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TT Electronics' FlexSense™ Optical Encoder Sensors Feature On-the-fly, Long Term Programmability for Evolving Industrial and Medical Applications

One-size-fits-many advanced optical array integrates several subsystems on one SOC, shrinking solution footprint, shortening time to market and cutting manufacturing costs

Woking, UK, 26 January 2022 - TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, today announced the launch of FlexSense™, a revolutionary technology designed to optimize optical encoder applications. The FlexSense^TM series consists of the FS210 Transmissive Incremental Encoder and the FS310 Reflective Incremental Encoder Sensors. Highlighting the depth of TT’s engineering expertise, the FlexSense^TM encoder sensor array vastly reduces the design complexities of optical encoder solutions.

“Low-cost control electronics are trending up. At the same time, demand for customized high-end optical encoder sensors is also growing. We saw an opportunity to address both developments in tandem,” said Walter Brooks, Global Product Manager – Optoelectronics, TT Electronics. “FlexSense^TM is the result: a flexible solution that can be configured quickly to meet optical encoder design requirements including higher resolution, faster response, a smaller footprint, and greater intelligence. With FlexSense^TM, TT customers can accelerate time-to-market, reduce solution complexity, and increase manufacturing throughput – now and in the future.”

The Flexsense^TM sensor integrates several key features including auto-alignment capability, a closed-loop LED driver, on-chip diagnostics, and a state-of-the-art 8x interpolator. In addition, the fully programmable array,  system on chip (SOC) provides a versatile solution that can adapt to a multiple range of code-disk diameters and pulses per revolution as well as several LEDs available in the market, including TT’s OP207CL encoder LED. If the encoder code-disk is later altered, FlexSense^TM can be reprogrammed to meet changing requirements extending the sensor’s value-add to suit future designs and negating the cost of purchasing a different sensor.

For deeper insight on the FS210 and FS310 performance specifications, click here to access the datasheet and for additional detail on the evaluation kit, visit www.ttelectronics.com/flexsense

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