How does a stepper motor turn into an encoder? Well, that’s the MacGyver ... but the final was on a prototyping board. Of course, an Arduino reads the pulses. We love using things for unintended ...

Hooked to an Arduino, the motor made a workable encoder, later improved by sending each phase through a comparator and using digital inputs rather than using the Nano’s ADCs. It looks like ...

After construction and pre-flight test, the module was connected to an Arduino board and measured the rotation per minute (rpm) rate of a geared robo motor (150rpm@5V) with the help of a home-made ...

To answer those questions, engineers at Heidenhain set up a torque motor commanded by a CNC controller hooked up to four different angle encoders to see how they differ. The four absolute angle ...

Rotary encoding is a common mechanism for the delivery of accurate speed, acceleration, and position of the motor rotor. Rotary encoders are commonly deployed in the closed-loop rotor systems used in ...

CUI Inc has announced an addition to its next-generation modular encoder series that generates standard U/V/W commutation signals for vectoring current to brushless motors. CUI Inc. has ...

Rotary encoding is a common mechanism for the delivery of accurate speed, acceleration, and position of the motor rotor. Rotary encoders are commonly deployed in the closed-loop rotor systems used in ...