Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced a 16-bit absolute encoder module the company says halves assembly time and cuts inventory and manufacturing costs by as much as 40% for suppliers of encoders to ...

New versions of IXARC absolute encoders with an EtherNet/IP interface are now available with 16-bit resolution, accuracy as high as 0.02° and multi-turn counters with a range of 16,384 revolutions.

Engineers use rotary encoders to measure the angular position of an attached device, such as a motor shaft, or to measure distance indirectly when used with a linear belt drive, for example. Rotary ...