United Kingdom
Low Cost Automation Engineer
Electro-mechanical background with interest in motion control and automation, DC, EC, Steppers! Low Cost Automation Engineer at igus, UK.
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2 years ago
Automate your DC linear axis in 10 minutes with D3 Dryve!
Controlling a simple A-to-B motion with a DC motor, requires various components and of course a master controller to handle all the signals. Let's see how D3 Controller can reduce commissioning time and operate with or without a PLC!
2 years ago
Quadrature Encoder Basics Part 2: Practice
Some motion applications require both stepper and DC motors to have encoders for position and/or speed control. Today we will read the encoder channels using Arduino and display the counts of steps on an LCD Screen.
3 years ago
Quadrature Encoder Basics Part 1: Theory
Today we are going to understand the basic theory behind encoders and more specifically quadrature incremental encoders. After getting to know the basics we will try to read the encoders with an Arduino UNO and some very well commented code!