All, Be cautious about fitting magnetic encoders to the back of NEMA34 or larger step motors. The magnetic field in the area where the encoder is to be installed is strong enough to screw up the encoder readings.
The effect shows up as noise on the position reading. John (The hard way) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Wallace" <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 1:14 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder > Does anyone have a source for these?: > http://www.avagotech.com/docs/AV02-0188EN > > Mouser wants to sell me 204 of these. Digikey says it's a non-stock > item. > > One nice thing about these is the SPI like output. > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users