Unlocking New Opportunities for Encoders with CC-Link Certification

To ad­dress mar­ket de­mands and de­liv­er value-adding products to its cus­tom­ers, Lika Elec­tron­ic chose to de­vel­op new en­coders com­pat­ible with net­work tech­no­lo­gies from the CC-Link Part­ner As­so­ci­ation (CLPA).

  • Unlocking New Opportunities for Encoders with CC-Link Certification
    Unlocking New Opportunities for Encoders with CC-Link Certification
  • Unlocking New Opportunities for Encoders with CC-Link Certification
    Unlocking New Opportunities for Encoders with CC-Link Certification

Lika Electronic’s Ethernet encoders family grows and adds the CC-Link IE Field Basic compatibility to its EXM58 magnetic and EXO58 optical series. CC-Link IE Field Basic is the popular, 100 Mbit version of the CC-Link IE open industrial Ethernet. It is an ultra-high speed and ultra large capacity network, which provides both synchronous deterministic (cyclic) communication and asynchronous on-demand messaging (transient) communication. Originated with the CC-Link (Control & Communication) fieldbus in 1996 developed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, it is managed by the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) currently. CC-Link is among the most popular Ethernet-based networks in the world. It is a de facto standard in Asia, but the USA and the United Kingdom are using CC-Link increasingly. 

Wide range of temperature

The EXM58 and EXO58 absolute rotary encoders are CC-Link certified and belong to Lika’s wide Ethernet family which also includes Profinet, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, POWERLINK, and MODBUS/TCP devices. The EXM58 encoders mount the robust magnetic sensing technology while the EXO58 encoders are equipped with the high accuracy optical sensing technology. They are very light and compact thanks to the integration of the Energy Harvesting Technology circuit. It enables the multiturn counter to be battery-free and gearless and the risk of mechanical failures to be significantly reduced at the same time. The range of the working temperature is extended from -40°C to +100°C (-40°F to +212°F) to cover many industrial applications. They can mount solid and blind hollow shafts. Also the Universal power supply circuit is very useful, it enables an input voltage of +5Vdc +30Vdc. Singleturn versions provide resolutions up to 18 bits while multiturn versions offer resolutions up to 30 bits. They have axial connector outlet.