Jon, Is indeed rhino. Purchased it some years ago together with rhinocam. A bit expensive for hobby use, but a very nice program and quite intuitive.
There is also a render output of a pcb board laminator I once made in the folder http://users.skynet.be/gedp/FILES Geert Jon Elson wrote: > Geert De Pecker wrote: >> Jon, >> >> After going through some doc about emc, I understood the encoder should >> work with one signal (A and Z). I'll give that a try. > It should be A and B for just reading position, Z is the index > (zero). >> I did some tests with the ir leds and fototransistors of a canibalized >> mouse and I guess this will work. I'll add an 7414 schmitt trigger to >> avoid noise. >> >> What I couldn't find in the doc was which polarity the signal must have. >> Although not important for A or B, maybe for the index pulse it is of >> importance. >> > Polarity of A an B doesn't matter, you can change the polarity > of the scale parameter to get the direction right, or switch the > A and B wires. >> Also, do you know if there are special constraints about the Z pulse? >> Must it be high (or low) before the A becomes high or doesn't this play >> any role? >> > Traditionally, Z should be low except during the short interval > of the Z. With my USC/UPC board and the PPMC board set, it is > triggered on the rising edge of Z, I don't know about the > software encoder interface. With EMC, at least, there is no > qualification between the Z and A or B. >> Thanks for the info. >> >> Below a link to the technical drawing for mounting this on a sherline >> spindle: >> >> http://users.skynet.be/gedp/FILES/encoder.JPG >> http://users.skynet.be/gedp/FILES/encrend01.png > Nice drawings, this is Rhino? Looks a lot better than my Bobcad > drawings. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users