Title page for E-project-110104-112303

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2004-11-01

Authors
Joseph T Marcin, ECE
Mudassar Ali Muhammad, EE
Alex Joseph Sanville, ECE

URN E-project-110104-112303

Title Leviton Absolute Optical Encoder Development 2004

Advisors
Looft, Fred J., EE
Bitar, Stephen John, EE

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
The Leviton absolute optical encoder is an ultra-precise position-measuring device, capable of detecting linear and angular displacements as small as 1 nm and 0.006 arc seconds, respectively. We developed the first encoder design that produces position updates using the National Semiconductor LM9637 CMOS active pixel sensor, a FPGA, and a DSP. We also proved that just a FPGA could be used with the sensor to achieve even faster results, thus, reducing the overall cost and complexity of the Leviton Encoder.

Files
Final.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2004-11-01
Authors	Joseph T Marcin, ECE Mudassar Ali Muhammad, EE Alex Joseph Sanville, ECE
URN	E-project-110104-112303
Title	Leviton Absolute Optical Encoder Development 2004
Advisors	Looft, Fred J., EE Bitar, Stephen John, EE
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The Leviton absolute optical encoder is an ultra-precise position-measuring device, capable of detecting linear and angular displacements as small as 1 nm and 0.006 arc seconds, respectively. We developed the first encoder design that produces position updates using the National Semiconductor LM9637 CMOS active pixel sensor, a FPGA, and a DSP. We also proved that just a FPGA could be used with the sensor to achieve even faster results, thus, reducing the overall cost and complexity of the Leviton Encoder.
Files	Final.pdf