Compact Encoders with Incredible Performance — Mercury™ and ChipEncoder™.
MicroE Systems introduced the Mercury series of compact encoders to help equipment designers achieve smaller and faster motion systems. Enabling many new applications, the Compact Encoders series has grown to 12 models due to an expanding range of applications requiring more resolution, speed, and even smaller sensors. Motion control engineers around the world specify Mercury and ChipEncoder when their linear or rotary motion control applications demand high performance from the smallest possible sensor. Comprehensive testing and manufacturing to ISO9001:2008 quality standards ensure long-term reliability. RoHS and CE compliant.

 

Mercury’s patented optical system results in the most compact sensors in their class. Achieve low mass motion systems with more rapid accelerations and higher system throughputs using Mercury’s 6mm wide linear scales, rotary scales as small as 12mm in diameter, low mass rotary arc segments, and sensors as small as 5.6mm high weighing only 2.6 grams. Plus, the same sensor models work in both linear and rotary applications.
Low power consumption — as low as 0.17 Watts — provides further advantages in thermal stability and for portable equipment.

Mercury 1200, Mercury 1500P, and ChipEncoder models mount directly on your PC board, providing significant space and cost savings through design integration. Mercury 1200’s analog outputs can be interpolated by your electronics, or with a chipset available from MicroE Systems for use on your PC board, for resolution up to 78nm (linear). Mercury 1500P and ChipEncoder have built-in interpolation that produces digital outputs with up to 0.5μm resolution (linear).
All models work with rotary scales as small as 12mm diameter. And all this comes in the smallest packages.

Linear and rotary glass scales are available in lengths from 13mm to 2m, and diameters up to 121mm. Rotary glass scales are available with or without hubs, and in arc segments.