Abstract: An opto-magnetic rotary position encoder includes a polarization optical encoder and a magnetic encoder, both configured for on-axis placement and operation with respect to a rotational axis of a rotating component. A polarization sensor digital control block and a magnetic sensor digital control block are configured and operative to combine polarizer channel position data and magnetic channel position data in a manner providing for one or more of (1) redundancy, (2) calibration, (3) monitoring performance of one channel in relation to the other channel, or (4) compensation or correction of one channel based on the other channel.

Abstract: An audio/video input/output (I/O) port apparatus for acquiring digital audio samples from one or multiple channels of input audio and synthesizing digital audio samples into one or multiple channels of output audio. The apparatus comprises a video I/O port, a frequency synthesizer, and an audio I/O port. The video I/O port generates a video-rate clock, and is configured to digitize input video into digital video, and to synthesize output video from digital video. The frequency synthesizer is configured to derive an audio sampling clock based on the video-rate clock. The audio I/O port is configured to sample input audio and convert it into digital audio samples according to the sampling clock, and to synthesize digital audio samples into output audio according to the sampling clock. The apparatus ensures that the video and audio data track together, both when inputting the information from an external source and when outputting the audio/video data streams.

Abstract: An audio/video input/output (I/O) port apparatus for acquiring digital audio samples from one or multiple channels of input audio and synthesizing digital audio samples into one or multiple channels of output audio. The apparatus comprises a video I/O port, a frequency synthesizer, and an audio I/O port. The video I/O port generates a video-rate clock, and is configured to digitize input video into digital video, and to synthesize output video from digital video. The frequency synthesizer is configured to derive an audio sampling clock based on the video-rate clock. The audio I/O port is configured to sample input audio and convert it into digital audio samples according to the sampling clock, and to synthesize digital audio samples into output audio according to the sampling clock. The apparatus ensures that the video and audio data track together, both when inputting the information from an external source and when outputting the audio/video data streams.

Abstract: An audio/video input/output (I/O) port apparatus for acquiring digital audio samples from one or multiple channels of input audio and synthesizing digital audio samples into one or multiple channels of output audio. The apparatus comprises a video I/O port, a frequency synthesizer, and an audio I/O port. The video I/O port generates a video-rate clock, and is configured to digitize input video into digital video, and to synthesize output video from digital video. The frequency synthesizer is configured to derive an audio sampling clock based on the video-rate clock. The audio I/O port is configured to sample input audio and convert it into digital audio samples according to the sampling clock, and to synthesize digital audio samples into output audio according to the sampling clock. The apparatus ensures that the video and audio data track together, both when inputting the information from an external source and when outputting the audio/video data streams.