These days kids (and the grown-ups who act like them) get all of the coolest toys. Radio Shack announced that they will be carrying a series of new accessories for their current Vex Robotics line.

Optical encoders are critical components in systems with rotating shafts or parts. Optical rotary encoders are the most widely used way to transform mechanical rotary motion into electrical signals.

Computer Conversions' Shaft-Tracker resolver-based encoder provides both incremental and true absolute position outputs with a resolution of 4096 counts/turn. A rugged, self-contained, resolver-based ...