Motion and Mechatronics Tools

The DACI Drive Box increases the amplifier and motor range of the NI-Motion Control offering by including Brushless Servo Drives to High Power Stepper to Low Inductance Servo. Each amplifier configuration is specified for the customer's particular needs, and a complete line of motors, cabling, stages and fixturing is also available.

The Primatics MDM drives are optimized 1-4 axis servo (MDM2100) and stepper (MDM2200) drives with an integrated interface for NI motion controllers. Only NI's standard SHC68-C68-S cable is required to connect, reducing system setup time drastically.

Our broad product range of servo systems includes brushless AC servo motors, digital amplifiers, linear motors, and direct drive motors. These best-in-class servo systems can be matched with single-axis or multi-axis motion controllers for a system solution with the best quality and reliability in the business.

The LabVIEW Interface VIs for SolidWorks/COSMOSMotion provide an interface for you to set forces, gravity, friction and other parameters in COSMOSMotion and automatically run a closed-loop simulation with your control algorithm in LabVIEW. You also have access to all data related to the assembly in COSMOSMotion e.g. kinetic energy, forces acting on parts.

Apix is a rotation and Translation robotics system with electric gripper and 3 or 4 axes of motion for handling microplates. It includes LabRobotix software.

General purpose robotics software with scheduling and scripting capabilities. Built in intuitive movement of axes and capturing of teach points. Focus works independent as system master or in slave mode with COM connectivity for easy manipulation from other software packages.

Tix is a 3 axis robot to automatically deliver disposable tips for automated liquid handling equipment. It includes LabRobotix software.

The Electroglas Probe Station Driver supports the most utilized commands for Electroglas 20xx series probe stations. The driver uses the VISA calls so it supports both GPIB and RS-232 interfaces to a prober. Developed with the technical support of ElectroGlas and National Instruments, the driver has been thoroughly tested on the 2001 model prober.

The LabVIEW driver enables fast and easy integration between a LabVIEW diagnostic or manufacturing testing application and the positioning capabilities of the prober system. By combining these modules with computer-based or GPIB test equipment, an automatic test system can quickly be assembled.

With the SUSS MicroTec Probe Station LabVIEW Interface, you can seamlessly incorporate LabVIEW into SUSS MicroTec manual, semiautomatic, and fully automatic probe stations to customize and automate wafer-level test applications.

The Huntron Access Automated Probing Station is designed to accurately access testpoints on PCAs. It's 20 micron accuracy achieved by micro-stepping and linear encoding ensures reliable probing of the smallest surface mounted components.

PTrAc/PTrAn provides a powerful electronic system for data acquisition and analysis in one economical package. PTrAc takes advantage of low cost PC hardware and advanced electronics to produce a unique high-speed data acquisition system capable of sampling up to 1.25 MHz in either time-based or angle-based mode. You can save both cost and time over other available systems due to its ease of use and utilization of NI hardware.

A powerful, real-time control system, INERTIA combines the latest in digital control technology with off-the-shelf hardware to produce one of the industry's most powerful and flexible controllers at a very cost effective price. INERTIA control systems offer a flexible environment for completely defining your test environment - from user defined alarm procedures, test procedures, and block cycle generators to custom LabVIEW screens, database interfaces, and remote system monitoring.

The RIO-100 series controller utilizes the latest NI FPGA and LabVIEW real-time technology to provide up to 4 axes of 40kHz PID control in a compact and rugged package. The 100 series controllers are cost effective control solutions for high speed control applications including: Servohydraulic Linear Actuators, Hydraulic Rotary Actuators, Electric and Hydraulic Dynamometers, and Machine Control.

CCS have expertise in high speed PID control systems for Hydraulic/Pneumatic or Electric Drive based feedback loops. These are used for example in Tension/Compression test rigs, Positioning control and engine test systems. We use the latest cRIO or PCI FPGA technology for quick and accessible control to suit the customer beating any DSP or Digital Servo Controller type of hardware.

With the I2C development kit (ProgramIC), you can communicate with integrated circuits via the I2C or SPI bus using National Instruments LabVIEW software. The kit consists of a hardware interface which connects to a PC using the parallel (printer) interface.

Machine Link is DNC software that will link your shop computers to your CNC machine tools. You can edit and print CNC program files and to upload and download CNC program files. It is easy to configure and supports all standard character sets (ASCII, ISO, and EIA). It will also drip feed most CNC machines.

ABMSoft NC is a solution for LabVIEW based on NI Motion Controllers. ABMsoft NC includes a full G-code interpreter, Parametric programming, Lathe cycles Milling cycles, Look ahead, a cubic spline motion G-code 2D simulator, and a Configuration Tool for specified version Demonstration Sample.