New Scale Technologies - M3-RS-U2-4.5-360 rotary smart stage and developer's kit
- Smallest rotary stage: 11.75 x 21.9 x 16 mm
- Embedded closed-loop controller
- No separate electronics needed
- 3.3 VDC input
- Accepts direct motion commands (I2C, SPI, or UART)
- Continuous 360° rotary motion
- Angular resolution ~21.9727 mdeg closed loop
- Built-in absolute position sensor
- Millisecond step and settle times
- 0.5 deg in 16 ms closed loop
- 0.5 deg in 1.2 ms open loop
- Holds position with zero power and no jitter
Smallest size, high resolution
The M3-RS-U2-4.5-360 Rotary Smart Stage is a miniature, “all-in-one” rotary positioning stage with closed-loop position resolution better than 0.022 degrees. It provides continuous 360° rotation with absolute position feedback.
The compact housing measures only 11.75 mm long x 21.9 mm wide x 16 mm tall and incorporates a built-in controller with all drive electronics and embedded firmware, along with patented piezoelectric motors, position sensors and bearings.
With no need for an external controller, this smart stage enables smallest system size in hand-held and portable instruments.
Embedded controller for fastest integration
The embedded controller also means rapid and easy integration into your system. It accepts direct input of high-level digital motion commands from your system processor over I2C, SPI, or UART interface.
Developer’s kits include a USB adapter for PC control, and New Scale Pathway™ software for evaluation and system development.
Low power use for battery-powered systems
The positioning module needs only 3.3 V DC and uses approximately 750 mW when moving. It can be powered by USB or standard batteries. The integrated piezo motor holds position without using power.
Refer to "Datasheets & Downloads" tab for more specifications.
Applications
Scientific and industrial instruments requiring precise rotational positioning in a limited space.
- Point-to-point beam steering
- Optical tuning (with gratings or filters)
- Sample alignment
- Hand-held and battery-powered devices
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Attribute |
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Range of Motion |
360 degree continuous rotation |
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Speed |
>1100 deg/sec |
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Acceleration |
>1,000,000 deg/sec² |
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Stall Torque (min) |
0.04 N-mm |
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Holding Torque (min) |
0.08 N-mm (zero power) |
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Recommended maximum payload mounted to rotating shaft (payload must be balanced) |
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Mass |
3 g |
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Inertia |
350 g-mm² |
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CLOSED-LOOP performance (with built in sensor) |
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Recommended step frequency |
up to 100 Hz |
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Resolution (absolute encoder resolution) |
0.022 deg absolute |
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Repeatability |
+/- 0.05 deg (880 µrad) |
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Accuracy |
0.25 deg (4400 µrad) |
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Closed loop step & settle (typical)* |
0.5 deg step: 16 ms 5 deg step: 22 ms 20 deg step: 31 ms |
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OPEN-LOOP performance (external position sensor provided by user - see application note) |
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Open loop step & settle times (typical)* |
0.05 deg step: 0.5 ms 0.5 deg step: 1.2 ms 5 deg step: 5 ms 20 deg step: 11.2 ms |
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Input Voltage |
3.3 VDC +/-6% |
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Power Consumption (typical) |
750 mW active, moving 190 mW active, ready 150 mW standby |
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Stage Mass |
4.7 g |
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Operational Lifetime |
>2 million random positions or seven years, whichever occurs first |
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Temperature and Relative Humidity |
0 to +60 °C, non-condensing |
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Conformance |
RoHS; CE pending |
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Controller |
Integrated into stage, 64 MIPS no external controller needed |
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Communication Interface |
I²C, SPI, or UART Input directly to M3-RS |
*With 0.6 g-mm2 inertial load mounted to output shaft, based on a target tolerance of 2 encoder counts
More Product Information
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Fully isolated experiment space for true 4K temperatures during probing
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Cryogenic positioners to provide large travel ranges without warming up the device
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Flexible thermal jumpers to ensure high thermal conductance and low mechanical transmission
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A soft vacuum bellows provides a compliant mounting interface for the cryocooler
