We love seeing hacks that involve salvaging parts from what you have on hand to make a new project work, and this project is a great example of that. [Simon], in a quick weekend build, created an ...

For the latter, perfect alignment of encoder and driving shaft centers of rotation is impossible, so flexible couplings are often used. Manufacturers offer detailed guidelines on proper mounting.

Designed for high-resolution, space-restricted applications, the RHI58 series incremental rotary encoders come in an industry-standard, 58-mm diameter housing with a mounting profile of less than 2".

A bearing mount sits atop it, which holds — you guessed ... Of course, if you just wanted a rotary knob you could have just purchased an encoder and been done with it, but this method has ...

Optical encoders use a glass or plastic disk with two sets of windows around the periphery attached to the shaft. An LED light source and photodetectors mount on opposing sides of the disk.

San Jose, Calif. — Avago Technologies says it has introduced the industry's first reflective encoder with an analog output. The AEDR-8320 high-resolution miniature surface-mount (SMT) optical encoder, ...

They do not suffer from demagnetization, which can be a problem with magnetic encoders. Looking at the KCI 120 Dplus specifically, it has axial mounting tolerances of up to ±0.5 mm, making it ...