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25 things you may not know about drives
Drives have been a key technology for industrial engineers for many years but Matt Handley of Mitsubishi Electric thinks they can be underappreciated. Here he highlights some of the interesting facts about them.
PI Planar XY Air Bearing Stage Provides Better Motion Fidelity
PI (Physik Instrumente) introduces the new PIglide HS planar XY air bearing stage, designed specifically to maximize throughput while providing the ultimate level of precision. This stage is ideal for wafer inspection and scribing applications, as well as other ultra-precision motion applications, such as flat panel inspection.
PCBs sourced for 6MHz encoder splitter box
Cranfield Precision, part of the Fives Landis group, is just one of a string of UK based engineering teams, which also includes the Satellite Applications Catapult and theUniversity of Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, who turn to Newbury Electronics to fulfill their PCB production and placement requirements.
PITTMAN Introduces High Torque Density EC042B Series Brushless DC Motors
PITTMAN Motors has introduced the EC042B brushless DC motor series, its latest offering in a broad range of DC brush and brushless motors.
Build your own robot
Seek N’Sneakis an Arduino Mega 2560 powered self-controlled robot which is able to find objects, pick them up and relocate them. The two driving wheels of this robot are powered by independently controlled motors and equipped with 128-steps-per-revolution encoders allowing for precise control of the angular position of the wheel, as well as its velocity and acceleration.
Optical incremental encoders suit industrial motion control
Expanding on the company’s market-proven HEDS-914x module series, Avago Technologies has announced a series of high resolution 3-channel optical incremental encoder modules. The AEDT-981x has been designed to enable robust, high precision motion control applications including DC servo motors, linear and rotary actuators, factory automation equipment, 3D printers, robotics and drones.
Evaluation board accelerates FPGA designs
The ECP5 Versa Evaluation Board from Lattice Semiconductor is now in stock at Mouser Electronics. Part of the ECP5 Versa Development Kit, the ECP5 Versa Evaluation Board enables developers to experiment with the features of Lattice Semiconductor’s ECP5 Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), including PCI Express, Gigabit Ethernet, DDR3, and generic SERDES performance.
Rotary and linear encoders from INMOCO are smart and reliable
INMOCO has added the MicroE Veratus Series to its range of rotary and linear encoders.
Pittman Introduces DC032A Series of Brush DC Motors
Pittman Motors has introduced the DC032A Series of brush DC motors, the latest addition to its broad range of DC brush and brushless motors. The DC032A series is a high torque density motor designed in a rectangular package. Its compact size and high-power density makes it especially suitable for portable equipment and power tools.
Hall-effect latch IC uses vertical Hall technology
The new A1260 vertical Hall-effect sensor IC from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is an extremely temperature-stable and stress-resistant magnetic sensing device that is ideal for use in harsh operating environments.