Most of the hacks we see around these parts have to do with taking existing components and cobbling them together in interesting new ways. It’s less often that we see existing components gutted and ...

Angle and motion sensors are widely used in vehicles for applications such as pedal position-sensing, throttle control, and in transmissions and steering wheels. It hardly needs stating that, ...

Encoder rings are available in three sizes for different shaft sizes and yield up to 184,320 pulses per revolution. July 11, 2010 - ASM Sensors announces PMIR7 series magnetic encoder rings. These ...

12-bit universal magnetic position encoder IC includes linear Hall sensor array adapted to the targets’ magnetic pole pitch of 2 mm May 17, 2013 The iC-MHL200 from iC-Haus is a 12-bit IC for linear ...

Magnetic sensors are a workhorse technology for contactless measurement and position sensing applications in automotive and industrial systems. As with all silicon based devices, increasing ...

Abstract: In the research into linear displacement sensors, the main research targets are optical grating and magnetic grating-based displacement sensors. However, magnetic grating and optical grating ...

EcoSpin makes rotational speed and angular measurements in dirty, contaminated, and high vibration operating environments. Southington, Conn. - May 13, 2008 - For space-restricted rotational speed 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.

Posital CEO Christian Leeser contends that magnetic encoders’ combination of extreme environment durability, energy harvesting capabilities, high-precision and a smaller footprint will lead the ...