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Motion controller packs in features
Agile Systems' microMAXR integrates the motion control, servo amplifier, networking capabilities and user I/O all within a very compact package.
News from Engineeringtalk, 26 April 2007
Agile gets patent for noise reduction in motors
Agile Systems has been granted the first in a series of five patent applications for control of electric motor products by the US Patent and Trade Office (USPTO).
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 February 2007
Stepper motor improves safety and efficiency
Agile Systems' new stepper motor technology will help companies turn simple, low-cost, two-phase stepper motors into sophisticated servo motors.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 February 2007
Miller, Ravalli and Spurr come onboard
Matt Miller, Sab Ravalli and William Spurr have joined the board of directors at Agile Systems.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 July 2006
Global trade award for motor control maker
Maker of energy-efficient electronic controls for electric and battery powered motors wins innovation award in Ontario.
News from Engineeringtalk, 1 May 2006
Distribution deal expands to the UK
Agile Systems has signed an agreement with LG Motion to expand its distribution into the UK.
News from Engineeringtalk, 8 August 2005
User-friendly route to distibuted motion control
Command Interface is a new language for distributed motion control that opens up the communication protocol so packets can be created independently of library or host platform.
News from Engineeringtalk, 1 December 2003
Compact controller simplifies distributed motion
The u-Max is a micro sized, FireWire connected distributed motion controller with embedded servo amplifier, all within the footprint of a business card.
News from Engineeringtalk, 29 September 2003
Graphical package simplifies servo setup
DPWin is A configuration utility that operates across all Agile digital motor drive and distributed servo products.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 May 2003
Sensorless control for brushless DC motors
A new designers' kit simplifies the development of sensorless control of brushless DC motors.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 April 2003
Servos lead to sales success
Agile Systems posted an 80% increase in product shipments in 2002 compared with the previous 12 months.
News from Engineeringtalk, 25 February 2003
Two axes and Firewire for distributed control
The MAX3020 combines two axes of digital servo amplifiers with DSP motion control, and serial network in the smallest form factor possible for truly distributed motion control applications.
News from Engineeringtalk, 17 February 2003
Compact modules aid distributed motion control
The Agile Systems MAX3000 platform combines up to four axes of digital servo amplifiers with DSP motion control, and serial network in the smallest form factor possible.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 December 2002
Motion controllers gain Firewire interfaces
Agile Systems is shipping high performance IEEE1394 Firewire interfaces with its MAX 3000 series of integrated multi-axis controller/amplifiers.
News from Engineeringtalk, 2 July 2002
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