Motorized Zoom Lenses include integrated controllers.
Press Release Summary:
Zoom 6000 and 12X Systems feature motorized design that integrates magnetic Hall-Effect sensors to reference zoom and focus position location. Sensors are unaffected by harsh, dirty or dusty environments, ambient room light, or variations in line voltages. Motor options include 2 or 5 phase stepping motor, or DC servo with encoder. Control systems provide single or dual axis control via serial RS-232 or USB and come as tabletop or board level models.
Original Press Release:
Navitar's New Motorized Zoom Lenses & Controllers
Rochester, New York (October 24, 2003) - Navitar, Inc. introduces our new Hall-Effect Sensor Motorized Zoom Lenses and innovative new RS-232/USB Controllers.
Navitar's new motorized design, available on our 12X and Zoom 6000 systems, integrates magnetic Hall-Effect sensors to reference zoom and focus position location. Hall-Effect sensors are solid-state devices with no moving parts. The Hall-Effect sensor mechanism utilizes a magnetic field to trigger a pulse in a semiconductor circuit. These sensors are unaffected by harsh, dirty or dusty environments, ambient room light, or variations in line voltages.
Navitar offers three different motor types with the new design: 2 Phase Stepping Motor (Faulhaber), 5 Phase Stepping Motor (Oriental, Vexta), and DC Servo with Encoder (Faulhaber). Users can choose to motorize the zoom axis, focus axis, or both. (Navitar will have a 5 Phase and DC Servo with Encoder system available at the end of 2003.)
To control these new motorized zoom lenses, Navitar now offers new fully integrated controllers. These new control systems feature single or dual axis control via serial RS-232 or USB. Software includes LabView(TM) VI or Windows Graphical User Interface "GUI" for individual axis control. Controllers can be ordered as table top or board level for the OEM.
For more information about our new motorized zoom lenses or controllers, please call Navitar directly at 1-800-828-6778 or 585-359-4000, check out our website at www.navitar.com or e-mail us at info@navitar.com.
Navitar, Inc. headquarters are located in Rochester, N.Y. with a facility in Miami Beach, Fla., and sales offices around the world. Navitar, Inc. is the parent company of Navitar Coating Labs, Inc., located in Newport Beach, California.