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Quick release vacuum feedthroughs for easy configurability
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A large rectangular port for high signal capacity
See more Key Features in Specifications & Details tab
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Continues the Infinity family’s Industry leading electrical performance
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High temperature capability (175° C +) for automotive device characterization and other applications
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Better tip visibility for enhanced placement accuracy and repeatability
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Improved tip life/durability with solid rhodium contacts
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New tip architecture enables support for narrower pitches (e.g. 25um)
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Advanced mechanical design combined with small contacts enables probing on smaller pads/pitches and improves durability and robustness
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Real resistors switched by relays
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Custom temperature scales
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No residual resistance
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5 W load capacity
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Six different languages
- Solve applications rather than develop underlying tools by leveraging a toolkit with a more than 25-year history of reliable performance
- Tackle applications with utmost confidence using field-proven tools for analyzing, classifying, locating, measuring, reading and verifying
- Base analysis on monochrome and color 2D images as well as 3D profiles, depth maps and point clouds
- Harness the full power of today's hardware through optimizations exploiting SIMD, multi-core CPU and multi-CPU technologies
- Support platforms ranging from smart cameras to HPCs via a single consistent and intuitive API
- Obtain live data in different ways with support for analog, Camera Link, CoaXPress, DisplayPort, GenTL, GigE Vision, HDMI, SDI, Linux and USB3 Vision Interfaces
- Maintain flexibility and choice by way of support for 64-bit Windows and Linux along with Intel and Arm processor architectures
- Leverage available programming know-how with support for C, C++, C+ and CPython languages
- Experiment, prototype and generate program code using Aurora Imaging Library CoPilot interactive environment
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Real resistors switched by relays
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Custom temperature scales
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No residual resistance
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0.01°C accuracy
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Six different languages
- All-in-one microstage - no separate controller
- Direct high-level command interface (I2C or SPI)
- USB adapter enables direct connection to PC
- Small: < 32x32x11 mm including controller
- Absolute encoding: high repeatability, no homing
- Low power: 6 VDC, ~5 W (only when moving)
- For integration into battery powered devices
- Long stroke: 15 mm
- High force: 1 N (~100g load vertical, ~200g horizontal)
- High stiffness with crossed roller bearing design
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- Piezo stages with continuous 360° rotary motion
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- Each rotary stage only 11.75 x 21.9 x 16 mm
- Closed-loop controller embedded in each stage
- No separate electronics needed
- 3.3 VDC input
- Direct digital input of motion commands ( I2C, SPI, or UART)
- Angular resolution ~21.9727 mdeg closed loop
- Built-in absolute position sensor
- Millisecond step and settle times
- 0.5 deg in 16 ms closed loop
- 0.5 deg in 1.2 ms open loop
- Holds position with zero power and no jitter
New Scale Technologies (NST)
Embedded Motion Modules Make Great Products Smaller
Founded in 2002, NST develops, licenses and manufactures standard and customized embedded motion modules that fit on your fingertips. These include rotary and linear smart stages that incorporate our patented and proprietary technologies: SQUIGGLE® and UTAF piezoelectric ultrasonic motors, position sensors, precision bearings, drive and control circuits, and microprocessors with closed-loop firmware that connect to New Scale Pathway® PC software.
Our M3 micro mechatronic modules require only battery power and high-level digital commands to produce sub-micrometer precision movements. M3 smart stages are easy for customers to integrate into wearable, handheld, portable and battery-powered products to move very small optics, produce haptic feedback, and miniaturize complex instruments. For example, we use our M3 stages to create our multi-probe manipulator (MPM) system for electrophysiology.
New Scale Technologies uses ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certified quality management systems.
Contact Details
New Scale Technologies Main Office
121 Victor Heights Parkway, Victor, NY 14564, USA
Phone: 585-924-4450
Email: nstsales@newscaletech.com
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