Angle Conversion Tables
We have compiled a series of look-up tables to help engineers convert between the most common angular units. This is...
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Tandem Encoders
'Tandem Encoder' is a new term but one which is increasingly being used by mechanical and electrical designers. This article...
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Measuring Position and Speed in Harsh Environments
Harsh environments place heavy demands on control equipment. The failure of position or speed sensors in the field can have...
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Accurate Position Measurement in Varying Temperatures
Measuring position in a laboratory is usually carried out at a constant temperature to ensure accuracy, but some specifications require...
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Understanding Binary Words and the MicroE Serial Interface Encoder
The Mercury™ 3000Si, 3500Si, and Mercury II™ 5800Si and 6800Si are MicroE’s smart programmable encoder systems with high speed serial...
Read Paper > Sensor Alignment with Small Diameter Rotary Scales
While MicroE optical encoders boast generous alignment tolerances for most applications, special care needs to be taken when aligning to...
Read Paper > Recommended Wiring of the SmartPrecision™ Interpolator
This document is an overview of the recommended guidelines for connecting to MercuryTM SmartPrecisionTM programmable interpolators. It will allow users...
Read Paper > Proper Termination of Digital Incremental Encoder Signals
All MicroE digital encoders have quadrature outputs that are compatible with 422 line receivers. The 422 data transmission standard (ANSI...
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Optical Encoder Grounding and Shielding Recommendations
Proper shielding and grounding are essential to good servo design. Selecting the appropriate cable and devoting effort to the grounding...
Read Paper > Design Guidelines for Customer-Supplied Hubs
Celera Motion's MicroE Optical Encoders offer standard hubs for each of our standard gratings. Should a customer want to design...
Read Paper > Design Guidelines for Customer Supplied Encoder Interface Cables
This document is an overview of the required guidelines for MicroE encoder extension and adapter cables. It will allow customers...
Read Paper > Encoder Optics Cleaning
Did you receive new product from MicroE with dirty optics? You should receive MicroE product clean from the factory. We...
Read Paper > Rotary Scales Alignment
Eccentricity error is the radial difference between the grating’s axis of rotation and the center of the rotary grating, see...
Read Paper > Alignment of the ChipEncoder Series
Optimal alignment of the CE300 (7mm x11mm package) or the CE-40GC (6mm x 6mm package) is achieved through adherence to...
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Understanding Why Motor Phase Current is Different than Power Supply Current
This paper explains why the current in the windings of a servo drive is different than the DC bus supply...
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PurePrecision™ Optical Encoder Technology
MicroE’s PurePrecision™ technology has been the core optical technology platform leveraged by MicroE to deliver precision optical encoders to the...
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Rust-Preventive Coating for Omni+ Series
The machined surfaces of Omni+ stators are protected with a rust-preventive coating before placing in desiccated, vacuum-sealed bags for shipping....
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Understanding Resolution, Accuracy & Repeatability
Resolution is the smallest physical movement measurable. It is defined as the distance of a single count. For linear encoders...
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