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Rotary encoders overview

Rotary encoders are used in many kinds of harsh applications to measure rotational, angular or transformed linear motion.

Two different sending principles prevail:

Absolute encoders
sensing rotation over single ("Single-turn" = ST) or multiple (Multi-turn" = MT) revolutions, referring to an absolute reference mark
Incremental encoders
sensing relative rotation over one revolution