EZ-TILT-6000-LIN

APPLICATION MANUAL

Limited Warranty:

The seller warrants that its product will be free of defect in material and workmanship for a period of ninety (90) days from date of shipment thereof. Within the warranty period the seller will, at its option, either repair or replace such product which is determined by the seller to be defective and which is returned with shipping charges prepaid.  This warranty will not apply to any product which has been subjected to misuse, negligence or accident; or misapplied; or modified or repaired by unauthorized persons; or improperly installed; or altered in any way.  This warranty is not applicable to resale products.

THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF AND EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Company profile.

 Advanced Orientation Systems, Inc. (AOSI) was founded in January of 1995 with a goal of developing and producing the next generation of tilt sensors. AOSI quickly became an integral part of the angle measurement industry.

 AOSI’s base line of Dual Axis tilt sensors are manufactured from a recently developed advanced Polymer. Inert to most chemicals and mechanically stable, this new material made it possible to manufacture dual axis miniature tilt sensors in the tens of thousands without any significant unit to unit structural deviation. These highly consistent sensors quickly became the logical,  reliable and low cost replacement to brittle old style glass components. They found recognition in numerous medical, military, automotive and other high reliability applications.

 The recent relocation to a new  facility permitted AOSI to expand its R&D and manufacturing capabilities. Conveniently located in the Linden Industrial Business Center,  minutes from Newark International Airport and just a few miles away from NEW YORK  City allows AOSI easy access into the largest pool of industrial,  engineering and personnel resources.  Main engineering, R&D, production assembly and final testing are done in house, while some operations are subcontracted to ISO-9000 registered subcontractor facilities.

 Total dedication to quality and reliability combined with aggressive research into process automation resulted in a very innovative production technique that guarantees consistent production of thousands of sensors per day with a staff of less than ten.  Use of modern Electro-Mechanical CAD software assists engineers in all aspect of product and process development. Integrated fully equipped machine shop minimizes waiting for prototypes and production tooling. While in storage sensitive sensor parts are stored in a humidity and air free chamber. For repeatable and consistent electrical performance all sensors are filled by computer controlled filling stations capable of dividing 100 micro-liters into 4800 equal parts. Sensors testing is performed by ultra high resolution rotational angle positioning station by PARKER which is able to resolve and verify angles With HEIDENHEIM encoder to a sub-arcsec level.

 To tap into new markets requiring high resolution and extended Military temperature range AOSI  had embarked on a mission to develop a line of ultra linear single axis tilt sensors utilizing high reliability engineering ceramics and advanced metal deposition techniques. Wide range sensors are able to accurately measure angles in access of +-70 arcdeg, while high resolution versions are successful in detecting  2 micro radian ( 0.5 arcsec ) angular deviations. 

 AOSI had noticed that the major deterrent from using electrolytic tilt sensors was and is the difficulty of electronic interfacing and signal processing. To solve this dilemma AOSI had expanded it expertise from sensor development to microprocessor and analog circuit design and sensor interfacing. This step had diversified AOSIs activities from being a component manufacturer into a System Integrator. Some apparent examples of this step are the EZ-COMPASS and EZ-ALARM modules. Both products utilize customized advanced microcontrollers and mixed signal circuitry. Internally developed dynamic algorithms are performing all required sensor interfacing and signal processing. Both products available in single and OEM quantities. Custom product development and licensing are available on individually approved basis.

 Market research, strong technical background and dynamic character of AOSI’s marketing and technical teams led the company release and market in average one new product every two month.  AOSI’s strong dedication to quality, in-process inspection and advanced testing capabilities let us provide customers with flawless and reliable products.  

New Polymer based electrolytic tilt sensors offer users a powerful combination of benefits. Structural consistency, reduced size, low profile, PCB mounting and solderability are very important qualifying factors. High volume applications such as Auto-Alarms, VR HMDs,  wheel alignment, military and medical devices greatly benefit from unsurpassed consistency in sensors’ performance. Newly formulated advanced materials combined with the custom developed electronic packages, provide the user with new and reliable methods for computing and accurately finding angles quickly in a cost effective way.  

For any additional press release or other company information all questions should be directed to 

Mr. Marty Berger / Vice President Of Marketing. e-mail:  sales@aositilt.com      site:  www.aositilt.com

EZ-TILT-6000-LIN  

PORT POWERED RS-232 or USB EZ-TILT-6000, advanced programmable dual/single axis LINEAR Digital output tilt module, built around a customized state of the art CMOS Microprocessor.  The module is equipped with full range linearity correction routine for each axis of tilt.

