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Victor, NY - Dec. 20, 2010 – New Scale
Technologies has won a "Best
Electronic Design" award for 2010 from Electronic Design
magazine, the largest design-focused publication in the electronics
market. Components editor Mat Dirjish awarded the
SQUIGGLE RV linear drive system
top honors in the components category for motors and motion-control
systems. Other winners were Apple’s iPad in the consumer electronics
category, Osram Sylvania’s latest LED in the display components
category, and Intel’s Atom Processor E600 Series in the embedded
microprocessors category.
Dirjish noted that the SQUIGGLE motor is an established component
within the motor and motion-control arena, and that each new version
has come with greater improvements. The SQUIGGLE RV system
introduced a driver chip smaller than the motor itself, and the
ability to operate directly from a battery as low as 2.3 VDC without
the need for voltage boost circuits. The small size and reduced
voltage requirement are industry firsts for miniature piezo motor
systems, creating a micro motor and drive combination that is more
than five times smaller and uses 40% less power than comparable
electromagnetic linear drive systems.
“This award confirms the value of New Scale’s micro-actuator
innovations for electronic products used in mobile, medical and
industrial applications,” said Ralph Weber, product manager at New
Scale Technologies. “We are honored by this award, and by the
attention from global OEM companies who are designing our SQUIGGLE
motors into smaller, more precise, lower power products for consumer
electronics, medical devices, machine vision systems, biometric
scanners, communication networks and other applications.”
An article about the SQUIGGLE RV system and the other 2010 award
winners appears in Electronic Design's annual Best Electronic
Design issue published December 9th and in its
online edition.
“Our staff and contributing editors…ferret out the best of the many
new technologies, products and standards that we have seen and wrote
about over the past 12 months,” wrote Joe Desposito, editor-in-chief
of Electronic Design. “These guys are in the trenches every
day covering this industry and they know about all the great new
innovations that have been introduced in the last year.”
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About New Scale Technologies
New Scale Technologies (www.newscaletech.com) designs and manufactures
miniature motion systems for precise movement of optics in imaging applications.
Our simple and elegant products deliver best-in-class performance in consumer
imaging, biometric authentication, surveillance, medical and machine vision
markets. With more than a decade of motion systems innovation, we integrate
piezoelectric micro motors, miniature drive control electronics and precise
mechanical systems. Our customers benefit from complete solutions for rapid
commercialization of their next generation products.
SQUIGGLE is a registered trademark, and TRACKER, New Scale Pathway and UTAF are trademarks of New Scale Technologies, Inc.
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