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(Nanowerk Information) International piezo nanopositioning chief PI introduces a brand new microscope stage household designed for democratizing some great benefits of ultrasonic piezo motor drive techniques in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. The U-781 XY stage offers 128x86mm journey, is provided with 10nm decision linear encoders for direct place measurement on the platform, and is suitable with inverted microscopes of the 4 main microscope producers. U-781 features a high-performance 2-axis movement controller and joystick and presents interfaces to frequent microscopy software program instruments, reminiscent of µ-Supervisor, MatLab, LabView, Python, and Nikon NIS Components — all at an especially engaging value/efficiency ratio.
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| PI’s new inverted microscope stage U-781 XY. (Picture: PI)
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Extremely-Steady – Perfect for Lengthy Time period Imaging
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PI’s patented ultrasonic direct-drive motors characteristic millisecond responsiveness and supply a large dynamic velocity vary – from 100mm/sec, with jerk-free, easy movement. This efficiency is made potential by a patented twin frequency drive system and adaptive management parameter setting within the controller firmware.
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An excellent benefit over standard drive techniques is the drift-free self-locking design that clamps the stage down as soon as a goal place has been reached. The stiff piezo-ceramic direct drive avoids servo jitter, which might happen with electromagnetic linear direct drive motors on account of inadequate damping or amplifier noise.
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Equipment
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A big aperture and lots of adapter plates enable for the usage of microscope slides, nicely plates and petri dishes. An elective P-736 PInano Z stage or P-545 XYZ piezo flexure nanopositioning stage will be added for functions reminiscent of quick focus, single molecule monitoring or optical trapping.
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Controller, Software program, and Joystick
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A controller with in depth software program help and a joystick are included within the package deal. Joystick mode and computer-controlled mode will be switched with one button. The superior digital servo controller (automated switchover between static and dynamic PID parameters) is optimized for ultrasonic motors to attain most dynamic efficiency with settling instances as little as just a few 10 milliseconds with out sacrificing decision and easy operation. A complete software program package deal is included: drivers for LabVIEW, dynamic libraries for Home windows and Linux, MATLAB, µManager, Andor iQ. Interfaces embody USB, SPI, RS-232, and analog.
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