Most of the hacks we see around these parts have to do with taking existing components and cobbling them together in interesting new ways. It’s less often that we see existing components gutted and ...

Melexis is aiming at electric motors with family of angle-sensing absolute magnetic encoder ICs that can work at high speed and typically deliver 1° accuracy or better. “By detecting the three ...

ADI single-chip angle & multiturn encoder position sensor, ADMT4000, integrates angle detection and passive multiturn memory function (up to support 46 turns, 0 ° to 16,560 °), and can be in the power ...

Why are there so many different angle encoders on the market? Why do they use different scanning and measuring methods? And which one should a designer choose? To answer those questions, engineers at ...

TDK Corp. has announced the new TAD2141 TMR (tunnel magneto resistance) angle sensor with digital output. The new sensor offers a guaranteed accuracy of ±0.2° and ...

The GP2Y3A001K0F/2K0F/3K0F wide-angle optical sensors use five beams to detect and triangulate over a 25° angle. The units have distance measuring ranges of 4 to 30, 20 to 150, and 40 to 300 cm, ...

The FOT variants of the KCI 1300 inductive encoders from Heidenhain can also serve as a bearing cover. A growing trend in encoder technology is the integration of additional sensors to add diagnostic ...

Because optical encoders are functionally similar, “resolution” is often used as a main characteristic for magnetic encoders, a device providing the angle of a magnet attached to a mechanical shaft ...

Last year, Automation World examined the differences between accuracy, resolution, and precision in the encoder world. And while understanding the differences among these terms is important to ...