Product category: Rotary Controls, Joysticks etc
News Release from: Aerco | Subject: Ultra MSI Model 5000C
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 August 2007
Joystick provides tactile feedback
The 5000C is designed for applications where precision control is required and joystick displacement is preferred but a larger device is not practical.
Aerco has released a two-axis, noncontacting mini displacement joystick The Ultra MSI Model 5000C offers more tactile feedback than a mini-force joystick, converting operator input to analogue output voltages proportional to angle of the joystick
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The knob provides tactile feedback to the operator even when used with gloves.
Using hall-effect technology the joystick provides an alternative to small potentiometer joysticks in a package measuring only 30mm in diameter.
The small size and weight make the 5000C an ideal solution where precision control is required and joystick displacement is preferred but a larger device is not practical.
It provides 20 joystick deflections in all directions.
The operating temperature range is -32C to +85C and sealing is IP67 above panel and IP55 below panel.
It has a product life of 20 million cycles, low power consumption and an EMI immunity that is superior to inductive joystick designs.
It suits applications in computer graphics cursor control, mapping systems, X-Y inspection tables, robotics, medical applications, security cameras, manned and unmanned flight control systems and all types of vehicle control from hoists and cranes to electric wheelchairs.
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