{"id":3161,"date":"2021-03-03T01:08:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T01:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/media\/optical-encoders-that-use-talbot-imaging\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:11:21","slug":"optical-encoders-that-use-talbot-imaging","status":"publish","type":"novanta_media_lib","link":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/media\/optical-encoders-that-use-talbot-imaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical Encoders That Use Talbot Imaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"hero alignfull hero--wide hero--medium has-overlay has-overlay-dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hero__image-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Talbot-Image-Sensing.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=375\" class=\"attachment-design-max size-design-max\" alt=\"Talbot Image Sensing\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Talbot-Image-Sensing.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all 375w, https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Talbot-Image-Sensing.jpg?resize=320%2C201&amp;quality=85&amp;strip=all 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n<div class=\"hero__content hero__content--vertical-align-bottom\" style=\"--one-novanta-hero-pre-heading-acent-line-color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary)\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__content-wrap has-medium-font-size has-heading-font-family\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__heading line-expanding has-display-font-size\">\n\t\t\tOptical Encoders That Use Talbot Imaging\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t<p><\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-optical-encoders-that-use-talbot-imaging-technology-presentation\">Optical Encoders That Use Talbot Imaging \u2013 Technology Presentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a closed loop system, a load is driven by a motor and an encoder measures the position of the load. There is no shortage of encoder options including magnetic encoders, capacitive encoders, resolvers, and optical encoders. However, there are key performance requirements that optical encoder deliver compared to other encoder options. In many applications, encoders need to provide very high resolution and accuracy with low power consumption from the overall system. 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