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EXTRATECH CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
THE NEW M41 STEPPER INTERFACE BOARD

Post Falls, ( ID 7 Sep 2000 ) --
    ExtraTech Corporation announced today the public release of the M41 Stepper Interface Board. The M41 provides up to three variations of connection options for a wider range of applications. It has 8 Optically isolated solid state relays, 8 isolated limit inputs, E-Stop, Pause and 5 miscellaneous inputs. The M41 also has a ribbon cable connection to allow it to communicate with the M60 Driver Board or it can be used to run step and dir signals to your own choice of drivers.

    The M41 supports two X's , two Y's, three Z's and 1 theta / Q axis with optional switchable step delay for slower drives and optional encoder feedback for position verification for up to 4 axes. Laser raster tracking is also provided with an on board encoder channel. For those analog laser applications, an Analog Output is also available.