Greetings!
Welcome to this quarterly issue of New Scale News,
your update on miniature motion technology and applications.
This month we are proud to announce a tiny ASIC driver to match the small size of the SQUIGGLE motor, the world's smallest linear motor. This new driver is a major milestone in the quest to integrate tiny motors into miniature OEM systems.
We've also included links to recent articles in Industrial Embedded Systems and Appliance Design that we think you'll find interesting. As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. E-mail us with comments.
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~ Announcing the NSD-1102 piezo motor driver ASIC
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The tiny SQUIGGLE motor now has a tiny driver to match! The NSD-1102 dedicated piezoelectric motor driver ASIC drives one or two SQL-1.8 SQUIGGLE motors from a single 2.8 to 5.5 VDC supply.
You can control two motors independently with each ASIC, using the standard I²C interface.
The driver is housed in a tiny 4x4mm 16-Pin QFN package. This matches the scale of the SQUIGGLE motor itself, which is 1.8 x 1.8 x 6 mm, facilitating integration into miniature products. The ASIC and all passive components necessary to drive one or two SQUIGGLE motors fit into a 6 x 9 mm footprint on your printed circuit board.
The driver development suite also includes a simple driver board /reference design and a full-function controller based on the NSD-1102.
Visit the New Scale website to read more, or download the data sheets directly:
> Download the NSD-1102 ASIC specification sheet (267 Kb PDF)
> Download the MC-31DB driver board / reference design data sheet (119Kb PDF)
> Download the MC-3100 full-function controller data sheet (172Kb PDF)
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~ SQL-1.8 SQUIGGLE motor lifetime >1 million cycles
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New Scale recently increased the specificiation for its SQL-1.8 SQUIGGLE motor to > 1million cycles, based on lifetime tests at continuous operation with ~10 gram force load at full speed and room temperature.
Visit our website for complete specifications.
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~ New article: "Piezoelectric Motors ...(for) Electronic Access Control"
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A New Scale article in Industrial Embedded Systems magazine presents several applications in electronic access control where systems designers can benefit from smaller, lighter, less power-hungry actuators.
We compare piezoelectric motor actuators to classic solutions such as DC motors, stepper motors, shape memory alloys and solenoids, and demonstrate the electrical integration of the actuator module in an embedded system.
Get the full story at IndustrialEmbedded.com ...
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~ New article: "Motion Without Magnets"
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 Larry Adams of Appliance Design magazine writes about non-magnetic motors in his October article, "Motion without magnets." He provides a good comparison of the piezoelectric SQUIGGLE motor, a piezo motor from Namomotion, and a pneumatic motor in development at Johns Hopkins University.
Read the article online at Appliance Design magazine ...
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~ New Scale licenses SQUIGGLE technology to Alps
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New Scale has licensed its patented SQUIGGLE motor technology to Tokyo-based Alps Electric Company, Ltd. (www.alps.com), a $6 billion global manufacturer of electromechanical components for mobile devices, consumer electronics and automotive systems.
The manufacturing license allows Alps to manufacture New Scale's 1.8 x 1.8 x 6 mm piezoelectric SQUIGGLE motor design. Alps will target high-volume applications such as lens control in Blu-ray Disc recorders and valve control in micro-cooling systems for consumer electronics devices such as laptop computers.
Alps provides more than 40,000 different components to around 2,000 companies all over the world. It has introduced the SQUIGGLE motors as its "ATSA Series miniature piezoelectric actuator" to its extensive base of customers and prospects.
Visit the ALPS website to see their "ATSA" SQUIGGLE motor product offering...
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~ New Scale Named to Inc. 5000
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New Scale Technologies ranked at number 650 in Inc.'s annual listing of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the United States in 2008. The company also ranked number 18 among the list's top 100 computer and electronics companies, based on three-year sales growth.
Read more about the Inc. 5000 ...
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~ Meet us at these upcoming events
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Electronica 2008
Munich, Germany | November 11-14, 2008 | more about electronica
Co-exhibiting with austriamicrosystems
Stand A5.107
Robo Development Conference
Santa Clara, CA, USA | November 18-19, 2008 | more about RoboDev
New Scale's Dan Viggiano III will present a paper, "Miniature Piezoelectric Motors Enable
Greater Articulation and Precision for Microrobotics." See us in Santa Clara or email us for a copy after the conference.
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