Automation World

Rotary Encoders

Posital’s new generation of IXARC magnetic absolute rotary encoders are now available with BiSS C communications interfaces.
IEEE

FPGA IP Core for DC Motor Control With Adaptive Neural Network PID Tuning, and High-Resolution Encoder Interface

Abstract: Traditional proportional integral derivative (PID) falls short for precise control of DC motor speed under changing conditions. This paper presents a novel FPGA based IP (intellectual ...
IEEE

A General Purpose Stepping Motor-Encoder Positioning Subsystem with Standard Asynchronous Serial Line Interface

Abstract: A general purpose mechanical positioning subsystem for open loop control of experiment devices which have their positions established and read out by stepping motor-encoder combinations has ...
Process Control Today

Reinventing automation with relays: The network-capable PLC-Interface Ethernet Gateway remote relay system with multi-protocol connection to the controller

The modular PLC-Interface Ethernet Gateway remote relay system from Phoenix Contact with flexible channel assignment optimises simple applications with up to 56 I/O channels. The compatibility with ...
GitHub

Using an old HDD motor as rotary encoder

Using this interface circuit you can use an old HDD drive as a rotary encoder and react to increment/decrement events very easily. This is based on and inspired by Franck Fleureys project. I changed ...
GitHub

Tutorial: Decoding the rotary encoder with Raspberry Pi Pico

What is a rotary encoder? A rotary encoder looks like a potentiometer, but it is fundamentally different. A rotary encoder can rotate freely unlike a potentiometer and instead of variating resistance, ...