(Source: onsemi)
According to Memes Consulting, recently, Onsemi (Onsemi, NASDAQ: ON), a leader in smart power and smart sensing technology, has launched an innovative dual-inductance rotary position sensor NCS32100, which provides Convincing high speed and high precision. The NCS32100 uses a new patented method for inductive position sensing, making it ideal for applications where fast-moving robots and industrial robots are deployed.
While the characteristics of inductive encoders make them very attractive for industrial applications, use cases have historically been limited to applications at low speeds and where high accuracy is not required. Using more than 20 years of professional experience in designing inductive sensors, ON Semiconductor combines the reliable advantages of inductive encoders with the high precision and high speed usually found in mid-to-high-end optical encoders. Enables the NCS32100 to provide an accuracy of +/-50 arc seconds at 6,000 RPM. The NCS32100 can support speeds up to 100,000 RPM at the expense of some accuracy.
"The NCS32100 uses firmware that directly outputs absolute position and velocity, preloaded on its integrated microcontroller (MCU), providing a simple 'plug and play' solution," said Michel De Mey, Vice President of ON Semiconductor's Industrial Solutions Division. The level of integration of the NCS32100 can significantly reduce design time and external component count requirements, speeding time to market and enabling more compact and efficient designs."
The NCS32100 offers a full-featured controller and sensor interface for high-resolution high accurate angular sensing when paired with a printed circuit board sensor. The NCS32100 has flexible configuration capabilities allowing for connection to a variety of inductive sensor patterns and offers a variety of digital output formats. Inductive sensing techniques have unique advantages over traditional position sensor solutions including but not limited to temperature insensitivity, mechanical simplification, and insensitivity to contaminants.
Several key features of inductive sensors make them ideal for industrial applications where dust, oil, temperature, and humidity have little effect on their accuracy. The NCS32100 device also has an integrated self-calibration routine to account for the mechanical misalignment of the sensor. High configurability is available for a variety of printed circuit board (PCB) sensor designs, enabling original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to configure and differentiate their solutions. The integrated MCU contains non-volatile flash memory (NVM) and a configurable interface to communicate with the host processor.
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