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CORE2 consumer robot controller by Husarion -

Hardware, software and cloud for fast robot prototyping and development Kraków, Poland, June 27th, 2017 – Robotic development platform creator Husarion has launched its next-generation dedicated robot controller CORE2. Available now at the Crowd Supply crowdfunding platform, CORE2 enables the rapid prototyping and development of consumer and service robots. It’s especially suitable for engineers designing commercial appliances and robotics students or hobbyists. Whether the next robotic idea is a tiny rover that penetrates tunnels, a surveillance drone, or a room-sized 3D printer, the CORE2 can serve as the brains behind it. Husarion’s platform greatly simplifies robot development, making it as easy as creating a website. It provides engineers with embedded […] Read More

Miniature 700W servo motor drive with integrated motion controller -

Tampere, Finland – Jan 16th, 2017 – Granite Devices Inc, a Finnish servo drive manufacturer has released a new industrial servo motor drive contributing high degree of time and cost saving features to the machine automation market. A “swiss knife of motion control” IONI starts a new era of servo drives by bringing snap-on installation, built-in SIL2 safety functions and unforeseen compactness in 700 W class in just 70 x 37 x 7 mm form factor. IONI implements industry standard, torque, velocity and position controls for AC, brushless DC, brushed DC, linear servo motors and stepping motors between 2 W and 700 W power. An improved high dynamic range torque […] Read More

Galil Pocket Motion Controller -

Galil Introduces DMC-30017 Pocket Motion Controller Single-Axis Controller with Microstepping Drive   (Rocklin, CA) — Galil Motion Control, an industry leader in motion control technology, is announcing a stepper motor drive option for their DMC-30000 Pocket Motion Controller Series. The new DMC-30017 combines a single-axis motion controller with a 6A microstepping drive. Like other products in the DMC-30000 Series, the DMC-30017 offers higher performance, better power efficiency, smaller size, and a lower price than prior generation, single-axis controllers. “Now Galil offers a single-axis controller/drive package for stepper motors in addition to servo motors”, said Lisa Wade, vice president of sales and marketing. “The already released DMC-30012 combines a single-axis motion controller and 800W drive for servo motors. The […] Read More

Microstrain Intertial Navigation -

MicroStrain’s 3DM-GX3® -45 high-performance, miniature GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System combines MEMS inertial sensors, a highly-sensitive GPS receiver, and a complex Extended Kalman Filter to generate optimal position, velocity, & attitude (PVA) estimates. It provides an ideal solution for a variety of applications including vehicle tracking, camera pointing, antenna pointing, and unmanned aerial and micro vehicle navigation. Additionally, its ability to integrate third party GPS and/or heading sensor inputs means that it can take advantage of existing navigation components that may already be in place. Learn more about this product here. Read More

BlazingCore Microcontroller -

BlazingCore (BCore100) Microcontroller is directed toward hobbyistst at all levels. Specifications: –  Core controller – PIC32MX695F512L running at 80 MIPs at 3.3V –  Programming Environment; Sonata IDE (Integrated Development Environment) using a subset of Visual Basic programming language called VBm (read as VB minor) –  Core runs up to 5 million lines of VBm code per second. –  128K of internal SRAM, 8 Mb of Data Flash, 32 KB of serial SRAM (optional) with integrated software support on VBm –  Up to 73 I/O pins, including, 2 SPI, 2 I2C, 4 UARTS, 5 servo control/PWM –  Integrated hardware and software support for – 2.83” OLED  Display in 16 bit mode, […] Read More