Baumer Thalheim expands his optical encoder product portfolio with a new EtherCAT device. The ATD4B is a multi-turn absolute value encoder with a compact mechanical design. Electromechanical reliability and high speed process data transfer enables this device to fulfil most of the requirements demanded by the automation and motion control sector.

Features

• Low power consumption.
• Short cycle times with very low Jitter.
• CANopen over EtherCAT (CoE) protocol support.
• Configurable parameters such as: total and single turn resolution, etc.