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New Scale upgrades lifetime spec for miniature all-in-one focus module and micro stage, targeting commercial and industrial OEM applications
Miniature M3-FS Focus Module and M3-LS Linear Smart Stage with built-in controllers have new, dramatically improved lifetime specification of >10 million moves.
New Scale to develop world’s smallest commercial hexapod under Phase 1 SBIR grant
New Scale Technologies has been awarded an SBIR grant from NIH to develop a miniature commercial hexapod, a tiny six-degree-of-freedom micromanipulator. Tiny micro-positioner has applications in retinal microsurgery, robotic end-of-arm tooling, MEMS and photonics...
FAQs on M3-RS-U beam steering demo
The M3-RS-U two-axis beam steering system with built-in controller was the most popular demo in our booth at Photonics West and Bios 2016. Here are a few of the questions that we answered most often at the show.
M3-FS Focus Module excels in industrial robotics application
Miniature focus system with embedded controller is successful in dynamic stability, vibration and lifetime testing
Miniature two-axis beam steering system is ideal for precise, point-to point beam steering in small spaces
DK-M3-RS-U-2M-20-L developer’s kit for two-axis beam steering includes two miniature, 12-mm diameter rotary smart stages with built-in controllers. Rotary piezoelectric smart stages and built-in controllers make the system smaller and easier to use than galvo scanner...
Miniature single-axis mirror positioning system boasts smallest size, easiest operation
Miniature piezoelectric smart stage — a rotary micro stage with built-in controller — enables simple, precise point-to-point beam steering
New Scale’s M3-LS Smart Stage is finalist in 2015 EE Times & EDN ACE Awards
The ACE Awards, presented by EE Times and EDN, showcase the best of the best in today’s electronics industry.
ECN Impact Award for mechatronic module
New Scale Technologies won the 2015 ECN Impact Award for Electromechanical / Mechanical Devices with the M3-LS Linear Smart Stage, one of the company’s innovative all-in-one micromechatronic modules.
Developer’s kit now available: tiny all-in-one focus solution helps OEMs miniaturize analytical imaging systems
M3-FS smart module delivers high-precision focus in tiny footprint; helps OEMs miniaturize cameras for medical, industrial and commercial applications. Buy developer’s kits at Digi-Key and Mouser.
USB microstage developer’s kit aids development of handheld, portable and mobile instruments
DK-M3-LS-1.8-6 developer’s kit includes an M3-LS Linear Smart Stage, USB adapter, cables and software for easy evaluation using a PC. World’s only all-in-one micropositioning stage has embedded drive electronics for smallest size and unmatched ease of use...
New Scale earns fifteenth patent in twelve years
New piezoelectric haptic actuator features small size, non-magnetic operation, and ability to run distinct programmable vibration patterns for high-resolution haptic displays and other systems. The new patent covers a linear VIBE actuator, which generates vibrations by linear movement of the motor mass itself.
M3-FS “all-in-one” focus module has 3x better tilt and accuracy, superior dynamic stability for handheld, portable and mobile systems
M3-FS mini all-in-one focus module has improved tilt, accuracy and dynamic stability for high-performance embedded camera systems. Smart module for precision lens motion minimizes pixel shift with changing camera orientations in high-performance industrial, medical...
New Scale earns patent for innovative piezo motor drive technology
New Scale’s newly-patented drive technology is embodied in the NSD2101 piezo motor drive IC, shown next to a SQUIGGLE motor. In-situ calibration of motor drive frequency adjusts for variations in manufacturing, temperature and load to ensure optimized and...
New Scale patents miniature piezo vibe motor
Developed for mobile devices, New Scale’s newly patented piezo vibe motor is 33% smaller than DC vibe motors and generates no magnetic interference with compasses or other sensors in the device. Smaller, non-magnetic vibration motor can replace DC vibration motor in...
Ultra-compact M3-LS Linear Smart stage now has absolute encoding
Now with absolute encoding, the M3-LS Linear Smart Stage is a USB micro-stage with integrated drive electronics, 0.5um resolution and nearly zero friction under all load conditions. Stages are easily configured into X-Y and X-Y-Z systems. “All-In-One” USB...
Ultra-compact smart stage has 0.5 µm resolution and 6 mm stroke; operates directly from USB, SPI or I2C
Fully-integrated linear micro positioning stage has no backlash; features low run-out, tilt and yaw for precise and repeatable positioning of optics, probes, sensors and more
New rotary micro drive eliminates jitter and magnetic fields
New Scale rotary drive system based on piezoelectric motor technology is also smaller and more precise than servo drives. It represents a major advance over servo drives for use in UAVs and micro-UAVs, micro assembly and many other applications.
New Scale’s M3-F focus modules travel to Earth’s deepest ocean trench onboard DeepSea Challenger; aid in 3D image capture
Tiny HD cameras with integrated M-F focus modules in manned submersible expedition to the bottom of the Mariana Trench by filmmaker and National Geographic explorer James Cameron
New Scale awarded four patents for piezoelectric motor drive and control techniques
Innovations reduce power consumption; optimize speed and force of miniature piezo motors. Since its founding in 2002, New Scale has secured twelve US patents and numerous corresponding international patents for piezoelectric motors and motion systems with unmatched miniaturization, micrometer-scale resolution, fully-integrated microelectronics and intelligent firmware.
