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Canada needs to get on the right road with automated vehicles electronicelectroni productsc products andand technology technology The arrival of automated vehicles - also known as autono- Then there’s the actual driving: computer software can Volume 37 Number 6 September 2015 mous, self-driving, or driverless vehicles - is imminent. It is calculate stopping distances, braking speeds and junction a matter of ‘when,’ not ‘if,’ automated vehicles (AVs) will be spaces with mathematical precision. Traffic should flow more on our roads. In fact, the first generation of AVs is already smoothly, congestion is likely to be reduced and fuel effi- with us. ciency rates should rise once the robot drivers take over for According to a report issued by The Conference Board of good. Vehicles will be able to talk to each other too, meaning Canada earlier this year, Canada is beginning to lag in rec- earlier warnings about traffic jams or accidents. ognizing and preparing for the large impact this disruptive AVs will affect our infrastructure needs and cause us to digital technology will have on our society. reorganize where we live and work. They will bring great Stephen Law Self-driving autonomous vehicles have been dominating potential benefits but, as with any transformative technol- Editor the headlines this year like never before. They’ve gone from ogy, will also bring great disruptions in the process of their 416.510.5208 sci-fi fantasy to actual reality in a very short space of time, rollout. Governments and the private sector would be wise [email protected] and manufacturers say some form of automobile automation to start planning and preparing for the arrival of AVs sooner, Sohail Kamal will arrive by 2020 or even earlier. One can only wonder rather than later. West Coast Correspondent exactly how far the technology has come and how far it has But, as this transformative technology looms with its [email protected] to go. impact on the average person, Canada lags with respect to There are plenty of potential advantages to self-driving the policy, industrial and legal implications of AVs. As the cars, scary though the concept may be. They don’t get tired aforementioned report indicates, it’s time for a wake-up call at the wheel, or distracted by kids in the back seat. They’re in Canada for public and private policymakers, who must act not prone to daydreaming, and thanks to the bank of sensors soon to keep us in the AV ‘game’. and equipment at their disposal, they’re much better than human drivers at spotting trouble coming from all directions Stephen Law, Editor – danger can be spotted from farther away and reacted to [email protected] Peter Loney Joanna Malivoire @EPTmagazine Publisher Account Manager more quickly. 416.510.5207 Direct: 866.868.7089 [email protected] [email protected]

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TRACE Live Networks acquires C2MI receives $8M to support Canadian electronic UAV maker Draganfly Innovations systems development TRACE Live Networks, Venice CA-based developer of The Federal Government has announced its support of $8-million over five years to C2MI to The TRACEr1 – a visually intelligent camera capable of support Canadian companies with electronic systems development. Funds were also granted following its owner almost anywhere and live-stream- to two other Canadian centres; LOOKNorth and Wavefront. ing captured footage to the Internet, has acquired Established in 2011, C2MI is the only Canadian infrastructure dedicated to the research and commercial sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial System) spe- development of electronic systems. This ecosystem, compounded of industries, universities cialists, Draganfly Innovations Inc. and partners dedicated to commercialization, focuses on market-driven products and tech- Founded in 1998 and located in Saskatoon, Draganfly nologies development. Enabling Technology having a growing impact growing in every sectors Innovations has grown to be a globally recognized leader in commercial UAV development and of the economy, microelectronics represents a huge vector of wealth creation. production. It is the longest running manufacturer of multi-rotor helicopters in the world and “We are very grateful for this renewed support from the government of Canada towards the maker of the first civilian sUAS to be credited with saving a life. Draganfly Innovations’ C2MI and its partners, which allow us to grow into an international pole of innovation in products are widely used in several commercial fields including law enforcement, search and microsystems and to continue working in synergy with Canadian SME’s and researchers,” says rescue, agricultural mapping, industrial inspection and aerial photography. Normand Bourbonnais, president & CEO, C2MI. The entire Draganfly Innovations development and engineering team, led by founder and “The CECR Program has allowed us to support startups and SME companies to commercialize president, Zenon Dragan, will remain in the current Saskatoon headquarters. Post-acquisition, new products. The expertise held at C2MI, whether it is related to advanced packaging, MEMS TRACE will look to scale the existing Draganfly Innovations commercial sUAS business and com- or materials characterization or failures analyses, allowed a significant number of Canadian and bined engineering teams will collaborate on the further advancement of the TRACE Live Network foreign companies to distinguish themselves. Our collaborative