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Quant 3D introduces new, faster Q300 3D Printer
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Lattice Semiconductor L
attice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the leading provider of customizable smart connectivity solutions,
today announced the
availability of the ECP5™ Versa development kit to accelerate prototyping and testing of connectivity designs targeted for small cells,
microserver,
broadband access, and industrial video applications worldwide. The family’s low power consumption, small form factor and low cost make it an ideal connectivity solution and enables design engineers to rapidly add features and functions that complement those delivered by ASICs and ASSPs, reducing development risk and accelerating time- tomarket. To help customers interested in the ECP5 device family to quickly design and test application prototypes, Lattice has released an ECP5 Versa development kit. The kit lets customers evaluate the connectivity performance of the ECP5 FPGA with a range of standards, including PCI Express, Gigabit Ethernet, DDR3 and generic SERDES. Lattice also offers several proof-of-concept demos with the ECP5 Versa development kit that can help customers accelerate prototyping and testing of their designs.
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation 408-616-4017
www.latticesemi.com
uant 3D, a division of OK
International, which is an operating company of Dover Corporation, is pleased to introduce the new Q300 3D Printer. The Q300 offers improved printing speeds – 30 percent faster than the Q200 – and is available for immediate delivery. The Q300 features a large build volume of 10 x 8 x 8" (255 x 205 x 205 mm). It is equipped with a HEPA filter to remove airborne contaminants and fumes,
and well-
engineered with an internal steel chassis and 100 micron resolution. With fully automatic platform leveling and height sensing, no human interaction is required with the Q300. With an MSRP set at $1,899.00, users can now acquire a professional grade 3D printer at an affordable price.
The Q300 provides
outstanding print quality in both PLA and ABS plastic, and printing resolutions at 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 and 400 microns. The system features a heated build platform, automatic platform leveling calibration and nozzle height calibration. It comes in a compact size that fits on virtually any workbench or desk, and comes standard with one spool of premium ABS plastic (white). Many colors of filament are available. “The Q300 represents a major breakthrough for Quant 3D's product line, providing users a desktop-sized 3D printer capable of building durable, accurate models in both PLA and ABS plastic,” said Brent Denston, Director of Sales for Quant 3D. “The envelope-size, speed and operational cost of the Q300 will appeal to designers, engineers, architects, educators and makers using 3D creation tools. With the Q300, they can now own a high-quality 3D modeling system that's actually affordable to use.” The Q300 turns ideas and designs into professional 3D models at the touch of a button. For more information about Quant 3D, visit
www.quant3d.com
OK International, Inc 1-714-799-9910
High Resolution Position Sensor Supports Optimisation for Greater Accuracy or Better Dynamic Responsiveness
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mploying capacitance micrometry, the NX NanoSensor® from Queensgate delivers sensitivity levels that are able to measure changes in position to an atomic scale. This state-of-the-art non-contact position measuring system relies on 2 sensor plates - a target and a probe, which between them form a parallel plate capacitor. Through the use of an appropriate electronic controller, the spacing of these two plates can be accurately ascertained. Among the key applications for the NX NanoSensor are stage feedback, vibration measurement, metrology, deformation measurements, precision manufacturing, drift measurement, precision beam steering and microscopy.
Via NX NanoSensor position can be determined to a margin of better than 7pm, with a linearity to 0.02% and a bandwidth from 50Hz up to 10KHz. There is provision for the system to be tuned so that either the positional accuracy is improved or conversely the responsiveness to dynamic motion is heightened. Plate shapes that are round, square or rectangular can be selected. Active areas of 22.5mm2, 113mm2 and 282mm2 are offered. Working in tandem with the NX NanoSensor, the NS2000 controller module measures any changes in the parallel plate capacitance and subsequently produces an analogue voltage that is directly proportional to the difference in position of the target and a probe sensor plates.
The non-contact measurement and non-self- heating mechanism means that NX NanoSensor products do not impact the values they are measuring,
thereby giving true nanoscale
measurements. Furthermore, they use a non- hysteretic technique, which means the position is repeatable. Numerous material options can be used in their construction; Super-Invar, Zerdur, aluminium, stainless steel and ceramic - allowing thermal properties to be matched to the stability required by the specific application, in order to safeguard against position drift. Ultra high vacuum, radiation hardened, non-magnetic and cryogenic variants can be specified.
Queensgate Instruments 26 WINTER 2015 | MICROMATTERS +44 1223 371000
info@queensgate.com
New 3.3V 4x10 display M
www.okinternational.com
MS Electronics Ltd has available an exceptionally versatile line of DOG alphanumeric and graphic displays.
(Display-On-
Glass) The latest addition is the new 4x10 (line x char) EA DOGS104-A, high-contrast easy-to-read STN and FSTN display. Viewing area 33x12mm. With double height character option the display transforms into a 2 x 10 or 3 x 10 display. The integrated SSD1803A controller offers 3/4-wire SPI and 2-wire I²C interfaces. Selection of 3 fonts: Cyrillic,
Display and optional
English-Japanese and European. Supply voltage is +3.3V without the need for a negative voltage. A typical current of only 440 A (with LED backlight off) makes it ideal for battery powered, hand-held applications.
backlights are “mix & match”; There are 3 display matrix variants available, FSTN black/white positive - transflective and reflective and STN blue/white negative. There are 3 different LED backlight: amber, dual yellow-green/red and a trio green/red/white. The dual and trio colour backlights are ideal for applications where a normal (green) or warning (red) status indication is required.
MMS Electronics Ltd 01943 877668
www.MMS-e.co.uk
/ MICROMATTERS
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