GearCast - Glossary Definition for Rotary Encoder

Definition for Rotary Encoder

A device that converts shaft rotation into digitalDefinition:
A signal or data expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization. dataDefinition:
Information used by a computer in order to arrive at a decision. Although this is a plural term, it's often treated in the singular.. An absolute type outputs the absolute position, while an incremental type outputs changes in position.