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Basics of Feedback
Inanyclosedloopcontrolsystem,amethodformeasuringthecharacteristicbeingcontrolled(i.e.position)needstobeimplemented.Thisisknownasfeedback.Someofthedifferentkindsof feedbackusedinmotioncontrolarerelativeposition,absoluteposition,velocity,andanalogvoltagefeedback.Forrelativepositionfeedback,themostcommondeviceusedistheincremental encoder.Thisdeviceincrementsasitturnsandcanbeusedtokeeptrackofthetotaldistancetraveledfromsomepointofrefrence.Themostcommonabsolutepositionfeedbackdevicesare absoluteencodersandresolvers.Anabsoluteencoderissimilartoanincrementalencoderexceptthatitdoesnotneedtohaveareferencepositionandcanknowwhatpositiontheshaftisinon startup.Aresolverisalsoanotherabsolutepositiondevicethatiscommonlyusedforbothpositionandvelocityfeedback.Forvelocityfeedback,atachometeriscommonlyused.Some applicationsrequirefeedbackotherthanthetypethathasbeenmentionedabove.Inthesecases,analogfeedbackdescribingsomecharacteristicofthesystemsuchastemperatureorpressure canbeusefulincontrollingmotors.Formoreinformationaboutthedifferentkindsoffeedbackdevices,seethefollowinglinks: AbsoluteEncodersandNIproducts LinearandRotaryEncoders Resolvers
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