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30 years of measuring tools from Bosch: From a niche product to a tool for everyone

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30 years of measuring tools from Bosch: From a niche product to a tool for everyone

In 1998, Bosch launched the first laser-based range finder, on the market. The DLE 30 (right) was much more precise than an ultrasonic range finder and made hitherto prohibitively expensive laser technology affordable overnight. The DLE 30 also set new standards through its simple operation with self-explanatory keypads. However, it was very large. Driven by the objective of developing increasingly more efficient, smaller, and even cheaper tools, the evolutionary leap was made in 2006: By using its own semiconductor device (ASIC) developed in-house, Bosch succeeded in launching the world’s smallest range finder on the market: the DLE 50 (left) with dimensions of 10 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm. The company therefore also laid the foundations for offering variants tailored to the needs of users and decided to separate the measuring tools product range in future into blue Professional tools and green tools for DIYers.

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