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Measuring wheel
A wheel that, mounted on a shaft encoder, converts a linear motion into a rotary motion.

MOD
See operating mode

Monostable signal
Signal is active for a defined period.

MSB
Most Significant Bit

MTBF
"Mean Time Between Failures", a measure of average service life.

Multi-turn shaft encoder
Shaft encoder which transmits the number of shaft revolutions as well as the angular position of the shaft.

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