https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/06/ Recent content in 2026-06 on mjbots blog Hugo en-us Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/06/04/rls-orbis-spi-support/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/06/04/rls-orbis-spi-support/ <p>Hot on the heels of <a href="https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/02/05/biss-c-encoder-support/">BiSS-C encoder support</a> intended for high end applications, I am excited to announce that moteus now supports the <a href="https://www.rls.si/eng/orbis-true-absolute-rotary-encoder">RLS Orbis</a> SPI protocol for lower-end systems as of <a href="https://github.com/mjbots/moteus/releases/tag/firmware%2Fv1.0.0">firmware version 1.0.0</a>.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.rls.si/eng/orbis-true-absolute-rotary-encoder">RLS Orbis</a> is an absolute magnetic encoder suited for use with diametric ring magnets and can be configured to use a number of different communication protocols. If you have a moteus-n1 or moteus-x1, then the newly released BiSS-C support already lets you communicate with them. However that left out the moteus-c1, which does provide the 5V necessary for an Orbis to function, but does not have a built-in RS422 transceiver.</p>