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News Release from: New Scale Technologies | Subject: Squiggle linear micro motors
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Team on 08 January 2008
Kit simplifies motor evaluation
New Scale Technologies' new starter kit includes a tiny SQL-1.8-6 Squiggle motor pre-mounted in a polycarbonate holder for "straight out of the box" evaluation.
New Scale Technologies has released an evaluation kit for its SQL series Squiggle linear micro motors The starter kit simplifies evaluation of the piezoelectric motor technology for use in miniature OEM products such as medical devices, tiny optical systems and micro-robotic instruments
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The starter kit includes a tiny SQL-1.8-6 Squiggle motor pre-mounted in a polycarbonate holder for "straight out of the box" evaluation.
This ultrasonic motor measures 1.8 x 1.8 x 6 mm, weighs 0.16g and pushes loads of up to 30g, nearly 200 times its own weight.
Linear travel range is 6mm.
The starter kit also includes an MC-3000 motor controller, AC power adapter, PC control software and cables.
The controller generates ultrasonic-frequency electronic signals to drive the Squiggle motor.
It accepts position feedback from analogue or digital position sensors (not included) for closed-loop system evaluation.
The motor can also be used in open-loop configuration.
The software enables easy evaluation of Squiggle motors via the Windows PC user interface.
Users can easily control motor direction and speed, move to a target position or move a specified distance.
Documentation describes the low-level ASCII codes that an embedded system or microcontroller would send to a motor control chip in a user's system.
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