> I was Googleing for encoders when I found a bunch of radio > amateur web pages where people have made DIY encoders with > the following chip: > http://www.austriamicrosystems.com/eng/Products/Magnetic-Encod ers/Rotary-Encoders/AS5040 > > Anyone tried it? It looks really nice even though it may be > too few pulses for some of you guys. > I have 400 ppr on my router, gear ratio 3:1 on 5 mm/rev > ballscrews, so it's still more precise than the machine can handle.
This has been mentioned once before. The magnet is hard to source. You can get a kit with all the components from the rep-rap shop. This is the normal link, but the store looks broken at the moment. http://store.rrrf.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=80 Info here... http://www.reprap.org/bin/view/Main/Magnetic_Rotary_Encoder_1_0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
