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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2000  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>FORM S-1<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Under the Securities Act of 1933  </I></B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>August Technology Corporation<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Minnesota</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>3827</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>41-1729485</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>August Technology Corporation<BR>
4900 West 78th Street<BR>
Bloomington, Minnesota 55435<BR>
(952)&nbsp;820-0080<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Jeff O'Dell, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
August Technology Corporation<BR>
4900 West 78th Street<BR>
Bloomington, Minnesota 55435<BR>
(952)&nbsp;820-0080<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Copies to:  </I></B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Thomas R. King, Esq.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Douglas P. Long, Esq.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Robert K. Ranum, Esq.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Richard G. Erstad, Esq.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Fredrikson &amp; Byron, P.A.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Faegre &amp; Benson LLP</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>900 Second Avenue South, Suite 1100</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>90 South Seventh Street</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(612) 347-7000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(612) 336-3000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(612) 347-7077 fax</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(612) 336-3026 fax</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:<BR>
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, check the following box: </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>/&nbsp;/  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>/x/&nbsp;333-32692  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>/&nbsp;/  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule&nbsp;434, please check the following box: </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>/&nbsp;/  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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Title of each class of securities to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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Amount to be Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock (no par value)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>345,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$12.00</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$4,140,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,093</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Includes
45,000 shares purchasable by the Underwriters to cover over-allotments.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><B>The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effectiveness until the Registrant shall
file&nbsp;a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section&nbsp;8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or
until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section&nbsp;8(a), may determine.  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Explanatory Note  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-32692) filed by August Technology Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;17, 2000, as amended by Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 thereto filed on May&nbsp;1, 2000, Amendment No.&nbsp;2 thereto filed on May&nbsp;16, 2000, Amendment No.&nbsp;3 thereto filed on May&nbsp;19, 2000, and Amendment No.&nbsp;4
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Exhibits
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JEFF L. O'DELL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jeff L. O'Dell,<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement was signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>  /s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JEFF L. O'DELL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jeff L. O'Dell</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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Chief Technical Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
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*</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Brad D. Slye</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>June&nbsp;14,
2000 </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>August&nbsp;Technology
Corporation<BR>
4900 West 78th Street<BR>
Bloomington, MN 55435 </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RE:
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-1&#151;EXHIBIT 5.1 </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>Gentlemen/Ladies </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We
have acted as counsel for August&nbsp;Technology Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration
Statement") relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") of 345,000 shares of Common Stock, including 45,000 shares subject to an over-allotment option which are being
sold by certain selling shareholders of the Company (collectively, the "Shares"). </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
connection with rendering this opinion, we have reviewed the following: </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>1.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>2.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company's Bylaws, as amended; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>3.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Certain
corporate resolutions, including resolutions of the Company's Board of Directors pertaining to the issuance by the Company of Shares covered by the Registration Statement. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Based
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>1.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company's Articles of Incorporation validly authorize the issuance of the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>2.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Upon
the delivery and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement and the Underwriting Agreement described in the Registration Statement, the Shares
to be issued and sold by the Company will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>3.</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Shares to be sold by the selling shareholders named in the Registration Statement are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </FONT></DD></DL>
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hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal Matters" included in the
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Very
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>FREDRIKSON&nbsp;&amp;
BYRON, P.A. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>By&nbsp;/s/
Robert K. Ranum<BR></FONT></P>

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                                                                   Exhibit 23.1

                    Independent Auditors Report and Consent


         The audits referred to in our report dated March 10, 2000 include the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1999, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, included in the
registration statement. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial
statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.

         We consent to the use of our reports included herein and reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.


                                                            /s/ KPMG LLP

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