Leading maker of custom smart cameras for machine vision quickly adds auto focus to existing camera system —without changing package size or USB-only power advantage
High-resolution miniature positioning system targets RF, microwave and photonics tuning applications as well as optical instrumentation, UAV controls and biomedical systems
Operating on 3.3V power and high-level digital motion commands, miniature motion control system targets precision applications such as RF, microwave and photonics tuning; optical controls
Components editor Mat Dirjish awarded the SQUIGGLE RV linear drive system top honors in the components category for motors and motion-control systems.
New Scale Technologies has received its fifth U.S. patent for miniature piezoelectric motor technology. Trade-named the UTAF™ motor (for Ultra-Thin Auto Focus, its target application), the tiny new device integrates all ultrasonic motor functions into a single piezoelectric ceramic beam measuring only 4.5 X 0.82 X 0.7 mm.
Precision motorized lens motion drives smaller, higher-performance machine vision systems for industrial inspection, biometric security and more. The M3-F will also be shown in use in several machine vision systems at Vision 2010, including Imaging Diagnostics Ltd., Matrix Vision GmbH and Sunex.
Article published in Design World – by David Henderson and Lisa Schaertl – Here’s what happened in a multi-year collaboration among engineers and scientists at New Scale Technologies, austriamicrosystems (now ams) and TDK-EPC to simultaneously develop the motor, mechanics, electronics and control systems for the M3 micro-mechatronics module.
Easy-to-integrate modules enable precision motorized lens motion in miniature OEM cameras for biometric security, machine vision, medical diagnostics and more
Technical paper presented at Actuator 2010 by David Henderson, Qin Xu and Daniele Piazza, New Scale Technologies
