POSITAL’s high-performance IXARC optical rotary encoders are now available with EtherCAT communications interfaces. EtherCAT (Ethernet for Control Automation Technology) is a special form of ...

Heidenhain Corporation is making available a new version of the RCN Series of absolute angle encoders, now with “Functional Safety” offering numerous advantages to today’s machine tools. Heidenhain ...

Gray code is a systematic ordering of binary numbers in a way that each successive value differs from the previous one in ...

Here’s a fun build from [RootSaid] that is suitable for people just getting started with microcontrollers and robotics — an Arduino-controlled two-wheeled robot. The video assumes you already have one ...

Optoretinography reveals rapid deformations in human and rodent rod photoreceptors associated with rhodopsin activation, paving the way for label-free imaging of rod dysfunction and visual cycle ...

Tonight will see easing winds, with a mix of clear spells, patchy cloud and isolated light showers, again falling as sleet and snow over the highest hills. Sunday Tomorrow, further showers in the ...

Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level, or a ...

The astute among you may remember an earlier version of this Russian beauty, the Lapa, which I featured last year around this time. Creator [lemosbor] claims that the worry was less about visual ...