New surface-mount optical sensors increase vertical headroom, enabling more flexible encoder and position-sensing designs across industrial and consumer electronics.

Most CES tech is still on the horizon, but these products are already real, priced and (mostly) ready to ship.

An unexpected revisit to my earlier post on mouse encoder hacking sparked a timely opportunity to reexamine quadrature encoders, this time with a clearer lens and a more targeted focus on their signal ...

Encoder Products Company (EPC), a U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of motion feedback devices, announces the launch of the LP1 Accu-LaserPro, a breakthrough non-contact encoder designed for ...

Rotary encoders are electromechanical transducers that convert angular displacement into corresponding electrical signals interpretable by digital systems. This article specifically focuses on panel ...

Precision of rotational and linear measurement underpins motion control systems, and optical encoders are a mainstay in delivering this. Converting mechanical motion into digital signals enables ...

1 Agricultural Machinery Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China 2 Key Laboratory of Tropical Agricultural Machinery, Ministry of Agriculture ...

In any application using motors for automation, there is a need to ensure accurate control of the motor. To make this possible, the position and speed of the rotor in the motor, which is usually ...

Part 1 of this FAQ looked at the optical rotary encoder, a low-cost, high-resolution, easy-to-use sensor for indicating incremental shaft position (although it can be “upgraded” to indicate absolute ...

Accurate measurement of rotary shaft motion, including position, velocity, and acceleration, is crucial in numerous applications. This is typically achieved by incorporating a rotary encoder into the ...