 The standard 2” x 2” module uses any two sensor combination of either SX-xxxD-LIN, SX-003D-NULL, SX-xxxD-VIB or SX-COMBO single axis inclination sensors and provides an economical and reliable tilt sensing solution for applications requiring superior Nulling capabilities with concurrent excellent Mid-Wide range LINEARITY, resolution, repeatability and symmetry. Rugged hermetic construction and MIL-SPEC temperature range make these sensors perfectly suitable for numerous high precision OEM, military, medical, optical, automotive, range finder, alignment, automation, robotics and construction angle measurement applications.

Exceptionally stable and consistent performance in temperature variable environments and it's LOW cost make EZ-TILT-6000 the perfect choice for high accuracy leveling applications. In addition to digital filtering the electrolyte may be modified to mechanically filter out errors induced by shock & vibration. Test data could be supplied on 3.5" disk upon special request.

EZ-TILT-6000 is available with all AOSI ceramic tilt sensors.

ATTRIBUTE                       SX-70-LIN            SX-60-lin               SX-30-lin               SX-15-lin               SX-10-lin               units

RANGE                                +-70                       +-60                       +-30                       +-15                       +-10                       arcdeg

RESOLUTION                      <0.04                      <0.04                      <0.02                      <0.01                      <0.008                    arcdeg

LINEARITY                         <0.3%@70             <0.5%@60             <0.15%@30            <0.1%@15             <0.1%@10               %FS

LINEARITY                         <0.2%@45             <0.4%@45             <0.1%@15             <0.07%@7             <0.07%@5               %FS

SYMMETRY                        <0.1                        <0.1                        <0.1                        <0.1                        <0.1                        %FS

TILT REPEATABILITY       <0.08                      <0.1                        <0.07                      <0.05                      <0.03                      arcdeg

OUTPUT FORMAT              ASCII                    ASCII                    ASCII                    ASCI                      ASCII                    RS232/USB

CALIBRATION                    EEPROM               EEPROM               EEPROM               EEPROM               EEPROM               non-volatile

UPDATE RATE                   10                           10                           10                           10                           10                           Hz

SUPPLY                               5                            5                            5                            5                            5                            Vdc

TEMPERATURE                  -40 to +85 operational                                                                                                                      degC

TEMPERATURE                  -55 to +125 storage                                                                                                                          degC

UPDATE MODES                continuous and on demand                                                                                                               modes

UPDATE TYPES                  programmable scan delay, filter, dumping delay                                                                                 types

SERIAL LINK                      1200-38400 baud, 8 bit, No parity, 1 stop, No flow control

·        All data acquired at room temperature after corresponding range linear calibration/correction

·        Viscosity of electrolyte may be altered to accommodate customer’s application requirements.

·        Self power from RS-232 or USB available

COMMANDS:                  NOT case sensitive and must end with <CR>. 

COMMAND                ARGUMENT               DESCRIPTION

  help                           <CR>                          prints all user commands       

  ver                             <CR>                          prints version number on the screen                         

  reboot                        <CR>                          Restart                        

  ax                              <CR>                          Restart

  baudrate                    [1200 – 38400]           set baudrate [19200 default]  

  go                              <CR>                          sets temporary continuous mode                    

  auto                           [on/off]                        Continuous output ON / OFF                         

  h                                <CR>                          halt continuous mode

  lincal                         [r/p/on/off]                  calibrate/select/activate linear correction                            

  zero                           [r/p] [off]                    set/cancel/selectable  ZERO orientations              

  zero                           [h] [ h off]                   set/cancel/ retainable HARDIRON ZERO  

  print                          rpt                                Select variables for display

  refresh                       0.1 to 600sec               Select display refresh rate

  filter                          [1 to 40]                      Select filtering coefficient, default 10

  s?                               Single scan update       selected values, PC mode only

  r?                               Show Roll                   roll angle (arcdeg), PC mode only

  p?                              Show Pitch                  pitch angle (arcdeg), PC mode only

  zero ?                        Show Zero                   all zero offsets

Housing installation procedure:

To install the system you are required to place it flat on a surface and try to level the surface to near null reading in both axes.

Locate the position where you want to install the housing. Remove the cover and secure the housing to the surface with one screw.

Tilt the surface one to two degrees and observe the output of the module on the screen with a   go<CR> command in Hyper terminal mode. Try to pivot (slightly rotate) the housing until one of the outputs (cross axis) is equal zero.

Secure the housing with the second ( third and fourth ) screws and close the cover.

At this time the module is properly setup for minimum cross axis tilt error.

ADVANCED ORIENTATION SYSTEMS, Inc. 2525 BRUNSWICK AVE, Suite 205 LINDEN, NJ 07036, USA. Phone: 908-474-9595 Fax: 908-474-9090 sales@aositilt.com http://www.aositilt.com