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Plugging in precision -

Plugging in precision   You can now integrate highly precise GPS into your electronics projects, without breaking the bank.   Whether you’re building robots or flying drones, you probably live with a compromise: positioning is either imprecise or requires expensive equipment. Now it’s possible to get much more precise positions, without the cost associated with professional GPS equipment, thanks to Reach. Reach is a high-precision […] Read More

Rhoeby Dynamics R2D LiDAR -

Press release by: Rhoeby Dynamics LLC October 2015, Santa Cruz, CA. The new Rhoeby Dynamics R2D LiDAR is the smallest, lightest, lowest-cost 2D LiDAR device on the market today. It’s proven capable of performing mapping, navigation and dynamic obstacle avoidance in the indoor setting, and comes complete with its open-source ROS driver for rapid integration into any robotics platform.             […] Read More

DC Brushless Motor ECMDC75A -

Electric Motor Solutions is pleased to announced the introduction of the Model ECMDC75A series of DC Brushless Electronically Commutated Motors (ECM) to its product line. As a request with this announcement, we would be pleased to have your magazine publication include a short product announcement highlighting our new motor model series.  New Product Announcement  75mm (3.0 Inch) DC Brushless ECM Motors  The ECMDC75A Series of […] Read More

TBS1000 Oscilloscope Series -

Tektronix Entry Level TBS1000 Oscilloscope Series, giving electrical engineers, educators and hobbyist an affordable, dependable and full-featured tool for a wide variety of general purpose electronics test applications. With prices starting at just $520, the TBS1000 Series (for Tektronix Basic Scope) makes it easier than ever for educators to put an oscilloscope on every desktop, for hobbyists and tinkerers to enjoy Tektronix reliability and performance, […] Read More

Tiny EZ-Mount Rotary Position Sensor -

Piher Sensors & Controls has introduced the MTS-360 Mechanical Mount Rotary Position Sensor with integral PCB for fast and easy mounting.   Designed with the sensor directly mounted onto a PCB, the innovative MTS-360 Sensor/PCB Combo package allows engineers to easily install a fully featured rotary sensor without first having to design a printed circuit board for the sensor.  The result is time-savings and convenience. The […] Read More

Microstepping Drive -

Servo2Go.com announces the addition of a new OEM designed economical microstepping drive from Applied Motion Products. The STR2 stepper drive is an ultra compact, digital step & direction drive, great for OEM applications requiring basic step & direction control of a 2-phase step motor. The STR2 outputs up to 2.2 A/phase to the step motor, and is compatible with a variety of 2-phase step motors […] Read More

Roboteq Controller -

Roboteq intelligent controller capable of directly driving a brushed DC motor up to 120Amps at up to 50Volts. The LDC1450 is targeted at designers of Industrial Automation systems, mobile robots, automated guided vehicles, animatronics, or any other high power motor control application. The controller accepts commands from analog joystick, standard R/C radio, or RS232 interface, and can switch automatically from one mode to the other. […] 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 […] 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 […] Read More

Hexbug -

Hexbug (TM) from innovation labs comes in a variety of shapes and colors. The prices vary from 5-25 dollars, depending on which model you choose. Here is the official website, where you can also order online. Read More