New, smart encoder has SSI-output

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(2001), "New, smart encoder has SSI-output", Industrial Robot, Vol. 28 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2001.04928cad.009

New, smart encoder has SSI-output

New, smart encoder has SSI-outputKeyword: Encoder

Now the performance and cost benefits associated with the true 17-bit Smart Abs® encoders from Encoder Technology are available to a much wider design community thanks to the introduction of new models. The latest additions to this range have SSI-output, the standard demanded by many European and North American companies.

Costing a fraction of the price of traditional 17-bit encoders, Smart Abs was developed as a high speed, high accuracy positioning device, particularly for robotic applications. Its maximum speed is 6,000rpm and positioning accuracy, ±1/2 bit. As well as the single turn 17-bit models, Smart Abs may also be specified as multi-turn 33 bit versions.

Typically costing a tenth of the price of its competitors, Smart Abs is also substantially smaller. Traditionally, a 17-bit encoder could be up to 600mm in diameter – the Smart Abs can be as small as 35mm. It also features a dual mode signal output which allows consistent and precise positional feedback of data across a wide range of dynamic conditions; the Smart Abs employs an incremental signal at low speed and a lower resolution absolute signal as speed increases.

In common with existing products in the Small Abs range, the new SSI-output models also feature an E²PROM for the easy input and storage of set-up parameters and identification information. Additional customer data can be freely stored with up to 640 bits of memory available (8 bit x 6 80 addresses).

For further information contact: Encoder Technology, 3 Russells Close, East Preston, West Sussex, BN16 1BP, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1903 771402.