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Question
What is the difference between incremental Rotary Encoder and absolute Rotary Encoder?
Answer
Incremental rotary encoder outputs the pulse corresponding to the rotation angle only while rotating, and is the counting measurement method that adds up the pulse from the measurement beginning point.
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