Digital electric length or angle measuring device with a circuit for error control

Abstract

Abstract In such a position-measuring device, a first binary signal (B1a) from a sensing unit (A) is fed via a first transmission line (L1) and a second binary signal (B2a) via a second transmission line (L2) of a transmission path (ST) to an evaluation unit (AW). For the purpose of detecting errors in the transmission of the two binary signals (B1a, B2a), a first redundant binary signal (RB1a) is generated upstream of the transmission path (ST) from the two binary signals (B1a, B2a) by means of a first exclusive OR gate (AG1) and a second redundant binary signal (RB2) is generated downstream of the transmission path (ST) from the two transmitted binary signals (B1b, B2b) by means of a second exclusive OR gate (AG2). The first redundant binary signal (RB1b) and the second redundant binary signal (RB2) transmitted on a redundant transmission line (LR) of the transmission path (ST) are fed to a comparator (V) in the evaluation unit (AW) to generate an error detection signal (FES) to characterise the equality or inequality between the two redundant binary signals (RB1b, RB2) (Fig. 1). <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Walter Ing. Grad. Schmitt

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