EDN

Absolute position sensing: the key to better brushless DC motor control

In some categories of motor drive applications, users have little or no tolerance for unpredictable, uneven, or irregular motor behavior. While this certainly cannot be said of all motor-driven ...
Business Wire

BTG Positioning and GPR sign a multi-year, $40MM contract to supply advanced positioning technology for automated ports.

OUD-BEIJERLAND, Netherlands & SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BTG Positioning Systems, a leading supplier of absolute positioning measurement systems for container terminals, and GPR Ground ...
GPS World

Positioning technologies for safe automated and autonomous driving

As the automotive industry moves to higher levels of automated and autonomous driving (Figure 1), lane-level accuracy combined with adherence to strict automotive safety standards is required, but ...
EDN

Rotary position sensing for electric vehicles, part I

Lowering the overall automotive carbon footprint and enabling vehicles to harness lost energy drives the automotive industry today. Due to this worldwide push, manufacturers are now investing in new ...
Machine Design

The Right Encoder Can Reduce Downtime

Every encoder-based motion-control axis, such as a servo motor or step motor, must know where it is to be accurate. If it doesn’t, it will never reach its target position. But the encoder must first ...