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Stock Based Incentive Compensation - Stock-based compensation expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2019
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items] |  |
Stock-based compensation expense | $ 982 | $ 792
Cost of sales |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items] |  |
Stock-based compensation expense | 8 | 7
Engineering and development |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items] |  |
Stock-based compensation expense | 83 | 49
Selling, general, and administrative |  |
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items] |  |
Stock-based compensation expense | $ 891 | $ 736

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