The ATS617 gear-tooth sensor IC is a peak-detecting device that uses automatic gain control and an integrated capacitor to provide extremely accurate gear edge detection down to low operating speeds.

Here is a look back on Allegro’s true zero-speed, high accuracy gear tooth sensor released since 2009. The ATS667 has an optimized robustness against magnetic offset variation and has a small signal ...

Gears are toothed wheels that transmit motion from one shaft to another and determine the speed, torque, and direction of rotation of machine elements. Gears can be grouped into two major categories: ...

Engineers and manufacturers often speak of “gear quality.” In the U.S. the term is usually associated with a quality number based on AGMA criteria – this number is by no means a comprehensive ...

Even before the Industrial Revolution, gears of one kind or another have been put to work both for and against us. From ancient water wheels and windmills that ground grain and pounded flax, to the ...

Marlan, I am hoping you can help me. I'm running a TH350 tranny in my 1955 Chevy. It has a stock 3.55:1 rear gear, the plastic drive gear has 20 teeth, and I'm running 15-inch tires. The speedo has ...

Some spare time recently got used-up designing a pair of involute gears – which, it transpires, is easy in principle, once certain almost-impossible-to-obtain facts have been gathered. There are ...

If you are a gearhead like us, you'll agree that one of the coolest sounds a racecar can produce, besides the exhaust note, is the high-pitched whine of a straight-cut gearbox. Most hardcore racecars ...