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How to use FPGAs for quadrature encoder-based motor control applications

Precisely tracking speed, acceleration, and position of a motor's rotor is an essential requirement for many motor control applications found in everyday equipment such as fax machines, elevators, and ...
Automation World

Integrated Motor with Power over Ethernet (PoE) for Space-Constrained and Remote Locations

The TSM14POE StepSERVO from Applied Motion includes a motor, encoder, drive, and controller combined in a single integrated motor package. The TSM14POE StepSERVO from Applied Motion includes a motor, ...
Machine Design

Motor Follower - Electronic Gearing

Encoder tracking is a technique that monitors a reference motor with an encoder and controls a secondary motor. Encoder tracking is a technique that monitors a reference motor with an encoder and ...
Machine Design

High-Speed Motor and Encoder Pair Has Resolutions Down to 1.25 µm

Two new direct-drive linear motors in Moticont's SDLM line feature a linear optical quadrature encoder to enhance accuracy. The engineers at Moticont, Van Nuys, Calif., designed two new high-speed, ...