These components are probably the most valuable parts you can salvage from old gear. They are essential if you are working on ...

An unexpected revisit to my earlier post on mouse encoder hacking sparked a timely opportunity to reexamine quadrature encoders, this time with a clearer lens and a more targeted focus on their signal ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

Adapter-based optical compression for long documents using DeepSeek's DeepEncoder with Qwen3-VL-2B. Built on DeepSeek-OCR by DeepSeek-AI. This repo includes deepencoder.py from DeepSeek-OCR ...

Founded in 2003, California-based eyewear retailer Zenni Optical offers more than 4,000 glasses and sunglasses designs, along with a range of lenses tailored to meet specialized needs. While some ...

Artists and scientists have been creating optical illusions for centuries. Here are 35 mind-bending examples that prove you can't always trust what your eyes are telling you. When you purchase through ...

This Arduino sketch is used to control 2 DC motors and 2 optical encoders from printer head frame by step/ direction signals.

Precision of rotational and linear measurement underpins motion control systems, and optical encoders are a mainstay in delivering this. Converting mechanical motion into digital signals enables ...