New Products: Magnetic Rotary Encoder and Donations
Magnetic Rotary Encoder v1.0
I’m proud to announce a new kit today that is the result of a couple of months of solid work. It is called the Magnetic Rotary Encoder, and it is awesome! When assembled, this board provides positioning feedback in multiple data formats. It uses a magnet, so there are no moving parts to wear out and its fairly tolerant of mis-alignment. Its also very precise, offering 10 bits of positional data (1024 different positions in 360 degrees.) This board sets a few new firsts for us at the RRRF:
- First surface mount kit/pcb.
- First board intended primarily for experimentation.
- First board to use IDC headers!
You can buy it from the RRRF store for $20, and read all about it in the documentation.
Donations!
I am now accepting donations from the RRRF shop directly. A couple people have expressed interest in donating a bit extra on their order. Also, someone wanted to buy me a beer via the store, but I was unable to do so before. If you’d like to buy me a beer via the store, you can now simply add a donation to your cart. You must specify that you’d like the donation to go towards beer, otherwise I will spend it on PCBs and other stuff instead. Thanks!
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Magnetic Rotary Encoder a great little surface mount Kit short build time to instant gratification as it worked first time.
Is this kit also available with a higher resolution?
Not currently. However, we may do so in the future. the AS5045 is pin-compatible with the AS5040 and offers 12bit encoding. You can order a free sample and just use the better chip if you like.