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Re: Magnetic encoders? Anybody else having trouble?

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Originally Posted by Peter Randall View Post
We too are having difficulty with the AS5145B encoder. So far we can't get them to deliver any quadrature signal. We'll keep you posted if we find out why
After looking at the data sheet it looks like these are a replacement for a potentiometer, not an encoder. One device returns absolute position, the other returns relative position.

It looks like there are a few different ways to communicate with this chip. One is a digital method much like a SPI device and the other is like it was a pot (a pwm signal through a filter which just gives an analog DC-like voltage out; not sure if the filter to do this is on the PCB though). I don't see connections for quadrature output.

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