model offers a dynamic environ- auto-follow devices and live-streaming platform. They will also initiate development of several ment for future generations of scientists, produces highly qualified jobs and generates business commercial applications for TRACE’s visually intelligent SmartCamera technology. Dragan will opportunities, while strengthening the reputation of Canada as an innovative nation.” continue to lead Draganfly Innovations Inc. and will also join the TRACE executive team. C2MI is the largest electronics systems research and development center in Canada. The Centre provides a collaborative model where the synergy between industrial and academia part- ners is necessary, even essential to the development of new generation market driven products. Nymi achieves biometrically authenticated wearable payment Mouser adds Adafruit to its open source lineup Nymi, in collaboration with TD Bank Group (TD) and MasterCard, announced the completion of the world’s Mouser Electronics Inc. has signed a global distribution agreement with Adafruit, a pri- first biometrically authenticated, wearable credit card payment using one’s heartbeat. The vate company founded in 2005 that focuses on designing and manufacturing open-source first payment was made as part of a pilot project this summer. electronic hardware. The Nymi Band is a secure and continuous wearable authenticator that identifies a user Adafruit was created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineer Limor based on their unique heartbeat (or electrocardiogram) through proprietary Nymi technol- ‘Ladyada’ Fried, providing unique and fun DIY electronics, kits, and open-source hardware ogy called HeartID. Nymi has developed an NFC-enabled prototype of the Nymi Band for that turn everyday objects into high-tech prototypes suitable for education and advanced these pilots, which is linked to a user’s MasterCard. In doing so, participants can utilize the production concepts. Nymi Band to make secure, contactless payments using Tap & Go payment terminals found Mouser Electronics will offer same-day shipping on the Adafruit product line, including at many retailers. the FLORA and GEMMA wearable electronic platforms. These small but powerful boards “Nymi’s goal is to fundamentally change the way authentication is treated and to move incorporate programming based on the Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) industries towards a more secure and convenient identity model. By working with partners through USB interface to give designers and entry-level makers alike the ability to easily like TD and MasterCard, we are effectively demonstrating that continuous authentication can create prototypes of wearable devices. be a more secure and convenient way to make retail payments,” says Karl Martin, Nymi’s founder and CEO explains. Waterloo-based nanotechnology company lands $25K prize for counterfeit prevention America II adds 8 franchise lines A young company of three nanotechnology engineering students from the University of America II Electronics Inc., St. Petersburg FL, a global distributor of semiconductors and Waterloo is one step closer to its mission of eradicating counterfeit products after recently electronic components, has signed franchise distribution agreements with eight manufactur- winning $25,000 at the Velocity Fund Finals. ers. The company added Kontech USA, EMS Technologies, Power-Sonic Corp., Global Circuit Black Box Technologies, which works out of the Velocity Science workspace, is developing Innovations, Iskra, Toplite, Pastomold and Quectel Wireless Solutions Co. Ltd. to its global line an ink for anti-counterfeit application. Each ink has a unique signature and, once applied, is card. These latest additions represent the start of another strong quarter for the company’s verified by scanning the object with a phone. Velocity is a comprehensive entrepreneurship supply chain development efforts. ecosystem program from the University of Waterloo and Velocity Science is a program devel- “Our customers reside in practically every market segment and engineer product for nearly oped in partnership with the Faculty of Science. every application,” says Brian Ellison, president at America II Electronics. “Whether it’s medi- One of the problems that Perry Everett, co-founder of Black Box Technologies, identified is cal, industrial, telecommunications, automotive, or lighting—we’re focused on offering com- counterfeit electronics, where products not performing to standard, or at all, could have mon- plete solutions, so supply chain development is a critical part of our business plan.” umental consequences for technology manufacturers. 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ECIA to host Toronto meeting Digi-Key’s Mark Larson to keynote event Everyone and anyone involved in the electronics components industry is invited to attend a meeting and networking opportunity hosted by the Electronics Component Industry Association (ECIA) in Toronto this month. As part of the 2015 ECIA Regional Series, the meeting will be held on September 29, between 4pm - 7:30pm at the Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel at 801 Dixon Road, Toronto. Mark Larson The evening’s format includes a hosted social hour, industry presentations and dinner. The Toronto event will feature a special presentation from Mark Larson, vice-chairman of global component distributor Digi-Key Electronics. Larson is an industry visionary known for his business acumen and wit. “Anyone involved in the electronic