Abstract: A control that can be a throttle control of a handle-bared vehicle is presented. According to some embodiments, a control can include a plurality of circuit boards, each of the circuit boards including a transmission coil, sensor coils, and control circuitry the drives the transmission coil and receives signals from the sensor coils; and one or more targets mounted on a shaft and configured to rotate over the sensor coils of the plurality of circuit boards as the shaft is rotated, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are mounted around the shaft, and wherein the position of the target is determined by the control circuitry as the shaft is rotated.

Abstract: An inductive position sensor for detecting a linear or angular movement of a conductive target, including: a transmitter coil; a first receiver coil and a second receiver coil, wherein the first receiver coil and the second receiver coil have a linear or angular shape and define the detection range of the inductive linear or arc position sensor; a first conductive target and a second conductive target; the first conductive target and the second conductive target each have a linear or angular shape extension of half the detection range of the inductive position sensor and are spaced from each other by half the detection range of the inductive position sensor.

Abstract: A control that can be a throttle control of a handle-bared vehicle is presented. According to some embodiments, a control can include a plurality of circuit boards, each of the circuit boards including a transmission coil, sensor coils, and control circuitry the drives the transmission coil and receives signals from the sensor coils; and one or more targets mounted on a shaft and configured to rotate over the sensor coils of the plurality of circuit boards as the shaft is rotated, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are mounted around the shaft, and wherein the position of the target is determined by the control circuitry as the shaft is rotated.

Abstract: A radial inductive position sensor, high-resolution position sensor system and a torque sensor system for detecting a rotational movement are disclosed. The radial inductive position sensor includes at least one transmitter coil, at least one receiver coil pair with a first receiver coil and a second receiver coil, and a moving conductive target, which is connected or connectable to a rotating shaft, wherein the at least one transmitter coil and the at least one receiver coil pair are arranged on a substrate, wherein the substrate has a radial configuration for at least partially surrounding the moving conductive target and/or the rotating shaft.

Abstract: A method for detecting a phase shift in an output signal of an inductive position sensor by calculating the phase spectrum of the position signal based on a Fast Fourier Transformation of the position signal and comparing the calculated phase spectrums over time to detect changes in the phase spectrums.

Abstract: An inductive position sensor including at least one transmit coil, an absolute position receive coil pair, a high-resolution position receive coil pair and a conductive moving target, the absolute position receive coil pair and the high-resolution receive coil pair together define a measurement area of the inductive position sensor and the moving target can move in this measurement area, the absolute position coil pair has a first sine receive coil and a first cosine receive coil, both having one period over the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, the high-resolution position receive coil pair has a second sine receive coil and a second cosine receive coil, both having at least two periods over the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, the absolute position receive coil pair and the high-resolution position receive coil pair are arranged in the same area of a printed-circuit board of the inductive position sensor.

Abstract: A control that can be a throttle control of a handle-bared vehicle is presented. According to some embodiments, a control can include a plurality of circuit boards, each of the circuit boards including a transmission coil, sensor coils, and control circuitry the drives the transmission coil and receives signals from the sensor coils; and one or more targets mounted on a shaft and configured to rotate over the sensor coils of the plurality of circuit boards as the shaft is rotated, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are mounted around the shaft, and wherein the position of the target is determined by the control circuitry as the shaft is rotated.