Engineers of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have a variety of options when it comes to selecting an encoder for their motion control system. Many encoder technologies—including optical and magnetic—are widely used but result in unnecessary performance trade-offs and work-arounds. The Advantages of Capacitive vs. Optical Encoders paper highlights the cost and performance advantages of CUI’s AMT modular encoder technology, which addresses a number of issues that has plagued traditional optical encoders since their introduction decades ago.