See https://www.google.ca/patents/WO2007028964A1 The protocol may be more complicated than you think!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:56 PM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' > Subject: [Emc-users] snagged touch probe on eBay - anybody know how to > interface ? > > <gloat on> > > I just managed to snag a Blum TC50 touch probe on eBay for > $50 delivered. Seems to be a $4000 > probe. http://www.ebay.com/itm/272331012422 > > Some videos show that it has green LEDs that blink once a second or so when > turned on, and red LEDs that flash when the probe contacts something. Also, > some IR LEDs that presumably flash on contact. This did NOT come with the > remote IR pickup module. Does anybody know what the characteristics of the > IR signal is? > > I'm guessing it just flashes the IR LEDs at some high frequency on probe > contact, and so I can probably make a really simple pickup for it with some IR > photodiodes and an AC bandpass detector. > > They note it takes 2 N side force and 7 N end force to trigger the probe, which > seems amazingly high! > Any comments? > > Thanks, > > Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and > traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols > are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for > NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using > capacity planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
