On 12 May 2014 15:48, Marius Liebenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Will it be possible for me to read an encoder signal on my lathe spindle > with a normal parport input. I will fit a Hall effect Sensor or an > Interrupted light source signal. The max RMP will be 2000 and I might > have 10 slots or more.
Depending on the base thread rate, the answer is "probably". 2000 rpm = 33Hz, x 10 edges = 330Hz. That's comfortably within the range of a parallel port, even with two sensors and quadrature. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
