Motion-control or industrial automation system designers who need to measure the rotation of shafts or other mechanical components can typically choose from two types of rotary encoders. Encoders ...

The magnetic rotary encoder (MRE) reference design is a smart integrated system for angle measurement. It is composed of a FXOS8700 magnetometer, a Kinetis KL46Z microcontroller built on the ARM® ...

[Long Haired Hacker] has undertaken a high-resolution 3D printer build. He got his hands on some motors to drive the build platform but it doesn’t have a built-in encoder. He knows that optical ...

Rotary encoders are electromechanical devices used for sensing in myriad applications—on motors paired with drives and automated machinery for everything from consumer electronics, elevators, and ...

A while back we featured a magnetic rotary encoder that [LongHairedHacker] designed. The heart of the system is an AS5043 magnetic rotary sensor which runs from $6.5-$11 and has a 10 bits precision.

TMR Sensor Technology Enhances New Magnetic Angle Sensors with High Precision and Robust Signal Output for Industrial Rotary Encoders and BLDC Controllers Designed with MDT's unique TMR sensor ...

austriamicrosystems has introduced the AS5163, a magnetic rotary encoder IC designed to satisfy automotive requirements in angle sensing applications such as throttle or gas-pedal systems where robust ...

Designed specifically for stringent automotive requirements, the 14-bit AS5163 magnetic rotary encoder IC offers robust device protection. The encoder incorporates both 27-V over-voltage protection ...

austriamicrosystems introduces the AS5046, a new 12-bit resolution magnetic rotary encoder offering rotation, tilt and vertical distance detection of a magnet placed above the IC. The device can ...

- TMR Sensor Technology Enhances New Magnetic Angle Sensors with High Precision and Robust Signal Output for Industrial Rotary Encoders and BLDC Controllers MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd. (MDT) ...