Nova Instruments

Nova Instruments is a test-and-measurement platform company that designs, develops, and manufactures instruments and systems for analyzing fluid and solid mechanics. It operates a family of established brands — Brookhaven Instruments, Dantec Dynamics, DegreeC, NDT Systems, Phoenix Inspection Systems, Technology Design, and Stresstech — spanning particle characterization, optical measurement, thermal management, and non-destructive testing. A portfolio company of Battery Ventures since 2010, it operates as part of the Nova Ventures Group. As a hardware-focused instruments manufacturer, Nova Instruments does not currently publish a public web API, developer portal, or OpenAPI surface.

Nova Instruments is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Test and Measurement, Instruments, Non-Destructive Testing, and Manufacturing.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
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Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
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Agent Skills 0 / 5
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name: Nova Instruments
description: Nova Instruments is a test-and-measurement platform company that designs, develops, and manufactures instruments
  and systems for analyzing fluid and solid mechanics. It operates a family of established brands — Brookhaven Instruments,
  Dantec Dynamics, DegreeC, NDT Systems, Phoenix Inspection Systems, Technology Design, and Stresstech — spanning particle
  characterization, optical measurement, thermal management, and non-destructive testing. A portfolio company of Battery Ventures
  since 2010, it operates as part of the Nova Ventures Group. As a hardware-focused instruments manufacturer, Nova Instruments
  does not currently publish a public web API, developer portal, or OpenAPI surface.
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