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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.                   The device uses IR LED Time-of-Flight (not laser-based), making it a quite novel technology. This novel approach is what enables us to achieve the small form factor, low weight, and helps keep the cost down. All settings are easily controlled via USB […] Read More

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 Brushless Electronically Commutated Motors (ECM) are designed for use in low voltage (12 to 48vdc) battery powered motor applications requiring Long Life, Low Maintenance, High Efficiency and Low Noise. The motor’s cost-effective and compact space saving design allows its use in various applications for single […] Read More

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, or for companies to outfit their entire engineering and technical support teams with the powerful diagnostic tools they need. Designed and manufactured by Tektronix, and backed by a 5-year warranty, the new oscilloscopes deliver excellent performance and accuracy with 1 GS/s or 500 MS/s sample […] Read More

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 MTS-360 Sensor/PCB assembly is available with either 6 pin (dual output) or 3 pin (single output) Molex 90119 Series mating connectors.  The PCB / Sensor assembly can be easily secured with three standard M3 screws.  The entire assembly measures just 35mm wide by 36mm long […] Read More

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 that have been selected to optimize performance of both the drive and motor. The STR2 drive features advanced microstepping performance and sophisticated current control with anti-resonance. Anti-resonance electronically damps motor and system resonances, which improves motor smoothness and torque over a wide speed range. Each […] Read More

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. The LDC1450 incorporates a Basic Language Interpreter capable of executing over 15,000 Basic instructions per second. This feature can be used to write powerful scripts for adding custom functions, or for developing automated systems without the need for an external PLC or microcomputer. The motor […] Read More

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’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

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

Kinetic 3500 is a turn-key embeddable sensor development kit based on open source software.  Powered by a Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP3530 (Cortex A8 RISC processor and DSP) together with a Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA plus a rich set of sensor peripherals including a tri-axis MEMS gyroscope, tri-axis MEMS accelerometer, tri-axis magnetic sensor, a GPS module, a temperature sensor, and high speed 20 Msps 12 bit A/D and 14 bit D/A converters. The Alico Kinetic 3500 SDK product will be delivered with a full set of sensor capabilities that are operational out-of-the box.  Kinetic 3500 reduces ramp-up time on learning the fundamentals of OMAP and FPGA technology, getting up to speed […] Read More