is an open-source data acquisition platform that Instrumentation Technologies helped create. It includes a board, application marketplace, and source code library, designed as a low-cost alternative to expensive measurement instruments.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bergoz Instrumentation: French manufacturer of precision beam instrumentation for particle accelerators, including beam current monitors (BCM), beam position monitors, and Faraday cups. Directly competes with I-Tech in the same accelerator diagnostics niche, serving the same national laboratory and synchrotron customer base.
• CAENels: Italian specialist in precision power supplies and LLRF systems for particle accelerators. Direct competitor in the LLRF and accelerator control electronics market, with overlapping customer base including CERN, ESRF, and other European light sources.
• Struck Innovative Systeme (SIS): German manufacturer of data acquisition systems, scalers, and beam diagnostics modules for particle accelerators. Competes with I-Tech in the BPM and timing electronics category, particularly serving DESY and other European accelerator facilities.
• Research Instruments: German company (formerly part of Siemens) producing particle accelerator components, RF systems, and beam diagnostics. Direct peer across multiple accelerator subsystems, with comparable customer base of research facilities and medical therapy system builders.
• Ampegon: Swiss manufacturer of high-power RF amplifier and transmitter systems for particle accelerators, including solid-state RF amplifier modules. Adjacent to I-Tech's LLRF business and a direct peer in the RF subsystem category for accelerators.
• Danfysik: Danish manufacturer of magnet power supplies and accelerator components. Overlapping peer in accelerator instrumentation, serving similar research facilities and medical accelerator projects globally.

Emerging players

• SigmaPhi Electronics: French specialist in magnets and associated power electronics for particle accelerators. Emerging peer with overlapping accelerator customer base but narrower product focus than I-Tech's diagnostic platform.

Broad incumbents

• Pfeiffer Vacuum: German broad incumbent in vacuum technology for accelerators and analytical instruments. Sells complementary (not directly competing) equipment to the same research facility customers, with much larger scale and broader product portfolio.
• National Instruments (NI): Large broad-line test & measurement and data acquisition company whose PXI-based platforms are used in many accelerator labs as alternatives or complements to Libera. Not a direct niche peer but competes for incremental FPGA-based instrumentation budget at customer sites.
• Bruker: Large scientific instruments company with analytical and detection products used at synchrotron and accelerator facilities. Broad incumbent that occasionally overlaps with I-Tech's instrumentation budget at shared customers, but not a direct competitor in beam diagnostics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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