AGILTRON, INC. — Department of Commerce SBIR Phase I: Leveraging Agiltron’s industrial leading developments for optical measurement of motion in
AGILTRON, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Commerce.
- Amount
- $89,991
- Agency
- Department of Commerce · National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2011-08-01 → 2012-02-28
Description
Leveraging Agiltron’s industrial leading developments for optical measurement of motion in MEMS devices, we propose to use electro-optical sensors for measuring the displacement and gap in the NIST micro-rheometer. No electrical connections are required to the moving parts. All electronics and optics are removed from the chip so that it is inexpensive and disposable. A fixed, simple micro-fluidic channel is added to cover plate to allow automated calibrated filling of the sample volume. The technical approach will be proved in Phase 1 through the numerical analysis, design and experiments. Complete drawings will be delivered to NIST at the end of Phase 1. A portable prototype instrument with multiple, disposable sensor chips will be fabricated in Phase 2 for testing and delivery to NIST.