Rotary encoders provide critical information about a motor shaft’s position, rotational direction, velocity (rpm), and acceleration. They are vital components in motion-control feedback loops used in ...

Cheap digital calipers hide a clever capacitive encoder inside, and Nick Steele has turned that idea into an open-source ...

Description: The Accumeasure D capacitance displacement sensor series amplifier is a truly new revolutionary design that uses the latest technology to convert a highly reliable capacitive electric ...

Jeff Smoot from CUI Inc. talks about the company’s new AMT line of capacitive-based encoders, including the benefits of capacitive technology over other technologies and the encoder’s SP interface.

Encoders are widely used in the motion control and automation industry to monitor the position and speed of motors. This information can be used by the motion control electronics to detect if the ...

Cypress Semiconductor has introduced its PSoC 6 microcontroller (MCU) family. The PSoC 6 MCU is purpose-built to address the growing needs for computing, connectivity and storage in IoT edge devices.

Linear guides support and control precision linear travel on axes in myriad machine and robotics types for modern automation. In linear-motion applications that are especially demanding, linear ...

The A2K Absolute Optical Encoder from US Digital can be assembled onto existing shaft and bearing assemblies. The encoder reports the shaft angle within a single 360° rotation of a shaft. Last year, ...

CUI’s motion group has announced an additional series in its AMT incremental encoder family to support larger motor shaft sizes from 9-15.875mm. The AMT13 series, based on CUI’s proprietary capacitive ...

Rotary encoders are critical to many applications, even at the hobbyist level. While considering his own rotary encoding needs for upcoming projects, it occurred to [Jan Mrázek] to try making his own ...