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Product category: Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls
News Release from: Prior Scientific | Subject: PCI stepper motor controller
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 06 May 2003

Stepper controller takes control of test
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Prior Scientific has developed a PCI stepper motor controller to drive any combination of motorised stages, focus motors, filter wheels and shutters, all from a PC.

Prior Scientific has developed a PCI stepper motor controller to drive any combination of motorised stages, focus motors, filter wheels and shutters, all from a PC The card can be installed directly into any standard full size PCI slot, thus eliminating the need for a separate controller box

This has the immediate advantage of saving valuable workspace in the lab.

The Prior PCI stepper motor controller has a communication response time of less than 250ns, which is over 100 times faster than a standard RS232 interface.

Using the PCI stepper motor controller enables movement of the stage in increments as small as 0.01 microns for the x and y axes and 0.002 microns for a z axis focus motor.

To give the ultimate in positioning accuracy the Prior PCI controller has the ability to accept inputs from both linear and rotary encoder modules.

The fully CE compliant PCI controller is supplied with a 32bit DLL that is compatible with both existing products from Prior Scientific, including the ProScan and OptiScan ranges and also the majority of stages, filter wheels, shutters and focus drives available from other manufacturers. Request a free brochure from Prior Scientific ...

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