A quadrature encoder uses two output channels offset in phase to detect both direction and position with greater precision.

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Like its predecessor, the a7 V has a 33MP sensor, which provides 16% more linear resolution than the 24MP models used by ...

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More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...