The New Scale M3-RS Rotary Smart Stage is an ultra-compact rotary positioning stage designed for applications where size, ease of use and power consumption are of paramount importance.
The New Scale M3-RS Rotary Smart Stage is an ultra-compact rotary positioning stage designed for applications where size, ease of use and power consumption are of paramount importance.
With a closed-loop position resolution better than 0.022 degrees and absolute position feedback, the M3_RS rotary stage provides high performance tha belies its compact footprint.
| Rotation Range | 360 deg continuous rotation |
|---|---|
| Speed | > 1100 deg/sec |
| Acceleration | > 1,000,000 deg/sec2 |
| Stall Torque (minimum) | 0.04 N-mm |
| Holding Torque (minimum) | 0.08 N-mm (zero power) |
| Recommended Maximum Payload mounted to rotating shaft (Payload must be balanced) | |
| Mass | 3 g |
| Inertia | 350 g-mm2 |
| CLOSED-LOOP performance (with built-in position sensor) | |
| Recommended Step Frequency | Up to 100 Hz |
| Resolution (encoder resolution) | 0.025 deg (440 µrad) absolute |
| Repeatability | +/-0.05 deg (880 µrad) |
| Accuracy | 0.25 deg (4400 µrad) |
| Maximum Closed-LoopStep & Settle Times (0.96 g-mm2 inertial load) | |
| 0.5 deg | 9ms |
| 5 deg | 14ms |
| 20deg | 21ms |
| OPEN-LOOP performance (external position sensor provided by user) | |
| Resolution | < 0.0057 deg (< 100 µrad) |
| Accuracy | Typically better than 10% of distance travelled after calibration |
| Maximum Open-Loop Step Times (0.96 g-mm2 inertial load) | |
| 0.05 deg | 0.50 ms |
| 0.5 deg | 1.6 ms |
| 5 deg | 6 ms |
| 20 deg | 10 ms |
| Input Voltage | 3.3 V DC M |
| Power Consumption (typical) | 500 mW active, moving 190 mW active, ready 50 mW standby |
| Stage Mass | 3 g |
| Operational Lifetime | 100 million random positions |
| Temperature/Relative Humidity | 0 to +60 C, non-condensing |
| Compliance | CE / RoHS |
| Communication Interface | I2C, SPI, UART, analog servo Input directly to M3-RS |
| Controller | Integrated into stage, 64 MIPS NO external controller needed |
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