https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/w/documents/17042/the-advantages-of-capacitive-vs-optical-encodersen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/w/documents/17042/the-advantages-of-capacitive-vs-optical-encodersFri, 08 Oct 2021 07:53:11 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:bd777b2d-6acc-447b-8afc-3711d85d6008e14 Contributorhttps://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/w/documents/17042/the-advantages-of-capacitive-vs-optical-encoders#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Documents by e14 Contributor on 10/8/2021 7:53:11 AM<br /> <p style="margin:0;">CUI Inc has developed a proprietary method of measuring rotational movement by implementing ASIC to detect changes in the frequency of a signal modulated by capactive reactance. Used for years as the key technology in digital callipers, it has been applied to position encoding in the form of the AMT series modular encoder. Compared to the technology most commonly used in rotary encoders today, capacitive encoding holds many advantages over optical encoding. CUI&#39;s AMT modular encoder family addresses a number of issues that has plagued traditional optical encoders since their introduction decades ago. This paper highlights the cost and performance advantages of this revolutionary encoder family.</p><p style="margin:0;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin:0;">See attachment or follow this link to read more: <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.cui.com/catalog/resource/capacitive-vs-optical.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.cui.com/catalog/resource/capacitive-vs-optical.pdf">http://www.cui.com/catalog/resource/capacitive-vs-optical.pdf</a></p> <div class="migration-injected-attachments"><div style="font-weight:bold;margin:15px 0 5px 0;">Attachments:</div><div></div><table style="border:0;"><tbody><tr><td width="160"><span class="_se_attachment" id="attid_https://www.element14.com/community/api/core/v3/attachments/152604"><a href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-03/Capacitive-vs-Optical.pdf">community.element14.com/.../Capacitive-vs-Optical.pdf</a></span></td><td><span style="font-size:80%;">Capacitive vs Optical.pdf</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: components, cui, encoder, inc, electronics, power</div>