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K-Cube Inertia Piezo Motor Driver
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
The KIM001 Piezo Inertia Motor Controller is designed to control our series of piezo
inertia-driven actuators and positioning stages. It offers 1 channel of stand-alone
manual control for continuous movement/jogging and also remote PC control via
USB. The product will support multiple external trigger functions, including position
count and motion activity, as well as general purpose I/O.
Although compact in footprint, this unit offers a fully featured control capability
including jog settings, “on the fly” changes in move direction, and, for more advanced
operation, control over the number of steps performed.
The footprint of this unit has been kept to a minimum, measuring only 60 mm x 60 mm
x 47 mm (2.36" x 2.36" x 1.85") and with the facility to directly mount to the optical
table close to the devices being driven - convenient when manually adjusting
positions using the top panel controls (jog buttons and velocity control slider). Table
top operation also allows minimal drive cable lengths for easier cable management.
Fig. 1.1 K-Cube Piezo Inertia Motor Controller
USB connectivity provides easy 'Plug and Play' PC controlled operation - multiple
units can be connected to a single PC via standard USB hub technology or by using
the K-Cube Controller Hub (see below) for multi-axis control applications. Coupling
this with the user friendly apt™ software (supplied) allows the user to very quickly get
up and running with complex move sequences in a short space of time. Advanced