components industry is encouraged to bring their co-workers, customers and princi- pals,” event co-coordinator Bill Ford of Tech Trek. “This event provides an opportunity to connect with industry leaders, discuss the latest market trends and discover how ECIA members optimize today’s electronic component supply chain.” Sponsors of the regional series include Avnet, Digi-Key Electronics, TTI, Mouser and Sager. To register online for the event, go to http://www.ecianow.org/connection-points/ecia-regional-series For further information contact Debbie Conyers at [email protected] (679-393-9990). Power Supplies &Cords – Wall Adapters with Interchangeable Plug Option IEWC acquires Premier Cables Celestica to sell its Toronto HQ – Desk Top to 200W – Open Frame with PFC IEWC, Milwaukee WI, has acquired UK-based Premier Toronto-based electronics manufacturing services provider – DIN Rails to 960W Cables Ltd., a distributor of cable and accessories to Celestica Inc., has entered into an agreement for the sale of – LED Drivers various building projects, infrastructure, broadcast its Don Mills property, which includes the site of its corporate – Medical Approvals and communications and alternative energy proj- headquarters and its Toronto manufacturing operations. ects, directly and through wholesalers. The site is being sold to a special purpose entity to be MEGA Electronics Inc. Owned and operated by three business partners, formed by a consortium of three real estate developers, 4B Jules Lane Jeff Weinstein, Ray Weinstein and Anthony Hopkins, namely Diamond Corp., Lifetime Developments and Context New Brunswick, NJ 08901 the company has seen significant growth over the Development Inc. The consortium intends to work with the City tel 732.249.2656 fax 732.249.7442 years. The firm leadership will continue under the of Toronto to develop a mixed-use community including office, www.megaelectronics.com current structure as Jeff, Ray and Anthony push to retail and residential uses. If the transaction is completed, the [email protected] propagate strategic growth initiatives. purchase price will be approximately CDN$137-million.

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Trends in rugged connectors What,s new for 2016? By David Cianciolo, director’ of engineering, Fischer Connectors

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When you are purchasing a new rack the acronym SWaP to align suppliers to mounted system, what is the best focus on shrinking size and weight while approach to balancing the need for increasing the computing power available future-proofing with current project allo- in the smaller form factor. Volume is espe- cations: Building in extra capacity or cially linearly related to the rack size and planning to add it later, when needed? weight is fairly linearly correlated to the Often the number of I/O slots is pre- rack size of a chassis. determined for the current needs of the In comparing expansion approaches platform, but the platform’s lifespan often in comparable systems, the assumption will exceed the near term technology. In is multiple rack sizes are available. The that case, the number of electrical con- rack sizes are directly attributed to the nections ultimately required is almost number of available slots and the number guaranteed to surpass the engineers’ origi- Comparison of Shielded Binary Pair of slots is linearly related to the amount Sketch of a typical nal expectations. Incorporating a rack Connectors on a Board and on an of I/O to and from the system. Therefore, rack mounted Chassis. mounted chassis with additional slots Enclosure the amount of I/O connectivity is linearly at the outset is more economical than related to the rack size. expanding the installed system by other mounted chassis. For each, the choice of For both applications, if the max I/O sity cable is the DensiShield cable, which means, after the fact. rack size was dependent on the number is reached and more is required there are provides differential pairs at >2.5Gb/s. Rack mounted chassis systems are used of slots, in order to provide a comparison two possible ways to achieve that: Therefore, the cost of daisy chaining sys- in a variety of applications including, focused on the overall size of the system, 1. Replace the system with a larger avail- tems exceeds the cost of the larger system aerospace, broadcast, datacom, industrial, rather than architecture or other variables. able rack size without providing a linear growth in I/O. telecom, transportation and others. These We weigh that against the implications 2. Add a twin system and link them with Another factor to consider is that cabling systems involve a chassis that has slots of expanding the system by other means, cabling is more prone to quality and reliability for managing daughter-cards which link to like adding a secondary chassis or single Taking a detailed look at option 2 is problems especially when using cable kits each other electrically through a backplane. board, with the related cabling required. valuable since no system provides an infi- versus factory made cables. The most common process for specifying a Several aspects of each chassis or nitely increasing rack size. The benefits chassis is to determine the communication system are important to a project. The of routing with a backplane become obvi- Conclusion ous when the aspects of daisy chaining protocol, the card size and the number of first and often overriding consideration 1. If future expansions are a possibility systems are reviewed. I/O connectors to slots required. The protocol is determined is retail price, which invariably increases then a system designer should consider the field have a larger physical footprint by the applications’ industry standards and as the size of the system increases. But implementing a larger system than cur- than I/O between PCBs. The footprint of the communication speed required and is the relationship isn’t proportionate to the rently required a shielded binary pair using 2 mm hard not included as a variable for purposes of number of slots, but rather non-linear. 