Crankshaft Position Sensors
Allegro’s high-performance crankshaft sensors offer excellent edge accuracy and flexible integration—optimized for 2-wheelers and essential for reliable start-stop engine control.
Featured Products
A1421, A1422, A1423
The A1421, A1422, and A1423 are AC-coupled Hall-effect sensor ICs which include monolithic integrated circuits that switch in response to changing differential magnetic fields
ATS16951
GMR Speed and Direction Crankshaft Sensor With Three-Wire, Pulse-Width Output
ATS627LSG
The ATS627 offers precise gear tooth sensing with true zero-speed performance, low jitter, and high accuracy
A16601
The A16601 AC-coupled Hall-effect sensor IC is a monolithic integrated circuit that switches in response to changing differential magnetic fields created by rotating ring magnets and, when coupled with a magnet, by ferrous targets.
Product Selection Guide
Documentation & Resources
Technical Article
Crank Sensor IC for Stop-Start
This article describes start-stop operation and enabling Hall-effect integrated circuits, in particular the Allegro MicroSystems ATS694 and the previous generation ATS658, which are used in this application.
Brochure
Brochure: Revolutionary GMR Cam/Crankshaft Sensors
The new Allegro ATS16951 crankshaft and ATS16351 camshaft sensors leverage giant-magnetoresistance (GMR) technology to create an ideal pairing for hybrid vehicle engines, two-wheelers, off-road vehicles, and other application designs that require extended air-gap performance.
Application Note
Mechanical Shift of Switch Point
AN296243 - The mechanical shift of switch point is a specification that provides detail necessary to predict the location of an output edge with respect to the integrated circuit (IC) package and the target feature. This application note illustrates how to apply this specification.
Application Note
Methods and Validation of Stray Magnetic Field Mitigation in Magnetic Speed Sensor ICs
AN296250 - This document provides an overview of the phenomena of stray magnetic fields, its various sources, solutions developed to minimize its effects, and product proposals tolerant to stray field perturbations.
Application Note
GMR Crankshaft Target Design Guidelines
AN296198 - This application note offers guidelines for designing an optimal target for crankshaft applications.
Application Note
Fundamental Properties of Speed Sensors
The aim of this application note is to provide a solid foundation for understanding and comparing the fundamental properties of speed sensors that are valid not only for Allegro products but for speed sensors in general.