Chapter 2 Overview And Setup; Introduction - THORLABS TIM101 User Manual

Chapter 2 Overview and Setup

2.1 Introduction

The TIM101 Piezo Inertia Motor Controller is designed to control our series of piezo
inertia-driven positioning stages. It offers 4 channels of stand-alone manual control
(one channel at a time) for continuous movement/jogging and remote PC control via
USB. As a member of the APT family of products, all the features of the user friendly
and versatile APT interface are available for customers. The product will support
external triggering of movements, joystick control and fully configurable limit switches.
Although compact in footprint, this unit offers a fully featured control capability
including jog settings, limit switch handling, "on the fly" changes in move direction,
and, for more advanced operation, control over the number of steps performed.
For convenience the footprint of this unit has been kept to a minimum, measuring only
120mm x 60mm x 47mm (4.8" x 2.4" x 1.8") 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. 2.1 T-Cube Piezo Inertia Motor Controller
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