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Do you Think that you know Encoders? Put your Knowledge to the Test with the Broadcom Encoders Quiz

Think you know your encoders? Put your knowledge to the test!image

This quiz covers everything from incremental and absolute encoder principles to advanced features in Broadcom’s latest series. Whether you’re an engineer, a tech enthusiast, or just curious about motion control technology, these questions will challenge your understanding of specifications, protocols, and design considerations.

Sharpen your skills and see how well you score - are you an encoder expert? Let’s find out!

We’ve also included some handy resources to help you along the way. To earn the Broadcom Encoders Badge, score 100% on the quiz in any number of attempts

Giveaway to the Top Scorer

We are giving away a handheld digital multimeter to the quiz-taker who scores the most total points. Here’s how we score the quizzes:

Points are earned based on how many attempts it takes to earn a quiz score of 100% (multiple-choice questions). In the event of a tie, a tie-breaker question will be given to the top scorers.

1 attempt

25 points

2 attempts

20 points

3 attempts

15 points

4 or more attempts

10 points

Tie Breaker Question (#5)

0 to 5 points

See Terms and conditions on the contest.

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  • ralphjy
    ralphjy 8 days ago +1
    Lots of material to read to find the answers!
  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 15 hours ago

    First time 100%. Laughing  Appeasing my OCD.  I also learned stuff.
    As 1MP Doug said, I don't need another multimeter.  Relaxed

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  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett 3 days ago

    I like to feel that I know a bit about encoders and processing signals from them, having designed signal processing systems for rate changing and re-scaling of encoder outputs in real time.

    But of course I couldn't begin to answer questions like:

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    because it's not a question about Encoders but about a Broadcom AR49 series encoder. It may well be very nice if it's what you want, but life is too short to read a load of data sheets for no better reason than to get a badge.

    I see that other members benefited by improving their data sheet scanning skills.

    The article would have been much more useful if Broadcom had broadened it out a bit so that the ratio of "read our data sheet " stuff to general encoder information was reduced to less than25%.

    MK

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  • robogary
    robogary 5 days ago

    Klutz Award Winner ! selected wrong answers on questions that I knew the correct answer to.   :-) 

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  • chloro
    chloro 6 days ago

    I spent over two hours going through all these datasheets to answer this quiz, and it was really interesting.

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  • Attila Tőkés
    Attila Tőkés 7 days ago

    Nice quiz, but quite hard.

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  • dougw
    dougw 8 days ago

    Fortunately I don't need a multimeter, because it took a few tries.

    The DMM link didn't work for me...maybe this one is it..

    72-7780 MULTICOMP PRO, Digital Multimeter, 6000 Count, True RMS | Farnell® UK

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  • veluv01
    veluv01 8 days ago in reply to ralphjy

    Yes a lot of datasheets to go through. Did they give the tie-breaker ques to last quiz(k26 SoM)?

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  • veluv01
    veluv01 8 days ago

    It's my second quiz.Attempting these quizzes improves the ability of skimming through datasheets and application notes.The documentation provided is good for these encoders, and the features are interesting.

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    ralphjy 8 days ago

    Lots of material to read to find the answers!

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