Automated

ANDSCAN can control the motion of scanners using stepper motors, servo motors, or DC motors with limit swiches. If it is necessary for ANDSCAN to independently read the position, it can read positional information from a range of different positional encoders .

Encoder types
- Analog (potentiometers giving a voltage in the range +/- 10 V)
- Optical (quadrature encoding - with a noise reduction card)
  - Phoenix ISL web-site
  - Ultrasonic Sciences Ltd web-site
- Magnetic (with noise reduction card)
  - Newall's Spherosyn and Microsyn encoders web-site
- Digital (up to 32-bit digital values can be read from up to 2 axes)
Automated Scanners
- X-Y
  - KitScanner™ page
  - SAIC UltraImageIV page
  - Phoenix ISL web-site
- Robotic Crawlers (eg BAeSystems Crawling Robot)

KitScanner™

KitScanner™ is an inexpensive versatile automated scanning system that can be customized to conform to any customer's requirements. The separate axes can be used individually or in combination to produce one- or two-axis scanners of the size required. Computer control from the ANDSCAN software allows joystick control and flexibility up to a fully automated template-driven system.

SAIC UltraImageIV

SAIC's UltraImage IV is a servo-controlled rugged two-axis scanner that can be controlled from ANDSCAN software.