Tech combines the best of optical and magnetic encoders
9 June 2022 Nidec has developed a technology for detecting the position of motor rotors that, it claims, combines the high accuracy of optical encoders with the low… Read More
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9 June 2022 
First quantum sensors will deliver ‘unmatched accuracy’
11 November 2020 The German sensor-maker Sick has signed an agreement with a specialist subsidiary of Trumpf called Q.ANT to make quantum optical sensor technologies available for industrial… Read More
Lika’s acquisition of encoder-maker Bogen is made to measure
5 October 2020 The Italian optical and magnetic measurement specialist Lika Electronic has acquired the German encoder manufacturer, Bogen Electronic, for an undisclosed sum. Both companies offer products… Read More
Three-channel encoders are ‘the world’s smallest’
8 July 2014 Avago Technologies claims to have developed the world’s smallest three-channel reflective optical encoders, for use in miniature, low-power motion control systems. The AEDR-87xx devices are… Read More
