{"id":3084,"date":"2021-11-19T05:57:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T10:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/2021\/11\/19\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:42:41","slug":"what-is-a-multiturn-encoder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/","title":{"rendered":"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This month\u2019s update to our Technical Articles includes &#8220;What is a Multiturn Encoder?&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A multiturn encoder is a rotary position sensor that measures angles from 0 to 360 degrees, as well the number of complete revolutions, known as Turn Count. Learn about types of Multiturn sensor technologies, including Geared Multiturn, Battery Backup Multiturn, Energy Harvesting Multiturn and Absolute Encoder with Non-volatile Turn Count Storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/multiturn-encoder\/\">Read the article in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s update to our Technical Articles includes &#8220;What is a Multiturn Encoder?&#8221;. A multiturn encoder is a rotary position sensor that measures angles from 0 to 360 degrees, as well the number of complete revolutions, known as Turn Count. Learn about types of Multiturn sensor technologies, including Geared Multiturn, Battery Backup Multiturn, Energy Harvesting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":3083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"show_table_of_content":true,"card_thumbnail_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder? - Robotics &amp; Automation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This month\u2019s update to our Technical Articles includes &#8220;What is a Multiturn Encoder?&#8221;. A multiturn encoder is a rotary position sensor that measures angles from 0 to 360 degrees, as well the number of complete revolutions, known as Turn Count. Learn about types of Multiturn sensor technologies, including Geared Multiturn, Battery Backup Multiturn, Energy Harvesting [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Robotics &amp; Automation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-19T10:57:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-04T09:42:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?w=372&h=235&crop=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"372\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"235\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"l.sharp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"l.sharp\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"l.sharp\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dc094986aaab63ee88caaf95a74033c2\"},\"headline\":\"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder?\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-19T10:57:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-04T09:42:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":74,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?quality=85&strip=all\",\"articleSection\":[\"Latest Articles\",\"Latest News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/\",\"name\":\"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder? - Robotics &amp; Automation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?quality=85&strip=all\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-19T10:57:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-04T09:42:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dc094986aaab63ee88caaf95a74033c2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?quality=85&strip=all\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?quality=85&strip=all\",\"width\":372,\"height\":235,\"caption\":\"What is a Multiturn Encoder?\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/articles\\\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Robotics & Automation\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanta.com\\\/robotics-automation\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dc094986aaab63ee88caaf95a74033c2\",\"name\":\"l.sharp\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2914d3d1df89a87af7f0034bd34afe5cd0739b7d141ee930efab0d0129d8a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2914d3d1df89a87af7f0034bd34afe5cd0739b7d141ee930efab0d0129d8a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2914d3d1df89a87af7f0034bd34afe5cd0739b7d141ee930efab0d0129d8a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"l.sharp\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder? - Robotics &amp; Automation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder?","og_description":"This month\u2019s update to our Technical Articles includes &#8220;What is a Multiturn Encoder?&#8221;. A multiturn encoder is a rotary position sensor that measures angles from 0 to 360 degrees, as well the number of complete revolutions, known as Turn Count. Learn about types of Multiturn sensor technologies, including Geared Multiturn, Battery Backup Multiturn, Energy Harvesting [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/","og_site_name":"Robotics &amp; Automation","article_published_time":"2021-11-19T10:57:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-04T09:42:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?w=372&h=235&crop=1","width":372,"height":235,"type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"l.sharp","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"l.sharp","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/"},"author":{"name":"l.sharp","@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/#\/schema\/person\/dc094986aaab63ee88caaf95a74033c2"},"headline":"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder?","datePublished":"2021-11-19T10:57:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-04T09:42:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/"},"wordCount":74,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?quality=85&strip=all","articleSection":["Latest Articles","Latest News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/","url":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/","name":"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder? - Robotics &amp; Automation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?quality=85&strip=all","datePublished":"2021-11-19T10:57:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-04T09:42:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/#\/schema\/person\/dc094986aaab63ee88caaf95a74033c2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?quality=85&strip=all","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Article-What-is-a-multiturn-encoder.webp?quality=85&strip=all","width":372,"height":235,"caption":"What is a Multiturn Encoder?"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/articles\/what-is-a-multiturn-encoder\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Article: What is a Multiturn Encoder?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/#website","url":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/","name":"Robotics & Automation","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/#\/schema\/person\/dc094986aaab63ee88caaf95a74033c2","name":"l.sharp","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2914d3d1df89a87af7f0034bd34afe5cd0739b7d141ee930efab0d0129d8a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2914d3d1df89a87af7f0034bd34afe5cd0739b7d141ee930efab0d0129d8a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2914d3d1df89a87af7f0034bd34afe5cd0739b7d141ee930efab0d0129d8a2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"l.sharp"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4204,"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/4204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanta.com\/robotics-automation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}