The Boeing E-3 AWACS has been the quarterback of the skies for nearly 50 years, a flying radar station able to detect enemy planes and missiles and then give recommendations to friendly pilots. The ...

An unexpected revisit to my earlier post on mouse encoder hacking sparked a timely opportunity to reexamine quadrature encoders, this time with a clearer lens and a more targeted focus on their signal ...

Designed for demanding industry and research applications of scanning, measuring, imaging, and alignment. Ultra-precise linear motor stage, with 1µm straightness/flatness and 1nm absolute encoder, ...

Scientists have figured out how to make frozen discs of ice self-propel across a patterned metal surface, according to a new paper published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. It’s ...

DIY HDD: As any computer enthusiast will attest, being in the computer business for a few years usually means accumulating a pile of spare parts and hardware components. Old hard drives can be ...

PI (Physik Instrumente), a global leader in precision motion control, announces the launch of the V-625 direct drive rotation stage, a high-performance rotary positioning and scanning stage designed ...