M3-FS and M3-F focus modules in embedded vision system design
New Scale M3-F S and M3-F focus modules mount directly to a printed circuit board over a CCD or CMOS image sensor. These tiny modules add precision focus to OEM cameras while preserving their compact size advantage. They accept high-level motion commands directly from your ISP – no additional control board is needed.
The module accepts standard threaded lens assemblies and is only slightly larger than the lens assembly. It provides millimeters of lens motion with 0.5 μm resolution. The new M3-FS has the added benefits of high dynamic stability, minimizing pixel shift when the camera is moving and changing orientation.
The M3-F is a single-lens system with embedded closed-loop drive for high repeatability with low external processing requirements.
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
M3-LS-1.8 Linear Smart Stage
All-in-one USB micro stage has 0.5 μm resolution, 6 mm stroke and high lateral stability The ultra-compact M3-LS-1.8 Linear Smart Stage is a miniature USB microstage with 0.5 µm resolution and absolute position encoding. It has less than 10 µm run-out and 1 millirad...
Bringing Image-Guided Laser Surgery to Endoscopy
Article in MDT magazine: In an effort to advance the benefits that lasers can offer to surgeons, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center partnered with a motor and motion control specialist to fabricate an endoscopic laser scalpel that incorporates a remote-controlled beam steering device right in the endoscope head.
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