2. Expansion by adding systems is much metric connectors is much less than the this analysis. The card size is dependent Larger sizes grow exponentially in price. less than linear, because much of the I/O is footprint of the same shielded binary pair on the available daughter-cards for the Now consider the number of slots avail- used to communicate with the twin system. using a BNC connector, 9mm2 to 252mm2. application and typically is divisible by able relative to size. The relationship is 3. Connectors between boards are much Additionally, daisy chaining systems three. The number of slots allows the most not exactly linear and fluctuates because denser than connectors on an enclosure requires interlocking cabling to take up a flexibility of the three choices. Determining of ancillary equipment such as tempera- linking to field cabling. how many slots is enough for current and ture control systems and redundant power portion of the systems’ I/O. 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Advances in piezoelectric positioners for precision motion control in nanopositioning applications Ever-increasing requirements for more precise motion control from the optics, biotech and semiconductor industries By Stefan Vorndran and Scott Jordan, PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.

Precision motion control in general and motion ranges. Progress in piezo mecha- motion, high-resolution, fast nanopositioning in particular, are enabling nisms, as well as control technologies, response and non-magnetic technologies in many high-technology has solved the travel distance/precision characteristics. fields such as bio-nanotechnology, semi- conundrum. Scientists and motion engi- conductor test and measurement, opti- neers now have access to a number of cal alignment, nanoimprinting, scanning piezo systems with virtually unlimited Nanometer precision in microscopy and microlithography. Choosing travel, without giving up stability, preci- scanning microscopy the right nanopositioning stage depends sion and speed. In modern drug discovery not only on resolution and accuracy, but Following are some motion control applications, a multitude of also on factors such as dynamics, size, the applications that have spawned the samples have to be examined application environment and cost. development of these new technologies: in the shortest possible time. A nanopositioning stage is a motion Techniques such as fluores- device capable of repeatedly produc- Non-magnetic applications cence imaging are employed ing motion in increments as small as a and require precise focus- Positioning and alignment systems in nanometer or less. There are several ways ing on small amounts of liq- e-beam lithography systems and scanning to achieve resolutions of one nanome- uid, usually held in multiwell electron microscopy (SEM) can be equipped ter or below. Some may seem as simple plates. Figure 1. Miniaturized hexapod nanopositioning system with electromagnetic drive mechanisms. as bolting a microstepped motor and a For long range, well-to- based on non-magnetic, UHV-compatible piezo-walk However, the expense to shield them and/ reduction gearbox to a leadscrew mecha- well positioning, conventional motors, provides precision motion in 6 axes. or position them outside of the action is nism. More sophisticated approaches use electric motors or voice-coil very high, along with the increase in size. additional position feedback in the form drives typically can provide the required ning stage it employs. Here, traditional Fieldless piezo ceramic motors are sig- of an encoder and interpolator circuit. speed and precision. Still, the focusing bearings are totally out of the question nificantly smaller, and can be positioned However, there is more to a nanoposition- is best achieved with frictionless, piezo and the requirements have been push- anywhere inside of these machines without ing system than a high resolution motor. flexure stages or objective positioners. ing the mechanical limitations of the causing negative effects. Response times on the order of a few mil- best flexure designs. Active trajectory Medical technology can also benefit liseconds allow extremely fast focusing control approaches (compensating min- The enemy is friction from piezo solutions that have been opti- and thus rapid data acquisition. The fast ute off-axis errors with integrated piezo Friction leads to hysteresis and induces mized over many years for applications in response also reduces the risk of photo transducers) now provide OOPM in the guiding errors such as tilt and wobble. In semiconductor manufacturing and testing, bleaching caused by long term exposure. sub-nanometer realm, over large scanning most positioning systems, guiding errors and biotechnology research. Active ceram- Similar speed/resolution requirements areas to hundreds of microns. are not measured, and hence remain ic components, such as piezo ceramic sen- are prevalent in near-field scanning