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Engineering a More Sustainable Future | ADI
How to Design Motor Encoders
for Next-Generation Sustainable
Applications
Richard Anslow
Senior Manager, Systems Engineering
Moving from fixed speed
to variable speed motors with
position and current feedback provides
a path to huge process and energy savings.
This article provides an overview of motor encoders
(position and speed), including types and technologies,
and application use cases. It also answers key questions
such as what encoder performance metrics are the most
critical for my system. Key future trends for electronics used
in encoder applications will be discussed, including machine
health monitoring, intelligence, and robust longer life sensing.
Finally, we'll explain why complete signal chain designs are
fundamental for designing next-generation motor encoders.
Richard Anslow, Senior
Manager, Software
Systems Application
Engineering
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