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IncrementalEncoder
Thiscomponentmodelsanidealopticalencoder.Itsensesthespeedinputsignal,
integratesittodeducetheposition,andgeneratesastreamofpulsesignalsinorderto
provideinformationaboutspeedandpositiontoadigitalcontroller.
Thiscomponentisdesignedtobeconnectedtotheshaftofmachinecomponents.This
componentpresentsneitheraninertialnorafrictionalloadontheshaft.
Thiscomponentssymbolhasthefollowingconnections:

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Connection Description
w_in,w_out
(theshaft)

Theconnectiontothesignalthatcarriesangularspeedinrad/sasa
voltage.
Symbolizingamechanicalshaft,thesetwopinsareinternallyshort
circuiteditdoesnotmatterwhichofthepinsisconnectedtothespeed
signal.Thesecondarypinisavailablesothatothermechanical
componentscanbechainedtotheshaft,maintainingthelookofarotary
mechanicalsystem.

Outputpulsetrainofthelaggingsignal(lagsBbyaquartercycle).

Outputpulsetrainoftheleadingsignal(leadsAbyaquartercycle).

Theindexsignal.Apulseisgeneratedonthispinwhentheangular
positionisanintegermultipleof2.

TheValuetabinthiscomponentspropertiesdialogboxcontainsthefollowing:
Parameter

Description

Pulsesperrevolution Thenumberofpulsesperonerevolutionoftheshaft.
Pulseamplitude

ThevoltageamplitudeofthegeneratedpulseonpinsA,B,andI.

Initialangle

Theinitialangularpositioninrads.

Example
ThefollowingexampleillustratesthestartupofaDCmachineandthecorrespondingencodersignals.

A90mstransientsimulationyieldsthefollowingresult:


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