opti- uncontrolled. Tilt, wobble and runout sors and actuators, have already been used cal microscopy (NSOM). Here, small sam- errors automatically contribute to posi- in medical design technology, for example ples are scanned, typically 100 x 100µm Nanopositioning goes hybrid tional inaccuracy. This fact is often in micro-pumps, ultrasonic transducers, to 500 x 500µm, with nanometer lateral Hybrid positioning systems combine neglected and rears its ugly head when fast valves for nano-dispensing applica- resolution. To minimize the scanning time the best of two worlds: long travel several individual positioners are com- tions, and for laser beam control in eye and achieve the high resolution required, ranges with low power requirements and bined into one multi-axis system. and skin surgery. flexure-guided piezo stages are the only sub-nanometer resolution with very high Friction is also inherent in traditional For medical imaging applications, such option. The latest designs employ a dynamics. Progress in controller design motor/leadscrew drive mechanisms. Even as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) parallel-kinematic motion principle, with has made possible real-time closed-loop though such drives have been improved systems, ultra-high field imaging can have all actuators acting on one moving cen- control of an actuator consisting of a gradually over time and still provide many significant advantages for cardiac imag- tral platform, greatly reducing inertia piezo-flexure arrangement in series with advantages for mainstream applications, ing. However, tuning of several coils in a for much improved dynamics. Capacitive a servo-motor/ballscrew assembly. The for the most demanding applications in whole-body scanner to achieve the best sensors integrated into the stage take controller reads the stage position from optics, semiconductor and bio-nanotech- performance turns out to be a lengthy multi-axis measurements against a com- an integrated, sub-nanometer-class linear nology fields, the traditional approach is process. Replacing the manual tuning with mon fixed reference (parallel metrology). encoder and continuously coordinates often not the answer. As the demand for computer controlled non-magnetic piezo This approach allows drift-free position- both the piezoelectric and servo-motor speed and precision has kept going up, motors speeds up the process and provides ing with nanometer straightness – not drives simultaneously in a way to provide motion control systems manufacturers had better results at the same time. available with classical stacked/nested the best possible overall performance, to develop better options to keep pace. 3D-optical microscopy, and Optical multi-axis designs. with rapid pull-in, nanometer-scale bi- Piezoceramic drive systems have Coherence Tomography (OCT), can also The same approach yields superior directional repeatability and inherent always been known for their fast response benefit from piezo drives due to their surface metrology results in atomic force axial stiffness. The actuator has been and atomic resolution, though at limited high-efficiency, direct-acting linear microscopes (AFM). Progress in semi- proposed to drive the European Extremely conductor development heavily relies on Large Telescope (E-ELT) – a 39m diameter materials testing, and an AFM’s output next-generation telescope, segmented in data is only as good as the out-of- CONTROL SOLUTIONS FOR plane motion (OOPM) of the XY scan- continued on page 18 DEMANDING APPLICATIONS • MINING • FORESTRY Piezo switch is suitable for explosive environments • INDUSTRIAL PSE EX piezo switch for explosive environments is certi- fied with ATEX/IECEX approvals, making it suitable for use • CONSTRUCTION in a potentially explosive atmosphere containing air gases and dust. The Device Directive, 94/9/EC for Products and Protective Systems, was developed to protect equipment and personnel endangered by the ignition of gases, vapours, or dust that could lead to an explosion. This protection is achieved by the prevention of all possible sources of fire and ignition. 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800 hexagonal mirrors. The combined motion of the frictionless pod 6-axis positioners (See figure 1). The hexapod piezo and the screw drive provides unprecedented smoothness approach, with its virtual pivot point and central and accuracy, even beating the required 1.7nm RMS tracking aperture, is crucial for optical alignment problems as precision. One has to consider, that under operating conditions large as secondary mirrors in the latest generation the load on the actuator changes in a range of zero to 900N. earthbound telescopes, and as small as fiber-to- When the telescope tracks the stars, all 800 segments have to photonic-component-alignment in telecommunication stay aligned perfectly as not to distort the wavefront of the chips. incoming light. Under laboratory conditions, better than 0.8nm RMS tracking accuracy was achieved. Eliminating the travel/resolution tradeoff Classical piezo flexure positioners excel through their frictionless, guiding systems, rapid response in Figure 2: Multiaxis piezo flexure stage with High-force, piezo-walk linear motors the kHz range and extremely high reliability. Piezo piezoresistive sensors infer position information from High-energy physics experiments often require components flexure actuators have passed 100 billion cycles of the strain/flex of a strut, piezo stack or a flexure guide. to be insensitive to strong magnetic fields