Optical encoders articles
Content to inform, educate and inspire. Renishaw publishes a wide-range of insightful articles about its encoder technology, encoder products, and industry knowledge.
This article aims to explain optical encoders in simple terms: it covers descriptions of what an encoder is, the different types of encoder, how they work and where they are used.
Discover how Technical Leader Dr. Finlay Evans and his team raced to innovate special digital position sensors (encoders) for the Land Rover BAR race-yacht.
This feature article examines the development of inkjet printing, a digitally driven, non-contact, high-definition method of printing patterns or images onto a wide range of substrates, and how the latest optical encoder solutions may help.
This article examines some of the future trends in SMT placement technology with a focus on the main drivers for near-term market growth between 2015 and 2020, as forecast by leading consultancy Frost and Sullivan, and the role of absolute optical encoder systems.
The commercialisation of quantum dot products signifies a revolution in the FPD industry, but how do state-of-the-art encoder solutions apply? This article explores the future of LED lighting and display technology and asks where we go from here.