# Nova Instruments

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nova-instruments/  
**Website:** https://www.novavg.com/platforms/nova-instruments/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Test and Measurement, Instruments, Non-Destructive Testing, Manufacturing, Hardware, Portfolio Company

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nova-instruments/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.