and EMI. An ideal life testing by NASA/JPL for the Mars Mission and are scenario for a motion control device would be to hold a posi- currently in use on the Curiosity rover. The motion of nomical, but temperature-sensitive devices that are tion exactly when powered down. A new robust piezo motor a piezo flexure actuator is roughly proportional to the easily integrated in positioning devices. They are based on the piezo-walk principle is now available to provide applied voltage, often generated by a digital-to-analog glued to the flexure structure or piezo stack, but the backlash-free, highly stable motion over centimeters of travel converter (DAC) driving an amplifier. In recent history, extra layer of epoxy between the sensor and structure with nanometer resolution. Due to the self-clamping design, no piezo flexure motion was limited to approximately makes it a challenge to get sufficient long-term sta- power is dissipated in steady state, and a position can be locked 100 microns, but advances have pushed the limits to bility. PRS do not measure distance directly, but infer into place even when the controller is powered off. beyond the millimeter range. The number of addressable position of the moving platform from the nanoscale The piezo-walk principle is based on coordinated motion of positions for such a piezo mechanism is 2b – where b warping of the structure (See figure 2). Due to the several longitudinal and lateral piezo actuators arranged about is the bit-width of the DAC’s digital input. In order to indirect measure of position, inaccuracies can occur a central ceramic runner. A digital controller sequences their cover longer travel ranges while maintaining nanometer and orthogonality errors are unobservable. Calibration operation, providing high-force, long-travel step-mode actuation resolution, DAC’s with more bits were the only solution. to an interferometer allows them to achieve adequate plus picometer resolution high-bandwidth actuation. This type of A patented technology called HyperBit now leverages accuracies for classical microscopy applications. Since piezo motor can generate forces to 170 lbs., and is also vacuum- the under-utilized time-domain capability of today’s their output signal is a low voltage DC current, the compatible and fieldless, with and nanoscale power-off position DACs, converting it into up to eleven additional bits derived position can be more susceptible to noise stability for months. of physical positioning resolution. In a recent digital- pickup and drift. Compact piezo walk motors can be integrated in low-profile based servo-control system for x-ray interferometers, Capacitive sensors are high-value sensors com- linear translation stages such as used in laser tuning and align- 5 picometers (10exp -12m) positioning resolution was posed of diamond-machined plates which directly ing applications. They combine long-travel motion with a highly achieved using this novel technology. measure the absolute position of the stage platform. dynamic short-range sweep mode. Traditionally deployed in high-end semiconductor Multiple piezo motors can be arranged to form compact hexa- manufacturing tools and advanced microscopy appli- Nanopositioning sensors cations, such as single-molecule studies, capacitive High accuracy position feedback is essential in sensors provide especially precise, accurate and Fully Illuminated a good nanopositioning system, and direct motion fast position metrology. Since the stage platform is metrology is the preferred choice. Direct metrology measured directly, cross-talk and orthogonality can MSM CS Robust Metal Switch measures motion where it matters most to the appli- be eliminated. Since no glue is used to attach the cation. Examples of high-resolution, direct metrology sensors to the platform, they are exceptionally stable sensors are capacitive sensors, laser interferometers and reproducible and are usually calibrated to 4th and non-contact optical, incremental encoders. order or higher. Their tightly-controlled RF signal is Laser interferometers are capable of accurately consequently robust against noise. Their inherent measuring long distances and some provide sub- stability makes them an ideal fine-positioning com- nanometer resolution, although bulky optics must be panion to ultra-stable piezo motor long-travel coarse- mounted onto the moving elements of the motion positioning stages. system. Optical encoders are more compact and rely on diffraction between a moving reticle and a scale Assessing the right nanopositioning option composed of finely pitched lines. Position is deter- Piezo ceramic motion systems have long been the mined by counting fringes and interpolating between number one choice for ultra-high precision motion. individual peaks, similar to interferometry. The latest With ever-increasing requirements from the optics, linear encoders can provide resolution in the 100 biotech and semiconductor industries in recent years, picometer range. Interferometers and incremental manufacturers were forced to find ways to overcome optical encoders are relative position sensors that limitations such as travel range and linearity, while Robust stainless steel switch with backlit ceramic actuator must be initialized at a reference position. The sta- resists scratches, abrasions and chemicals preserving their unmatched speed, acceleration and bility of this reference position also influences the resolution capabilities. - Momentary action: overall precision. 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