iC-Haus New product : iC-RB Series Safety Encoder

iC-Haus New product : iC-RB Series - High Resolution Optical Safety Encoder

 Functional Safety has never been more compact in high-resolution position sensor technology: iC-RB Series from iC-Haus, the new optical twin-scan encoder IC series for certified safety encoders up to SIL3 / PLe.

More precise, smaller, safer, requirements future encoders should meet. With the iC-RB, iC-Haus is enhancing its product line with a refined optical twin-scan encoder IC with outstanding absolute resolution of 24 bits in the control channel and 15 bits in the safety channel. Thus, it now can operate stand-alone, meaning without external interpolation for high-resolution safety encoders.

The innovative concept: The absolute encoder IC consists of two separate and independent channels to meet the high redundancy requirements of functional safety concepts up to SIL3 or PLe for position detection. The main benefits of this single-chip solution include a compact design (38-pins optoQFN, 7x5x1 mm), easy adjustment due to high tolerances, and accelerated development and certification of safety encoders.

Both control channel and safety channel provide a BiSS slave interface compatible with the BiSS Safety protocol as well as an SSI master multiturn interface to connect two independent external multiturn counters.

The new iC-RB family expands iC-Haus’ optical IC portfolio for users to, with minimal effort, implement cost-optimized 24-bit absolute encoders with highly integrated safety functionality.