Yup, $13 is a high price. I am trying to make the modules as low cost as possible without cutting any performance corners.
-Neil Whelchel- C-Cubed 760 366-0126 - I don't do Window$, that's what the janitor is for - The revolution will not be televised. On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Jon Elson wrote: > Neil Whelchel wrote: >> Hello again, >> Thanks for pointing out the chip, it could be quite useful, I will >> consider it when (if) I start thinking about making resolver modules, >> however, I don't like the $13/100 price.. It is very typical of the modern >> implementations of converting a resolver to digital counts (which I >> personally don't much care for), afterall a resolver was intended as an >> analog position sensor, now days we have things like hall, CCD, and >> capacitive >> sensors, other than a few specific cases, there is not too much point in >> using a resolver unless it is a refit of existing equipment IMHO. ;) > Clearly true. But, a lot of older machines DO have very nice > resolvers integrated in ways that make them difficult to replace > with modern encoders. That is the only reason to use them, as > you can get very good new encoders at reasonable prices, and use > the signals directly. There's no way a resolver PLUS a > converter board will ever be that cheap. But, if it involves > major surgery to replace a deeply integrated resolver, then it > might be reasonable. > > $13/100 scares you? I'm stuck using $35 FPGAs until I get a new > version of one of my boarda working. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
