TRINAMIC的步進電機控制模塊可以幫助對抗瘧疾

　　瘧疾是世界上最致命的傳染病。常見的熱帶地區的亞洲，非洲和南美洲，治療瘧疾是有效的，如果早期診斷。標準的瘧疾測試需要通過一個訓練有素的技術人員在顯微鏡下對血液樣本進行目視檢查，以確認瘧疾寄生蟲的存在、數量和類型。僅在印度每年就進行超過1億7500萬次瘧疾測試。

　　Sight Diagnostics， an Israeli start--up， developed a unique diagnostic technology that offers significant improvement over human microscopy for malaria detection. Using patent--pending image processing and advanced algorithms， Sight Diagnostic’s Parasight Platform? identifies， enumerates and characterizes malaria-suspect blood samples faster， and more consistently， than a human technician.

　　Sight Diagnostics turned to stepper motor specialist Trinamic Motor Control as a key supplier for its Parasight Platform. An autonomous diagnostic system the size of a coffee maker， the Parasight Platform accepts thirty individual blood samples in a loading tray， examining each sample under a digital imaging lens.

　　The current Parasight Platform design uses four stepper motors：

　　Two stepper motors move the sample slide through a predetermined X/Y search grid to complete a thorough assay of the blood sample under test.

　　A third stepper motor controls the Z--axis image focus mechanism.

　　The fourth stepper motor manages the feed conveyor for the multi-sample load tray.