(Honeywell: Morristown, NJ) -- Honeywell Sensing and Control, developer, manufacturer, and full service provider of switch and sensor solutions based in Golden Valley, Minnesota, is rounding out its SMART position sensor portfolio with the new Rotary Configuration that provides 360° noncontact angular position sensing. With this product, Honeywell offers a SMART position sensor that encompasses the most basic geometric configurations: lines, angles, and circles. The new sensor is highly durable, accurate, and cost-effective, enabling design engineers to replace an optical encoder, or to utilize a sensor instead of a resolver, which can be expensive and difficult to integrate into a system.

The SMART position sensor uses noncontact magnetoresistive (MR) technology to determine the object’s position, which allows it to accurately sense position in dirty and harsh environments. The sensor replaces optical encoders, which use light to determine position, to obtain a highly accurate measurement. Resolvers are typically hand-wired devices with extremely high accuracy and durability for use in incredibly precise, nonserviceable aerospace applications.

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